As part of COPD Awareness Month, the COPD Foundation is excited to announce the launch of the COPD Pocket Consultant Guide (PCG) app for healthcare providers. The app, designed to support the treatment and management of COPD, is now available for both iOS and Android. To download the new COPD […]
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ResMed MatrixCare Acquisition Expands Reach into Long-Term Care Settings
ResMed has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held MatrixCare, a leader in U.S. long-term post-acute care software, serving more than 15,000 providers across skilled nursing, life plan communities, senior living, and private duty. These care settings are complementary to ResMed’s current software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings in home medical equipment, […]
How Hospital Closures Can Be Avoided
By Kevin Fleming It seems that every other week we read about another hospital closure. In fact, the current pace is 30 – closures per year, according to an analysis conducted by Morgan Stanley as reported by Bloomberg News in August. The analysis, led by Vikram Malhotra, studied data from […]
SleepScore Labs Study Verifies the Dreampad Improves Sleep
SleepScore Labs, today announced scientific data validating that a new sleep product, the Dreampad, can improve sleep. The study found that sleeping with a Dreampad helped users feel more relaxed, increased their duration of deep sleep, and decreased the number of awakenings during the night. The Dreampad is a pillow fitted […]
Philips Launches InnoSpire Go Its Smallest Portable Nebulizer
Royal Philips has announced the US launch of InnoSpire Go, Philips smallest and lightest portable hand-held nebulizer system designed to deliver medication in just four minutes, reducing treatment time by up to 25 percent. [1] The easy-to-use and virtually silent InnoSpire Go puts hospital-grade nebulizer technology into the hands of […]
Four Patients with Chronic Lung Disease Contract Adenovirus
Voorhees Pediatric Facility, a pediatric special care nursing facility located in Voorhees, New Jersey, has had four patients with chronic lung disease contract a mild form of adenovirus. The adenovirus strain at Voorhees Pediatric Facility is not the same virus strain that was identified in the North New Jersey area […]
Researchers Wanted for Humidification/Nebulization Study
ARC Medical Inc., Tucker, GA, is seeking qualified clinicians to perform a clinical study on their heat moisture exchanger, ThermoFlo® HN. See the criteria below. If interested, please contact Hal Norris at 800-950-2720 x-210 or by email. ARC Medical, Inc. will fund a clinical study to accompany the bench study “Effect of […]
How to Prepare for the CCSH Exam: Providing the Foundation for Success
By Robyn Woidtke, MSN, RN, RPSGT, CCP, CCSH The Certification in Clinical Sleep Health (CCSH) exam is a relatively new exam to credential those who may wish an additional sleep role outside of the RPSGT exam. Currently, separate from the technologist credentialing and board certification for MD and PhD., there are […]
A Sneak Peek at ResMed’s Newest CPAP Mask, AirFit N30i
ResMed has soft launched their latest mask, AirFit N30i. This new CPAP interface is only available through select ResMed customers in Canada and France. It is not available in the U.S. and a release date hasn’t been set for the states. Here’s some information we were able to find on […]
PARDS, Validating a New Definition for Respiratory Failure in Children
An international team of investigators issues key findings on Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome According to a first-of-its-kind international study, a new definition of Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PARDS) results in a more accurate diagnosis of many more children with the rapidly progressive disease than the widely used adult […]













