Medtech Trendwatch: For Experts By Experts
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Medtech Confidence In The U.S. And What It Means For Manufacturers
6/15/2015
At Decision Resources Group, we’ve been measuring how confidence in the medtech industry has changed since the financial crisis in 2008, with a particular focus on the United States. Our analysis, called the Medtech Confidence Index (MCI), measures facilities’ confidence in the national economy, their financial health, and their procedure volume outlook, once per quarter.
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The Changing Role Of The Radiologist — And Its Impact On Medical Device Manufacturers
5/11/2015
Radiology has long stood on the front lines of patient care. For years, an expanding population of aging and increasingly unhealthy patients has been driving the increasing use of diagnostic imaging in the U.S. for nearly all medical conditions. However, in recent years, with the country coming through an economic recession and the government instituting a number of healthcare reform initiatives, the entire practice of diagnostic imaging has been under a microscope. The rapid expansion of radiology has brought with it a rise in associated costs.
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Q1 Peripheral Vascular Market Analysis: Drug Coated Balloon Landscape Evolves, Surprise Buyer For Cordis
4/10/2015
Med Device Online is pleased to introduce Medtech Trendwatch, a new monthly guest column series from analyst firm Decision Resources Group (DRG). Each installment will explore the latest trends in a major therapy area of the medical device industry. In this first installment, Louise Murphy, DRG's Medtech Cardiovascular Insights team lead, breaks down four of the top stories from Q1 2015 that are shaking up the peripheral vascular (PV) devices market.