The Nivo Nebulizing System, designed for use in patients receiving noninvasive ventilation, was recently released under collaboration between Royal Philips Electronics and Galway, Ireland-based Aerogen. 

The FDA has given Spine Wave the approval to sell its StaXx XDL, an implant that uses the companys expandable-device technology to aid surgeons correcting spinal disorders.

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning setback strategies offer opportunities for substantial reductions in operating room expenses, according to a new report from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association.

Please allow this editorial to serve as a virtual handshake a "very nice to meet you," as it were.

The high adoption smartphone rates among physicians do not necessarily tell the full story, because adoption does not necessarily equate to robust clinical use. True integration into clinical practice remains a work in progress.

The 20th annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium marked a banner year. Turnout for the annual conference was larger than ever before, with more than 250 people. We saw a number of individuals whom weve never had before in Ojai, Calif. For many reasons, this was a time to celebrate the evolution of the CMIO role in the U.S.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., have developed an imaging system that enables high-speed, 3D imaging of microscopic precancerous changes in the esophagus or colon. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers a way to see below the surface with 3D microscopic detail.

The Joint Commission has made permanent Paula Wilson's post as president and CEO of its Joint Commission Resources (JRC) and Joint Commission International (JCI) operations. Wilson had been filling those roles in a temporary capacity since June 2010.