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Lauren Dubinsky, Senior Reporter | January 24, 2018
GE Healthcare and several partners
have also developed a miniature MR for neonates. It’s located in the Jessop Wing Maternity Hospital in Sheffield and was still in the prototype stage as of January 2017.
9. GT Medical Technologies Inc.’s GammaTile Radiation Therapy System — This investigational system intraoperatively delivers brachytherapy for brain tumors. It’s intended to standardize seed placement, improve dose targeting and delivery, and lessen the risk of seed migration.
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It leverages IsoRay’s Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds. They are embedded into a bioabsorbable collagen mesh that the neurosurgeon and radiation oncologist sutures or staples in the cavity left by the tumor excised during surgery.
10. Microhospitals — It’s not a full-service hospital, but not quite an urgent care center either. Microhospitals generally provide emergency care and inpatient beds, but not intensive care services.
Health care systems are experimenting with these to expand access to acute care without investing in large infrastructure projects. Whether it can increase access to health care in fast-growing areas still remains to be seen.
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