Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Awards New Funding to AACN to Engage Hospital Leaders in Nurse-Led Quality and Safety Movement
Washington, May, 6, 2011—The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announces that the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $386,000 in new funding to engage hospital leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA) in the innovative work underway to improve healthcare quality and patient safety.
RWJF Launches Nest Phase of Flagship Initiative to Lift the Quality of American Healthcare
Princeton, New Jersey, May 5, 2011—The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced it will award grants of $1.3 million to 16 different healthcare collaboratives through its Aligning Forces for Quality initiative, continuing the foundation’s signature effort to improve the quality and value of U.S. healthcare.
Mobile Anesthesiologists, LLC Expands Deployment of Shareable Ink
Nashville, Tennessee and Chicago, Illinois, May 3, 2011—Shareable Ink®, the leading provider of enterprise-grade digital pen and paper applications for healthcare, and Mobile Anesthesiologists®, LLC, a data-driven ambulatory and office-based anesthesia practice, announced the implementation of the Shareable Ink Anesthesia Suite.
Harvard Medical School Faculty Advances Drug Safety Research with IBM Business Analytics
Armonk, New York, May 3, 2011— IBM announced that faculty from Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital will use IBM business analytics technology at the core of new research that examines the effectiveness of prescription drugs and spots potential safety issues.
Wellsense Unveils First-Ever Bedside Patient Pressure Mapping System Designed to Assist Caregivers in Effectively Repositioning Patients
Wellsense USA, the pioneer of bedside smart textile technology, unveiled a breakthrough product at this year’s National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition sponsored by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) held in Chicago from May 2-5.
Medicare Finalizes a New Rule for Telemedicine Services to Keep Beneficiaries in Rural and Remote Areas Dialed In through Telemedicine
May 2, 2011—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has finalized a rule for telemedicine services to ensure that patients in rural or remote areas will continue to receive the most cutting-edge medical care from many of their local hospitals.
St. Joseph Health System Focuses on Delivering Perfect Care with New Technology to Mitigate Risk and Improve Patient Safety
Orange, California, April 30, 2011—St. Joseph Health System, a $4.6 billion healthcare system headquartered in Orange, California, announced a partnership with RF Surgical Systems, the market leader in the prevention and detection of retained surgical sponges.
Voalté’s Connectivity Enables Hospitals to Leverage Infrastructure
Sarasota, Florida, April 28, 2011 – As tablets and smart phones evolve and make their way into hospitals, many health care executives are working to develop a successful mobile-integration strategy. St. Joseph, Mo.-based Heartland Regional Medical Center recently implemented Voalté’s iPhone solution, which leverages the hospital’s disparate systems onto a single communication platform.
Healthcare Organizations Release Updated Guide to e-Prescribing
Englewood, Colorado, April 26, 2011—Five partner organizations issued an updated 2011 edition of A Clinician’s Guide to Electronic Prescribing. This “how-to” guide helps healthcare professionals make informed decisions about how and when to transition from paper to e-prescribing systems.
ISMP Launches 2011 Assessment of Medication Safety
Chicago, April 21, 2011—The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), in partnership with the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) and the American Hospital Association (AHA), launched the 2011 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for hospitals.
