Daylight Saving Cranks Up Severity of Medical Malpractice Incidents
A study analyzed three decades of malpractice claims to compare daylight saving time with standard time.
A study analyzed three decades of malpractice claims to compare daylight saving time with standard time.
The FDA has identified ResMed’s recall of over 20 million AirFit and AirTouch CPAP masks with magnets as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. There have been six reported injuries.
The FDA is warning patients and health care providers to carefully monitor Philips DreamStation 2 CPAP machines for signs of overheating after receiving an increase in reports.
The FDA has cleared a contactless bedside device that uses macro- and micro-motion to remotely monitor vital signs in patients with chronic conditions while they sleep.
The national consortium of law firms will advance the carriage of a class action related to the recall of Philips’ CPAP and ventilator devices.
A former sleep clinic owner pleaded guilty to health care fraud and aggravated identity theft charges today for submitting over $1 million in fraudulent claims for sleep studies to Medicare, according to a release from the US Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California.
The sleep techs turned their attention to the equipment, rather than the patient, when reacting to the sensor data, according to the family's attorney. Healthcare professionals must treat the patient, not the equipment, sources say.
SOMNOmedics, a family-owned manufacturer of sleep diagnostic devices, has completed the first steps in converting to a public limited company, as it gains its first minority shareholder.
Challenger Motor Freight will launch a voluntary sleep apnea education and screening program incorporating Resonea's DROWZLE smartphone app.