Nation’s Leading Infections Diseases Experts Call for Mandatory Flu Vaccine for All Healthcare Personnel
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
Maine’s HealthInfoNet Selects Orion Health as Primary Vendor for Health Information Exchange Deployment
Maine’s HealthInfoNet has selected Orion Health as the primary technology provider for their statewide health information exchange (HIE). The HIE currently involves six healthcare organizations and many of their affiliated hospitals and physician practices that annually care for more than half of the residents of Maine.
NIST Traceable Temperature Tracking Provides Visual Alert, RadarFind Sensor Now Waterproof Certified
eleTracking Technologies’ RadarFind real-time locating distributed sensor network now includes a temperature-measuring tag that is NIST traceable and certified to be waterproof and dustproof for hospital facilities..
Vision Facilities Management Announces Real-Time ECRI Integration
Vision Facilities Management Limited, a leading provider of integrated healthcare asset management software, announces the launch of a new two-way communication interface with ECRI Institute that will significantly improve the ability of hospital staff to manage medical device safety alerts and recalls.
Prepare for the Worst
How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit is a manual intended to demystify what one can expect when named as a defendant in a malpractice claim. Given the likelihood that a physician practicing in the U.S. will be sued at some point in his/her career – especially those in “high risk” specialties – this book should have broad appeal in the medical community.
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Converts to Masimo rainbow Technology for Advanced Noninvasive Patient Monitoring Capabilities
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) in Colton, California, and Masimo jointly announced the completion of ARMC’s system-wide conversion to Masimo rainbow technology.
Siemens Partners With ExitCare To Deliver Patient Education Services to Health IT Customers
Siemens Healthcare announced its newly-formed partnership with patient education content provider, ExitCare, to begin providing expanded patient education services to its broad health information technology customer base.
NightHawk Radiology Launches Client Peer Review Program
NightHawk Radiology Services announced the availability of its Client Peer Review (CPR), part of its best-in-class Quality Assurance Program, and the only one of its kind that provides an objective measure of effective communication and reporting accuracy based on the impact on patient outcomes.
Cardinal Health Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to Improve Health Care Efficiency, Quality
The Cardinal Health Foundation announced that, for the third consecutive year, it has awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care.
CRICO/RMF Strategies Releases “Healing the Healer” Film
CRICO/RMF Strategies, leading an innovative national effort to use malpractice data to help healthcare organizations reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety, announced the release of its latest film, entitled “Healing the Healer.”