Down time is great for catching a movie while lying on the couch, but it can lead to muscle weakness and atrophy for patients in the ICU. A study, published in PLOS ONE, tests the safety and feasibility of in-bed cycling for patients on mechanical ventilation.

Banner-University Medical Center Tuscon in Arizona is being penalized by Medicare for the third year in a row for a high rate of patients with injuries and infections, according to a report from the Arizona Daily Star.

For patients suffering from neuromuscular diseases, an eye-traacking technology may improve communication abilities. ClinicAll has developed a system that tracks eye movement to allow for communication in real-time.

As the number of minimally invasive surgical procedures grows, the value of the surgical equipment market is expected to escalate as well, to more than $20 billion by 2025.

Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital has announced plans to increase its critical care services by almost 50 percent as part of a $51 million expansion.

The new year has brought the final approvals to legally integrate Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Medical College into Geisinger Health System, creating the new Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

Hacking skills weren’t needed to gain access to confidential patient information of 15,000 individuals who had received services from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. All it required was a public computer.

To go over some of the policy victories for health IT within the 21st Century Cures Act, including the extra funding for major IT initiatives, HealthExec spoke with Alan Portela, CEO and board chairman of mobile interoperability platform AirStrip.