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Live Virtual Event, Office 365: Transform your workplace, enable innovation

A live webinar coming up on November 7, with industry thought leaders on “Office 365: Transform your workplace, enable innovation”. Speakers/presenters include:

Office 365 - Transform - Enable Your Workplace

 

  • Adam Pisoni – Co-founder of Yammer (a great speaker)
  • Luke Williams – Professor of Innovation at NYU Stern School of Business
  • John Case – Microsoft VP, Office

Learn how Microsoft Office 365 has helped companies harness employee ideas, embrace new workplace cultures and technologies, and spark innovation and spontaneous collaboration in the workplace to accelerate business: getting it done, anywhere.

If you haven’t heard Adam Pisoni speak or seen him present, I highly recommend it. Easy to see why Microsoft paid $1.2B for Yammer. this should be great event so check out it if you have time.

Details here: http://community.dynamics.com/partner/b/msuspartner/archive/2013/10/23/november-7-virtual-event-for-office-365-transform-your-workplace-enable-innovation.aspx

 

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Now Is The Time For Medical Device Sales Leaders To Adapt

Why Now Is The Time For Medical Device Sales Leaders To Adapt

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There are so many challenges in the medical device sales industry and in health care that companies must recognize the total economic impact of their products and solutions.

Someone who understands that is Medtronic Chairman and CEO Omar Ishrak, who is profiled in an article on the Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry website.

Ishrak, who became the company?s CEO in 2011, is quoted in the article as saying that the industry has been slow to adapt to a changing environment. In the past, physicians were basically the only ones making important decisions about innovative medical devices. Today, medical device sales reps are speaking to not only physicians but also to administrative staff and other stakeholders. Therefore, it?s imperative to help them understand the economic benefits of innovative medical devices.

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Article originally posted on our CRM for Medical Device Organizations website.

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Funding For Medical Device Innovation Doesn?t Need To Come From Government

Why Funding For Medical Device Innovation Doesn?t Need To Come From Government

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While funding for medical device innovation is a good thing, it doesn?t necessarily need to come from government, whether that?s in the form of tax breaks or grants.

Robert Langer, an MIT professor and this year?s recipient of the Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) Lifetime Achievement Award, said in a recent interview on the Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry website that a lack of funding is the biggest issue facing the medical device technology industry. He argued for incentives such as tax breaks for those investments.

However, that money should come from the private sector where it works much faster with far less waste. Our tax laws in particular are way too complex already, and all too often end up choosing winners and losers.

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Article originally posted on our CRM for Medical Device Organizations website.

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4 Keys For Medical Device Technology Firms To Succeed Amid Changes

4 Keys For Medical Device Technology Firms To Succeed Amid Changes

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Few people in the health care industry would dispute the idea that big changes are ahead. Many fundamental changes already are here.

For starters, health care reform is challenging manufacturers to prove that their devices significantly improve clinical outcomes and reduce a patient?s total cost of health care, and pricing constraints will continue to be a challenge for medical device manufacturers as health care reimbursements decline.

In fact, it?s estimated that the squeeze from new regulations will force health care providers to cut overhead by 20 to 40 percent. Innovative medical device technology companies can play a role in securing a fundamentally different future for the nation?s health care industry by proactively addressing these cost concerns.

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Article originally posted on our CRM for Medical Device Organizations website.

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Voice Recognition Innovations Can Revolutionize Medical Device Technology

How Might Voice Recognition Innovations Revolutionize Medical Device Technology?

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Ray Kurzweil showed us voice recognition in computers was possible. Siri showed us how voice recognition could be cool. Star Trek showed how awesome it will be.

Could voice recognition innovations revolutionize medical device technology? Believe it.

A blog post on The Huffington Post website highlights the possibilities of voice-guided (or voice-enabled) technologies, specifically mentioning Auvi-Q, an epinephrine auto-injector that talks users through the injection process during a severe allergic reaction.

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Article originally posted on our CRM for Medical Device Organizations website.

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What Does Robotic Surgery Tell Us About Medical Device Innovation?

What Does Robotic Surgery Tell Us About Medical Device Innovation?

robotic-surgical-innovation | Photo Courtesy of -SHANE NOIR- http://www.flickr.com/photos/shane-noir/5985470715/sizes/q/Life sciences companies face increased pressures, both to demonstrate improved patient outcomes and to prove that their product or drug will reduce costs. A perfect example of how?medical device innovation?can reduce overall health care costs ? while winning over surgeons, patients and hospitals ? is?robotic surgery.The leading surgical robots cost up to $2.3 million, but hospitals consider them good investments. That?s because of the ways the machines lower ?the downstream costs? of surgeries, according to a recent article on the Fortune Magazine website.?Robotic surgical procedures typically result in less tissue damage than standard techniques, allowing patients to heal faster, which minimizes recovery time and hospital stays.?With the new health care law focusing on positive outcomes and lowering readmissions, this is one of the best benefits of robotic surgery.And the robots are very much in demand. Hospitals are finding that having robots pulls in more patients and can even result in an increased number of surgeries performed. While the market has grown significantly in recent years, this type of surgical procedure started off in urology about 10 years ago. Once the clinical benefits became clear, this method expanded into areas such as gastrointestinal and cardiovascular surgery.The most popular surgical robot today is the da Vinci, made by a growing Silicon Valley-based company called Intuitive Surgical. A well-designed, closed system of proprietary hardware and software, the Fortune Magazine article calls the da Vinci ?the iPhone of its category.? The machine is so intuitive, according to the article, that children with strong video gaming skills take to the new interface better than (at first) most surgeons.A contrasting design is the Raven, a smaller, experimental machine developed by engineering professors at two university robotics labs. With its lower price tag of $300,000 and open-source model, the article compares the Raven to Google?s Android platform phones. By opening this technology to anyone, the Raven could spur even more?medical device innovation?and further reduce health care costs.Source:?Fortune Magazine, January 2013
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Top 10 Medical Device Technology Innovations Of 2013

Top 10 Medical Device Technology Innovations Of 2013

medical-device-technology-2013 | Photo Courtesy of Frank Y Lin http://www.flickr.com/photos/linfoto/2709295803/sizes/q/Devices that improve healthcare efficiency dominate the Cleveland Clinic’s list of the top 10 medical device technology innovations of 2013. One device, a handheld optical scanner for melanoma, highlights the miniaturization of devices, which is becoming more common in the industry.

The handheld scanner helps dermatologists determine in less than a minute whether a suspicious mole or spot could be the deadly melanoma skin cancer.

Using imaging technology created by the military for guided missile navigation, the device analyzes an image of the suspected skin cancer site and compares it against an internal database of known cancers. In a recent clinical trial, the technology correctly detected 98 percent of the melanomas.

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Original article from MDDI Online.