InterSystems HealthShare to Improve Patient Experience, Coordinated Care at North Shore-LIJ Health System
The North Shore-LIJ Health System, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, has selected InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, to implement a secure technology infrastructure that will connect all of the health system’s clinical and business systems.
Final HHS Health IT Safety Plan Issued
A plan to guide health information technology (IT) activities across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to eliminate medical errors, protect patients, and improve the quality and efficiency of health care has been issued by HHS.
AHA Endorses Simulation Based Training from Medical Simulation Corporation and Raytheon
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced today that it has exclusively endorsed Simulation Based Training from Medical Simulation Corporation (MSC) and Raytheon Professional Services (RPS).
Stanley Healthcare Launches the Hugs Infant Protection Solution on Wi-Fi
Stanley Healthcare, a market leading provider of safety, security and operational efficiency solutions for the healthcare industry, launched the new generation of the Hugs® solution, now available on the AeroScout® Wi-Fi-based RTLS Platform, the KLAS Category Leader for RTLS.
Pilot Program Using Telemedicine to Decrease Emergency Room Wait Times
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding has been a major issue nationally for 20 years and continues to increase in severity. To address this issue, a pilot study has been launched at UC San Diego Health System’s ED to use telemedicine as a way to help address crowding and decrease patient wait times. The study is the first of its kind in California to use cameras to bring on-call doctors who are outside of the hospital to the patient in need.
Program Integrates Data Patients Collect at Home with Medical Records
The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare, has launched a pioneering program to support a re-designed care delivery system. Patient data collected at home, including vital signs such as blood pressure, weight and blood glucose, are now being transmitted electronically and viewable through the Partners HealthCare medical records system, making this important data accessible within the established clinical workflow.
ECRI Institute Names Top 10 Health IT Success Strategies to Manage Risks
In honor of Healthcare Risk Management Week, ECRI Institute, an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, will provide access to “Risk Managers’ 10 Strategies for Health IT Success,” from the June 2013 Risk Management Reporter newsletter.
Irisys Technology Aims to Enhance Hand-Hygiene Compliance by Improving Monitoring Process
Infrared technology could be a key strategy to improving healthcare workers’ hand-hygiene compliance – and a high-tech weapon in helping to reduce the spread of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), according to the results of a trial in a U.K.-based general medical unit.
OpenNotes Program Expands Access to Personal Health Information
I know I’m spoiled about access to personal health information. I get most of my medical care through Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, which offers PatientSite, a patient portal where I’ve been able to see my laboratory and imaging results, correspond with my doctor by email, manage my medications, request appointments, and so on for many years. (Developers and physicians Danny Sands and John Halamka describe the PatientSite project in a book chapter available online from the Commonwealth Fund.)
Disposable Blood Pressure Cuffs Introduced from SunTech Medical
SunTech Medical displayed its complete line of blood pressure cuffs at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology exhibition.