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The Joint Commission, in collaboration with Joint Commission Resources (JCR) and Joint Commission International (JCI), has developed a new monograph containing the most current information, evidence-based guidance and resources to help health care organizations reduce the current risks and resulting harm associated with CLABSI. The monograph was produced in partnership with infection prevention leaders from the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), and the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).
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Last Updated on Sunday, 27 May 2012 16:43 |
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2012 is the year for many innovations in radiology, but who would have thought that a Facebook game could be one of the most popular? San Diego-based Ziltron has recently released a Facebook web-game called "X-Ray Ninja," which is a quick-fire game initially tackling the area of emergency radiology. |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 27 May 2012 13:10 |
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HyGreen, Inc. showcased its hand hygiene system, HyGreen(R), at the National Patient Safety Foundation's 14th Annual Patient Safety Congress. This year's event was held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on May 23-25, 2012. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:49 |
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The Sky Factory, a fine art and technology company, will exhibit at ESTRO 31 in Barcelona, May 9 - 13.
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 April 2012 07:00 |
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In the year since its launch, Doximity has grown to over 50,000 active physicians and is now used by 9% of all doctors in the United States. In that time, Doximity has also facilitated more than one million connections between doctors— affecting the care of tens of millions of American patients. In reaching this milestone, Doximity has established itself as the largest and fastest-growing professional network for physicians online.
Doximity uniquely provides a HIPAA-compliant platform where physicians use their real name and verified credentials to establish and share their professional expertise. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 14:21 |
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Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced the first mobile application for the Nursing Drug Handbook, the best-selling drug reference for nurses. Available for Apple iPhone, iPad and iTouch and all Android devices, the new application is the first drug reference for nurses to offer weekly updates. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), the Nursing Drug Handbook App gives the fastest access to the most current drug information for nurses.
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Dräger has announced the availability of its breakthrough Infinity Acute Care System monitoring solution in the United States and Canada*. This system pairs a handheld device for monitoring at the bedside and in-hospital transport with a widescreen medical workstation at the point of care. The system provides continuous surveillance, interoperability with Dräger’s ventilation systems, comprehensive patient information at the bedside, and the full suite of Masimo’s rainbow® SET noninvasive Pulse CO-Oximetry measurements, which can help hospitals increase patient safety and reduce costs. The Infinity Acute Care System has been in commercial use in European hospitals since 2010.
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Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve operation performance and patient satisfaction while supporting multiple RFID and RTLS technologies, has annouced that its InSites Connect RTLS mobility solution is now available in Apple's App Store. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:11 |
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Ekahau Inc. announced the May 8 launch of its newest Wi-Fi staff badge. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:56 |
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PROACTOnDemand, the new RCA SaaS Web Application for performing and delivering Root Cause Analysis developed by Reliability Center, Inc., of Hopewell, Virginia was awarded the Product of the Year Gold Award by Plant Engineering magazine readers in the Maintenance Software category. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:00 |
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