Preoperative antiseptic skin preparation to reduce infection-causing
microorganisms is recommended for the 27 million patients in the United
States undergoing surgery each year.

Epocrates, Inc. today announced the availability of its most popular
premium clinical software suite, Epocrates®
Essentials, for BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion

The largest annual study of patient outcomes at each of the nation’s
5,000 nonfederal hospitals found a wide gap in quality between the
nation’s best hospitals and all others.

Patients in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP)
continue to face language barriers that threaten their health and
undermine their well-being.

LiveData, Inc., a leader in real-time data integration and display, has
been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from
the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
(TATRC).

Motion Computing®, a leading provider of integrated mobile computing
solutions, and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) announced today that
Corning’s Gorilla™ glass has been added to Motion’s most rugged
offerings.

Within3 announced that the
American College of Gastroenterology will become the first
medical society to extend its Annual Scientific Meeting to a year-round
forum by creating a Within3 online collaborative community for its
11,000 members.

HIMSS and co-sponsor,American Society for Quality, introduce Stories of Success! case study program to share quality and patient safety improvement success stories.

American Society for Quality is offering a three-part “on-demand”
webinar series that spotlights one healthcare organizations’ use of the
Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria to drive
organizational transformation.

McKesson has unveiled a powerful new health information  management
(HIM) tool to centralize and simplify the electronic release of patient
records.