SmartTRAK had a great show at #SAWC2017! A few snaps from the show below and lots of great connections made by Lennart Stadler, Senior Analyst, Wound Care and Geoff Brown, Director Corporate Accounts, Wound Care. If you didn't get a chance to meet with them at the show, please don't hesitate to reach out!

And SmartTRAK's launch of new module Advanced China Dressings #woundcare was really well received. For a preview sample of the China Dressings module, click below.

Vivorté, Inc., a vertically-integrated, specialty orthopedic biomaterials company, announced the commercial availability of a complete line of bone grafting product solutions.

BioMedGPS announces expanded coverage of SmartTRAK Business Intelligence for Advanced Wound Care with the addition of its newest module, China Advanced Wound Dressings.

Co-sponsored by: Capital One Healthcare, Kinsella Group and BioMedGPS

Cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served at the Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar, just steps away from the Orange County Convention Center. The spacious patio is a perfect location for an evening of networking under the stars.

The evening will include a short panel discussion titled From the OR to the OEM: A Perspective, led by Don Urbanowicz, Principal, Urbanowicz Consulting, LLC.

SmartTRAK is excited to attend SAWC Fall on Oct 20-22, 2017 in Las Vegas at the beautiful Caesers Palace.  Please look for SmartTRAK's Lennart Stadler, Senior Analyst, Wound Care, who has flown all the way in from Sweden to attend the meeting. And it's also a great opportunity to meet with Geoffrey Brown,  Director Corporate Accounts, Wound Care, from Southern California!

BioMedGPS announces expanded coverage of SmartTRAK Business Intelligence for the Surgical Wound Market with the addition of its newest module, US Hemostats & Sealants.

SmartTRAK reports on two studies presented at INS 2017 evaluating the effect of VNS paired with rehab in stroke patients with upper limb paralysis.

One of the hottest emerging applications for neuromodulation is for improving function and movement in patients paralyzed by a stroke. Stroke affects almost 800,000 people every year in the US alone and is a leading cause of long-term disability, with an annual cost to the healthcare system of ~$33 billion.

At the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) 13th Annual Congress May 26-June 3 in Edinburgh, SmartTRAK interviewed Jesse Dawson, MD, Clinical Lead, Scottish Stroke Research Network, and Teresa Kimberley, PT, PhD Associate Professor, Division of Physical Therapy at the University of Minnesota, regarding a randomized, double-blinded trial evaluating the effect of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) during stroke rehabilitation on upper limb function after an ischemic stroke using Microtransponder’s Vivistim System...

India spoke loud and clear with extreme pricing caps on total knee replacements, while CMS sends mixed messages on controlling costs in the US

Outside the US the Total Joints Market softened during Q217, offsetting stable to strengthening results in US Knees and Hips, with the WW Market (as reported) growing +0.7%. Countries such as India are working to reduce the cost burden of joint replacement surgery, while in the US, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) is sending mixed messages keeping reimbursement rates relatively flat while proposing reductions to its Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled payments initiative...

Reducing the recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) or increasing ulcer free days is critical for patients with diabetes, as recurrence rates are 40% at one year, 66% at three years, and 75% at five years. At the DF Con meeting in Houston in March, BioMedGPS interviewed David G. Armstrong, DMP, MD, PhD, regarding his research on the use of fat grafting as a means to reduce recurrence of DFUs. Today, fat grafting is being rapidly adopted in plastic and reconstructive surgery, but is now being explored for care of the diabetic foot.