Increasing rates of physician burnout are negative affecting providers as well as patients. Researchers in JAMA Internal Medicine explored exactly why physicians feel burned out—with leading causes including excessive workloads, stressful environments and a lacking work-life balance.

Midmark Corporation, a leading medical solutions provider for ambulatory care, and Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), a global leader in innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies, today announced a partnership focused on improving the accuracy and efficiency of vital signs acquisition in the clinical space. 

Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and the global leader in healthcare communications, today announced that Mark A. Costanza has joined the company in a new role as its Senior Vice President of Professional Services. The addition of this role reflects Spok’s plans to broaden its portfolio of professional services and expand its enterprise delivery services.

Listening to individualized music programs could benefit the behavioral and psychological symptoms in patient with dementia. In a study published by The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, researchers tested the efficiency of the MUSIC & MEMORY (M&M) music program in addressing symptoms associated with dementia.

3D printing has expanded into the field of implantable medical devices by making them more personalized, stronger and at a reduced cost. Researchers from the University of Florida published recent findings on a new 3D process in Science Advances.

IBM researchers have announced new strategies in detecting and treating Ebola. They are using big data analytics to identify infected animal carriers, previously unstudied as a spread of the disease, to understand how the disease spreads.

When gadget manufacturers introduced wireless earbuds, many consumers expressed interest in the innovation. Noah Kraft, cofounder and CEO of Doppler Labs, saw the product could expand past just playing music—he lead a team to develop smart earbuds that act as over-the-counter hearing aids.

Tuning into SpongeBob could be one method to reduce the number of anesthesia doses to children with cancer. A study, presented at the ESTRO 36 conference in Vienna, found projecting videos on the inside of a radiotherapy machine during treatment could be a less traumatic, more cost-efficient method of managing pain for these patients.