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.

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.

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, 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, 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 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.

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.

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.

Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) and Transforming Healthcare in Connecticut
Communities (THICC) – a coalition of Connecticut’s leading hospitals,
physician practices, employer groups and insurers – today announced the
formation of a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) to improve
the health of Connecticut’s communities.

Fallon Clinic, a large, multi-specialty medical
group practice in Central Massachusetts, in conjunction with
HealthAlliance Hospital, a member of the UMass Memorial Health Care
system, recently launched SAFE Health (Secure Architecture For
Exchanging Health Information, www.SAFEHealth.org), a regional health information exchange program.