Hospital Pharmacy Reduces Obsolete Inventory Waste by 32% with Medication Tracking System
Riverside Methodist Hospital launched a new wireless tracking system in April 2009 that records, in real time, the preparation of medications and their delivery route from the pharmacy to the nursing unit.?
National Quality Forum Endorses Updated Safe Practices
To guide healthcare systems in providing safe care the NQF has endorsed an updated list of Safe
Practices for Better Healthcare.
GE Demonstrates Flexible Anesthesia Solutions with North Carolina Agreement
GE’s Healthcare IT business plans to outfit a rural North Carolina hospital with a complete
Centricity® Perioperative Anesthesia solution, mapped to fit the
hospital’s existing workflow.
AHRQ Announces Interest in Research on Health Care-Associated Infections in Ambulatory Care Settings
AHRQ has recently issued a special emphasis notice focused on
addressing health care associated infections (HAIs) within ambulatory
care settings.
Coastal Updates Training Programs as HIPAA Goes “HITECH”
Coastal has released eight HIPAA training programs that accommodate the
new mandates of the HITECH Act.
ECRI Institute Issues STERIS System 1 High Priority Alert and Recommendations
In response to an FDA
notice issued on Dec. 3, 2009 hospitals throughout the U.S. are faced with
the task of finding acceptable alternatives to the STERIS System 1®
sterile processing system.
Leaders at Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems Overcome High Hurdles to Create a Superior “Culture of Safety”
A poor economy in a rural area might seem like overwhelming obstacles
to creating a sophisticated culture of safety in a health care system
that serves the largest aging population in the country, but leaders at
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems beat those odds in 2009.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Rolls Out “My Patient Passport Express™” Healthcare Check-in Kiosk
D2 Sales, LLC announced that Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center has successfully completed their pilot testing and is deploying
the My Patient Passport Express™ throughout their facilities.
Physicians More Likely To Report Drug Safety Information Through Electronic Health Records System
Pfizer announced results of a survey the company recently sponsored
that shows physicians are more likely to report side effects through an
electronic health records (EHR) system, as compared to traditional
paper methods.
VA Rocky Mountain Network Awards Critical Care Information System Contract to CliniComp, Intl.
liniComp Intl., a global provider of clinical documentation systems,
announced today that VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19) selected
CliniComp’s Essentris® Critical Care™solution.