AeroScout Announces First Wi-Fi RFID Tag that Withstands the Rigorous Sterilization Processes Required for Surgical Equipment
Aiming at Improvement
Notes on IHI’s 22nd National Forum
In recent years, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) National Forum—held in Orlando in early December — has become for me as much a harbinger of the holiday season as leftover Thanksgiving turkey, the media’s obsession with Black Friday, and the dark, cold afternoons of early winter in New England. My trip to Orlando this year offered both new and familiar experiences.
Leading Health Care Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Improve Care, Lower Costs
Six of the nation’s leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve health care quality while reducing costs.
Practice Fusion’s Free, Web-based EMR Helps Doctors Across the United States
Practice Fusion, the free Electronic Medical Record (EMR) company, has continued its phenomenal growth throughout 2010.
2010 PQRI Incentives Still Available
Physician practices are leaving money on the table because they don’t realize how easy it is to qualify for PQRI financial incentives, which are at their highest level.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization Sign Alternative Quality Contract
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (https://www.bluecrossma.com/) (BCBSMA), a locally-based, community-focused health plan, and Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization (BIDPO), an independent physician network affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, today announced they have signed a multi-year Alternative Quality Contract (AQC).
Automated UV-C Device Reduces Infectious Pathogens in Hospital Patient Rooms by More than 99.9% in Only 15 Minutes
Results of an 8-month hospital study, “Room Decontamination with UV Radiation,” were published in the October 2010 issue of “Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.”
HIMSS Launches Meaningful Use OneSource, an Authoritative Knowledge Resource
Aetna to Acquire Medicity
ECRI Institute Releases Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2011
Where do you start when trying to minimize the risks from healthcare technology? ECRI Institute (https://www.ecri.org), an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, helps hospitals answer this question with the release of its 4th annual list of Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2011.