Research from the Stanford University Program in Biodesign examining the development process for medical devices is published in the December 2007 issue of the Journal of Medical Devices. The article reviews medical device regulation in the U.S., and offers insights into the various device classifications, quality regulations and post-market surveillance requirements developed by the FDA.

Harvard University faculty and neonatologists James Gray, M.D. and John Zupancic, M.D., and their team's research on increasing access to head cooling devices for asphyxiated newborns was published in January 2008 issue of Pediatrics.

University of Pennsylvania Principal Investigator Peter Groeneveld, M.D. and his team's primary research on the impact of ICDs was published in the Journal of Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (April 2007). Additionally, Dr. Groeneveld has now presented six papers at three international meetings on ICDs and his team's work on drug-eluting stents.

Duke University investigator Linda George, Ph. D. is using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data from arthritis patients to compare orthopedic knee and hip recipients for improvements in functional status. The team is also studying the social and economic impacts of stents vs. CABG.

InHealth's one-year grant to Laurence Baker, Ph. D. at Stanford University Medical School examines the impacts of MRI and CT on costs, utilization and outcomes.