The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, May 1, 2026
Philips and Persante teamed up to produce this white paper on outsourcing your sleep center. Hospitals and health systems are concerned about their bottom lines. In today’s challenging healthcare environment hospitals are struggling to sustain and or grow. This helpful guide looks at the benefits and potential pitfalls when outsourcing your […]
Everyone knows the dangers of drinking and driving. We see the distractions involved with texting and driving, but few are attuned to the risks involved with getting behind the wheel while drowsy. Drowsy driving…doesn’t sound too serious, does it? In fact, drowsy driving can be just as dangerous as driving […]
After having been laid-off due to budget cuts just before Christmas 2014, Jamie Leader, RPSGT, RST, CCSH, had been searching for the right opportunity in sleep health. This “respite” had given her a chance to pursue a new avenue in compliance with mask issues. Ms. Leader spent some time the […]
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that the FDA approved the New Drug Application (NDA) for Lonhala™ Magnair™ (glycopyrrolate) Inhalation Solution (25 mcg twice daily), also known as SUN-101/eFlow®, for the long-term, maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. Sunovion […]
For the ninth consecutive year, Nihon Kohden has donated the proceeds from the sale of one of its EEG-1200A machines to benefit the American Epilepsy Society’s (AES) clinical and basic research fellowships. The EEG system was purchased by Greenville Health System, Greenville, S.C., and 100 percent of the proceeds were […]
This article was originally written for nurses but applies well to respiratory care and sleep medicine professionals. Many respiratory care therapists and sleep technologists put in 12-hour shifts, while others work night shifts. Although these types of schedules are expected as a requirement of their job, many medical professionals expose […]
During the recent Medtrade Fall in Atlanta, Royal Philips announced a strategic alliance with IncreMedical, a developer of high performance healthcare management solutions. The collaboration aims to optimize care models that will enable health systems, physicians and care providers through the use of post-acute care management solutions. As the number […]
The court-ordered publication of “corrective statements” by major U.S. tobacco companies later this month should serve as a reminder that tobacco addiction remains a major health problem in the country and that Big Tobacco has a long history of marketing practices aimed at hooking a new generation on a lethal […]
In collaboration with COPD Foundation and Russell Winwood, campaign focuses on helping inspire and enable COPD patients to live a better life Ahead of World COPD Day on November 15, Royal Philips, a leader in health technology, announced the launch of a global movement to raise awareness for chronic obstructive […]
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