Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) permit healthcare providers to report adverse events under legal protection and are a rich source of important information that can be put into practice. With nearly four years’ experience reviewing patient safety data, ECRI Institute PSO has released important trends and guidance that can be used to reduce injury and deaths.

Diversinet Corp., a leader in secure mobile health that “Powers Care Coordination through Mobility,” has announced mobiHealth Wallet™, a secure, personalized virtual container for downloading, entering, managing and sharing personal health information.

Directional Dynamics, LLC previewed its innovative Wayfinding and Patient Engagement Applications for the healthcare market this month. This application, available initially on iPhone and Android devices, is part of the Directional Dynamics version 1.0 suite, to be released in Q1, 2013.

LiveData, a leading innovator in real-time data integration and display technology, has announced an iPad app for its perioperative workflow system, PeriOp Manager.

iSirona, a leading provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, has announced that the North Oaks Health System in Hammond, La., has chosen iSirona for its device connectivity solution. North Oaks will rely on iSirona’s flexible software to quickly and accurately move patient data from devices such as its anesthesia machines into North Oaks’ electronic medical record.

A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality highlights the cumulative experiences of over 100 grantees that implemented major health IT projects between 2004 and 2007.

GetWellNetwork, Inc.®, the leading provider of interactive patient care™ (IPC) solutions, has partnered with Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner Sharp Healthcare, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, Calif., to launchGetWellNetwork’s Interactive Patient Whiteboard™, the industry’s first collaborative patient whiteboard.

CareFusion Corp., a leading, global medical technology company, has unveiled a new preoperative cleansing program for patients that includes an industry-first, individualized reminder program that helps patients remember and follow a clinician’s preoperative bathing instructions.

Beaufort Memorial Hospital, one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals, and MEDSEEK, the provider of the healthcare industry’s only enterprise strategic patient engagement platform, will work together to activate patients to be effective self-care managers of their health.

The following is being released by The American College of Radiology: Image Wisely, in collaboration with the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), SNMMI Technologist Section and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), has created easily accessible online educational materials to help providers use the lowest radiopharmaceutical dose necessary to perform nuclear medicine exams.