Description

This issue of Vital Signs, released on July 31, 2006, provides a strategic overview of the evolution of central patient monitoring and the opportunity it presents to patient monitoring and information technology vendors due to the currently open environment. Additionally, an emerging company profile is provided on Cardiopulmonary, an innovative designer and developer of medical device monitoring software for life support critical care applications. Reimbursement and regulatory news from the FDA and CMS are also provided for the week of July 17 - July 24, 2006.