Connexall 4.3 Enables Industry’s Highest Level of Hospital Collaboration
Toronto, Ontario and Boulder, Colorado—From smart beds to HVAC systems, patient monitoring devices to RFID chips, electronic medical records to nurse call solutions, the ability send critical patient data across devices and systems is still a major pain point for hospitals.
InterimID™ Supports Patient ID and Downstream Workflows during HIS or Network Downtime
Sept. 29, 2011—Standard Register introduces InterimID™, a stand-alone solution for producing patient ID bands and labels with barcodes and patient demographics during system or network downtime. InterimID resides on the desktop where it is readily accessible to staff when the health information system or network goes down.
Web 3.0 Data-Mining for Comparative Effectiveness and CDS
Health IT & Quality
Web 3.0 Data-Mining for Comparative Effectiveness and CDS
“Turbulent times” accurately describes the state of the American healthcare system. The list of critical challenges is well known—upward spiraling healthcare costs now approaching 17% of GDP, healthcare payment reform, shortage of clinical professionals, aging population, and the economic downturn.
Scanner Beep Only Means the Barcode Has Been Scanned
ISMP
Scanner Beep Only Means the Barcode Has Been Scanned
You might find it hard to believe that wrong patient and wrong drug/dose/time errors can still happen when using a bedside barcode scanning system. One source of error stems from the fact that, regardless of whether the correct product has been scanned or an associated warning has been issued, audible barcode scanners produce the same beeping sound.
White House Proclaims National Health Information Technology Week, Sept. 11–16, 2011
Washington DC, Sept. 12, 2011—President Obama has declared the week of Sept. 11-16, 2011, National Health Information Technology Week, and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for health IT has recently added new online resources for patients and providers.
All Systems Becomes Approved Voalté Reseller
Sarasota, Florida, September 7, 2011—Voalté, a leader in clinical communications technology, today announced a new reseller partnership with All Systems, based in Kansas City, Kan. This partnership allows All Systems to provide the Voalté One smart phone solution to hospitals in Kansas and Missouri.
Paper on Automation in Surgery Wins 2011 Human Factors Prize for Excellence in HF/E Research
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society congratulates Dietrich Manzey, Maria Luz, Stefan Mueller, Andreas Dietz, Juergen Meixensberger, and Gero Strauss on receiving the 2011 Human Factors Prize for their article, “Automation in Surgery: The Impact of Navigated-Control Assistance on Performance, Workload, Situation Awareness, and Acquisition of Surgical Skills.”
TeleTracking Announces Availability of its Next Generation Real-Time Locating System (RTLS)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 22, 2011—TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of its second generation Real-Time Locating System, TeleTracking RTLS.
GE Healthcare Launches Centricity Business 5.0
Barrington, Illinois, August 22, 2011—GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, launched Centricity* Business 5.0, the next-generation revenue cycle management solution for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practices and physician billing groups.
iSirona Awarded Medical Device Integration Contract from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Panama City, Florida, August 11, 2011—iSirona®, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, announced that Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has signed an enterprise license agreement to implement iSirona’s device connectivity solution.