ECRI Institute Releases Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2011
Where do you start when trying to minimize the risks from healthcare technology? ECRI Institute (https://www.ecri.org), an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, helps hospitals answer this question with the release of its 4th annual list of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2011.
Metro Unveils Hybrid Mobile Workstation with New Metro SecureRxTM Med Module at ASHP MidYear 2010
Metro, a world leader in providing technology, storage and transport solutions for healthcare facilities and other industries, unveiled the 1760Rx hybrid mobile workstation with the SecureRx Med Module at the 45th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition in Anaheim, Calif.
University of Colorado Hospital? Selects InterSystems Ensemble for Enterprise Integration
Massachusetts General Hospital Expands Use of LiveData Integration Technology, Further Deploying OR-Dashboard
LiveData, Inc. announced that Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has expanded its deployment of LiveData OR-Dashboard to five additional operating rooms.
Tele-monitoring Can Make ICUs Safer for Patients
First-of-Kind Medical I.D. Wristband Combines Unsurpassed High-Tech Features and Capabilities with Multimedia Entertainment
eMix Improves Clinical Care at Academic Medical Center in Virginia
PULSE: Common Format for Adverse Event Reporting on Health Information Technology
PULSE: Common Format for Adverse Event Reporting on Health Information Technology
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new Common Format designed to help healthcare providers collect information about adverse events related to HIT.
Information Exchange
Information Exchange
Riding the Cloud to Improve Patient Safety
After nearly 30 years as a practicing physician, I don’t have a day go by in my practice where a patient would not benefit from more timely availability of records from other institutions. Now, however, thanks to cloud computing, the delays and inappropriate repetitive testing attributable to unavailable records may finally be coming to an end. The limitation is no longer the technology itself but simply the speed of adoption.
Health IT & Quality
Health IT & Quality
Show Me the Money
The most important lesson in medical care comes from a bank robber who stole more than $2 million and spent more than half his life in jail. Named for Willie Sutton, one of the most prolific bank robbers in history, Sutton’s law grew out of a famous response to a reporter’s question attributed (perhaps falsely) to Sutton.