Kaiser Permanente together with the National
Patient Safety Foundation and the National Association of Public
Hospitals and Health Systems announced the “Patient Safety Initiative
at America’s Public Hospitals.”

Acesis, the enterprise software company focused on healthcare
performance improvement, announced results from its first six months of
service for the University of California, San Francisco Division
of Hospital Medicine.

TVR Communications (TVRC), the largest U.S. provider of interactive
patient services and entertainment products, and Interactive Care
Network (ICN) have partnered to deliver an enhanced discharge planning
solution.

ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best
approaches to improving patient care, reveals the Top 10 Challenges for
2010 as identified by healthcare risk managers.

McKesson introduced the PROmanager-Rx™ system, an innovative solution
that enables hospitals for the first time to fully automate the
dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that
come pre-packaged from drug manufacturers in unit-dose, bar-coded form.

At the IHI Forum on Quality
Improvement in Health Care, Royal Philips Electronics introduced the
eICU® Sepsis Management Program, a new clinical program that further
expands the value of its Philips VISICU eICU Program.

Thomson Reuters announced the release of Micromedex 2.0, the newest version of its market-leading clinical information system.

Quantros, a leading software and services provider for the healthcare
industry, announced a strategic agreement with Allscripts, the leader in software,
services, information, and connectivity solutions for physicians and
hospitals.

While Congress debates whether healthcare reform would control
healthcare costs, today employer purchasers point to 45 hospitals that
lead through example — delivering the best quality care in the nation
while attaining the highest levels of efficiency.

AliMed Inc., a leading manufacturer of patient safety and fall
management products, is pleased to announce the release of their
Proximity Sensor Pad.