Siemens Introduces New Capabilities to Improve the Efficiency of Clinical Laboratories
Siemens Healthcare has introduced three new clinical laboratory
automation solutions that eliminate manual processes laboratory
personnel perform in producing diagnostic test results for patient care.
TheraDoc Introduces Clinical Decision Support Alert Bundles
TheraDoc®, a leader in clinical informatics,
today unveiled six new clinical and adverse drug event alert packages
designed to help hospitals improve patient care and safety.
University of California, San Diego Medical Center Selects Nuance’s Dragon Medical to Enhance EHR Rollout
Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of speech solutions, today announced that University of California, San Diego Medical Center selected Dragon Medical
for use at multiple facilities to expand physicians’ options for
documenting electronic health records to include real-time
speech recognition.
HHS Invites Public Comment on Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
The U.S. Health and Human Services Steering Committee for the
Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections is soliciting input from
the public as it develops a strategy for reducing and preventing HAIs.
As part of that effort, it is convening a series of engagement meetings
this summer: Sat., July 25 in Denver; Thurs., July 30 in Chicago, and
Thurs., Aug. 27 in Seattle.
Kaiser Permanente Survey Shows Seniors Embrace Internet to Manage Their Health
New data show that Medicare beneficiaries
registered to use My Health Manager, Kaiser Permanente’s personal
health record, are overwhelmingly satisfied with using the Internet to
manage their health care online.
CenTrak Releases New Temperature Tag for Healthcare
CenTrak, a leading provider of Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS) for tracking equipment and people indoors,
today announced the release of its new Temperature Tag (TempTag) for
use with its InTouchCare 2.0™ asset and people tracking system.
CenTrak’s TempTag is unique in its ability to track, wirelessly report
and help ensure correct temperature levels of refrigerators and
freezers in a healthcare setting.
Eloquest Healthcare to Market Optase® to the Wound Care Market
Eloquest Healthcare, Inc.,
a dermatology specialty company that focuses on improving dermal
outcomes for the acute care market, has announced that it is partnering
with Onset Therapeutics to market Optase (Balsam Peru (87mg/gm), Castor
Oil (788mg/gm) and Trypsin (0.12mg/gm)). Optase, a prescription product
formulated in a patent-pending gel delivery system for topical
application, promotes healing in the treatment of decubitus ulcers,
varicose ulcers and dehiscent wounds.
Ambient ID Unveils LabTrack™ Diagnostic Specimen Tracking Solution
Ambient ID Inc. today unveiled the company’s
LabTrack™ solution — a comprehensive business information management
system proven in diagnostic laboratories and hospitals throughout North
America to significantly improve operational efficiency and reduce test
costs.
Simple Patient Hygiene Program Reduces Incidence of Pressure Ulcers to Zero
Implementation of an Interventional Patient
Hygiene (IPH) program that clearly defines comprehensive bathing and
incontinence practices and education in the hospital intensive care
unit can significantly reduce pressure ulcers (PrUs), according to a
recent study at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Stop Moving Dirty Equipment
Allen Caudle, a partner with Appleseed Healthcare Resources, suggests
that applying lean management techniques to the use and maintenance of
mobile patient critical use equipment (CUE) — such as feeding tubes,
IVs, leg compression devices, and patient controlled analgesia and
syringe pumps — saves time and money, increases nursing time for
patient care, and could be helpful in reducing hospital-acquired
bacterial infections such as MRSA, C.Diff, and VRE.