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Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs)
Last year, the on-field cardiac arrest of football player Damar Hamlin raised the profile of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs). While the AED helped save his life, many of us have little...
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Six Ways Your Company Can Get Visibility at #Medtechcon
Greetings from AdvaMed, the host of the 2024 MedTech Conference in Toronto, Canada. Understanding how valuable your time and investment are, we’ll help you plan for critical business development at...
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“Transparency, Inclusion, and Example”: How to Lead in Congress, Business, or...
Former U.S. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina joined me on the Medtech POV podcast to share his perspective on policy and leadership. Having served in the U.S. House and Senate for nearly three...
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Medtech: Shaping a New Era in Patient Care
During the last three decades, I have been fortunate to have a unique vantage point of the technological advances transforming patient care and healthcare systems around the world. For the next two...
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Medtech POV Podcast Guest Dr. Lishan Aklog: “Creaky” Medicare Reimbursement...
In our recent Medtech POV podcast episode, Dr. Lishan Aklog, the CEO and founder of two medtech companies himself, brought a unique and deep perspective to the complex issues faced by medtech...
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Your Travel Planning Guide for The MedTech Conference
Welcome to your go-to guide for planning and attending the 2024 MedTech Conference in Toronto! AdvaMed is thrilled to host the conference for the first time in Toronto and the planning team has...
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AdvaMed’s Imaging Division is Fast Out of Gates at the Medtech Association
Transitions can be challenging, but medical imaging manufacturers’ move to AdvaMed was seamless during the first half of 2024. Already, we’ve notched significant wins that will improve patient access...
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Prioritizing Heart Health in Women Across the Health System
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, but historically—and even today—women are underrepresented in heart disease research, can be overlooked in the...
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What Chevron’s Demise Could Mean for Medtech
The Supreme Court will soon address the fate of agency deference—an issue presented in Relentless v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo—in a ruling expected to have...
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Circuit Court Sides with Patient Safety and Medtech Innovators in Concluding...
In a decisive victory for medtech innovation, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month held that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) regulations are judicially reviewable. Under...
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Racial and Gender Equity in Health Care: a Wake-up Call and an Opportunity
Two important developments just happened on the health equity and diversity front. One, the American Heart Association released a ground-breaking study finding women’s cardiovascular health is...
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Join Leaders and Innovators Passionate About Transforming Health Care
The team at AdvaMed is looking forward to hosting the medtech industry’s premier gathering, The MedTech Conference, October 15-17, 2024 in Toronto. In less than four months, we will convene thousands...
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Military, Medtech Veteran Gives Back at MedTechVets
Steve Mapa earned an engineering management degree at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Army during the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, as a second lieutenant. After...
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Labor-HHS Appropriations Report Shows Progress for Patients
The recent House Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services Appropriations report has important news highlighting continued momentum in Congress to improve patient access to innovative medical...
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AdvaMed Hosts Demo Day Showcasing Innovative AI Imaging Technologies for...
AdvaMed recently hosted an “AI Demo Day” on Capitol Hill, where a number of medical imaging innovators had the opportunity to showcase some of the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to...
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AdvaMed and Right Scan Right Time Host Successful Patient Fly-In Advocating...
In July, five patient leaders traveled to Capitol Hill to share their personal stories and speak to their lawmakers about the need to expand access to artificial intelligence technologies for medical...
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Connect With the Best in Medtech in October
Medtech’s momentum is transforming health care, making this the perfect moment to join me and the global medtech community in Toronto in less than two months at The MedTech Conference. With...
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Letter to the Editor: Expand Access to Focused Ultrasound
Years ago, my life was turned upside-down by an essential tremor, which caused my hand to shake soseverely that I had to leave my career as a nurse practitioner with the Department of Veterans...
View ArticleThe Role of Collective Action in Advancing High-Standard Business Ethics...
In the rapidly evolving medical technology sector, ethical business conduct is paramount to patient safety and advancing innovation. Over the years, standards for ethical business conduct have been...
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First Opinion readers on cancer screening, mpox vaccines, and more
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others....
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