Patient Safety Video Library Released by Safer Healthcare
Collection of video vignettes helps health care and education professionals teach and reinforce key patient safety topics.
Joint Commission Alert: Effective Leadership Critical to Preventing Medical Errors
Leaders must take responsibility for patient safety.
Baxa Launches Awareness Campaign Addressing Serious Risk of Tubing Misconnection in the Neonatal ICU
Baxa Corporation announces the launch of a new awareness campaign for
its NeoThrive Enteral Feeding System. The exclusive NeoThrive System
provides Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) a safer way to help
their fragile patients grow.
VoIPcare Announces qMetrix for Healthcare for Real-Time Collection of Quality Data
VoIPcare Technology today announced the enhancement of their qMetrix
for Heathcare system. The system is a secure web based application to
assist hospitals in real time collection, storage and reporting of core
measures.
Coastal Shows Cultural Competency in Action with New Training Program
Coastal just released its second Cultural Competency program Cultural Competency: Problem Solving with Communication.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital Achieves 99 Percent CPOE Adoption Using Eclipsys’ Solution
Empowering physicians to adopt at their own pace, medication and non-medication orders now completed electronically across the enterprise.
The Clinical Documentation Specialist: A Key Member of Quality and Patient Safety Teams
Patient safety experts recognize that teamwork is
essential to improve quality and patient safety, but is there a crucial
member missing from the clinical team?
Roche Cardiac 200 Offers Rapid Cardiac Diagnostics for the Point of Care
Roche Diagnostics announced today the introduction of the Roche Cardiac
200, a comprehensive testing solution for rapid cardiac diagnostic
needs in point-of-care testing environments.
Language Line Services Soon to Offer Antimicrobial, Dual-Handset Phones for Hygienic Access to Interpreters in Over 170 Languages
Language Line Services, the leading
interpretation and translation provider, has announced the development
of an antimicrobial, dual-handset Language Line® Phone that is designed
to reduce the growth of infection-causing microbes.
Medfusion Acquires Medem’s iHealth Services
Medfusion, the leader in patient-to-provider
online communication solutions, today announced that they have acquired
Medem’s iHealth suite of services for physicians and the iHealth
Personal Health Record solution for patients.