Medical Devices: Who Needs to Read Device Instructions?

Essentially all medical devices used in hospitals come with a user instruction manual, commonly called Instructions for Use (IFU) or Directions for Use. Typically an IFU includes basic, operational “how to” information as well as pages of warnings, cautions, and other general or device-specific information beyond simply how to operate the device. 

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News – Nearly 74 Years After His Death, a Headstone Memorializes Ernest Amory Codman Boston surgeon is remembered for his visionary work in promoting medical outcomes.

To recognize the contributions of Ernest Amory Codman, MD, FACS (1869-1940), to American surgery and to patient care as a whole, a memorial headstone has been placed at his previously unmarked gravesite in the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

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New Toolkits Ease the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare


For young adults who have been diagnosed with a chronic condition like Type 1 diabetes or growth hormone deficiency, health concerns can add a degree of difficulty to transitions like leaving for college or living alone for the first time.

 The new Transitions of Care initiative spearheaded by the Endocrine Society provides interactive toolkits to help young adults who have hormone conditions navigate the shift from a pediatric to an adult healthcare team.

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