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e-Newsletter Archive: 2006
 December 7, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 10

News
• Applications Available for Patient Safety Leadership
• WHO's Collaborating Center for Patient Safety Seeks Comment on Proposed International Patient Safety Solutions
• CCHIT to Expand Electronic Health Record Certification to Some Specialties
• Two Healthcare Organizations Receive 2006 Baldrige Quality Awards
• AHRQ Awards More Than $5 Million To Study the Safe Delivery of Healthcare Through Medical Simulation
• VHA Steps Up the Fight Against Hospital-Acquired Infections
• ACC and Partners Launch National Alliance to Reduce Door-to-Balloon (D2B) Times

Business News
• Saniguard® Antimicrobial Products to Help Safeguard Patients and Staff at St. Rita's 'Medical Center of the Future'
• GE Healthcare's Performance SolutionsİGroup and Virtua Health Announce Results From 2nd Lean Healthcare Workshop
• Amirsys® and Commissure Partner to Provide Voice Recognition Integrated Clinical Decision Support for Imaging
• Partners HealthCare Turns to First DataBank's OrderView to Ease Burden of Internally Maintaining CPOE Content
• New York-Presbyterian Selects Patient Care Technology Systems' Automatic Tracking Software for Perioperative Services

Product News
• The St. John Companies Launches New Patient Identification Website
• Epocrates Enhances Free Online Application with New Features
• Spyglass Studies the Current State of Mobile Communications Adoption by Clinicians
• MEDSEEK, SelfCareNet, & Primetime Medical Partner to Deliver Integrated Consumer-Centric Solution
• Boston Scientific and GE Healthcare Announce First Integration of Remote Device Information Direct to Electronic Medical Records
• VISICU Introduces Critical Care Without Walls
• Patient Safety Self-Assessment Tool Allows Medical Practices to Evaluate Daily Processes


November 7, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 9

News
• Multimillion Dollar Grant Awarded to Sutter Health for Patient Safety Programs
• BREF and Leading Medical Institutions Announce Medical Device Registry
• CDC Urges Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities to Increase Efforts to Reduce Drug-Resistant Infections
• NQF Updates Endorsement of Safe Practices for Better Healthcare
• EHRs Still Not Routine Part of Medical Practice, Says New Study
• Patient Safety Initiative to Prevent Medication Errors
• 59 Hospitals Named to First-Ever "Leapfrog Top Hospitals" List

Business News
• Eastern North Carolina Community Takes Radical Approach to Fight Nation's Top Two Health Problems
• GE Healthcare Performance Solutions Helping Georgia Hospital Streamline Patient Flow, Boost Revenue and Enhance Patient Satisfaction
• Joint Commission International Appoints Carlo Ramponi, MD, to Lead European Office
• Christus Health Goes Live with Meditech, Standardizes Data Across Regions
• Siemens Medical Solutions and The Heart Center Of Indiana Choose InnerWireless to Increase Information Accessibility for Entire Campus
• Duke University Health System Joins with Dräger Medical to Implement Innovian Anesthesia Solution
• Global Care Quest and VisionTree Announce Strategic Agreement
• Quantros and HealthGate Enter Agreement to Continue to Advance Patient Safety

Product News
• CCHIT Announces New Certified Electronic Health Record Products
• Misys Homecare's My DayTM Streamlines Workflow While Offering Unprecedented Ease-of-Use
• Millions of Americans Can't Communicate with their Doctors, But a New Device from TLAN Could Change That
• CMI Enterprises Introduces NanocideTM Antimicrobial


October 4, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 8

News
• Patient-Focused Organization Reaches Out to Educate Chicagoans
• Trends in 'Superbug' Screening
• Patient Communication on Medication Lacking
• CCHIT Names New Commissioners
• U.S. Hospital IT Data Released by the Dorenfest Institute
• Joint Commission to Provide Oversight for U.S. Air Force Laboratories
• Curbed Medicare Patient Access, Staff Layoffs Loom
• Findings Validate Potential of Pay for Performance
• Campaign to Address Dangers of Food & Drug Interaction

Business News
• Implementing an Idealized Model for Critical Care
• University Hospitals to Implement Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager
• 100th Implementation of T SystemEV

• Products/Services

• Events


September 20, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 7

SPECIAL REPORT:
• Language Barriers Compromise Health Care

News
• Debut of "Ask Dr. Clark" Web Series
• CCHIT Announces First Certified EHR Products
• Improved Wound Healing
• National Council to Address Shortages of Nurses and Physicians
• Physician Burnout
• Emergency Heart Patients Do Better With Invasive Approach
• Report Offers Strategies for Reducing Drug-Related Errors
• Younger Adult Patients Less Trusting of Physicians
• Inpatient Diabetes Care Certification

• Business News

• Products/Services

• Events


July 12, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 6

SPECIAL REPORT:
• HIT Legislation on the Horizon

News
• CAPS Provides Testimony on Medical Liability Reform
• IHI 100,000 Lives Campaign Exceeds Goal
• Two Manufacturer Barcodes on One Unit-Dose Package?
• 2007 National Patient Safety Goals
• State-of-the-Art Surgical Center Opens
• Helping Patients Cope with Nausea
• Patients Improved Diabetes Control But Fail to Achieve Treatment Goal
• Tracking Computer-Based Error Reports Improves Patient Safety
• Study Finds Many Healthcare Professionals Unprepared for Flu Pandemic

• Business News

• Products/Services


June 16, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 5

WHITE PAPER:
• Yoga for Improved Outcomes

News
• IHI Announces 100,000 Lives Campaign Exceeds Original Goal
• ASQ's Quality Institute for Healthcare: Improving Delivery Systems
• 2007 National Patient Safety Goals
• HHS Report Shows Two Thirds of ICU Patients Receive Suboptimal Care
• Survey of EHR Trends & Usage
• CCHIT Criteria Recommended by AHIC
• Organ Transplant Center Certification
• Sacred Heart Hospital Earns Franklin Award
• Exploring Safety, Quality and Financial Viability
• 'Safe Lifting Environment' Campaign
• Patient Satisfaction Gap Widens
• Reducing Maternal Death Rate
• AstraZeneca Launches Awareness Campaign
• ESD and Alcohol Don't Mix

Business News

Products/Services

Events

May 11, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 4

SPECIAL REPORT:
• The Challenge of Medication Reconciliation

WHITE PAPER
• Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy: Effective and Now Automated

News
• Nurses Reduce Injury, Increase Productivity
• Joint Commission Shifts To Unannounced Surveys
• CCHIT certifies ambulatory electronic health record products
• Lean Healthcare seminars
• FDA Advances Federal E-Health Effort
• Computerized Systems Track Patients' Nutritional Intake
• Sacred Heart Hospital Wins Franklin Award
• Arizona Hospital Features EHRs, CPOE
• Wireless Pilot Improves Nurse Productivity
• Nurse Podcasts at NurseSpot.com
• Safety Improvements at UCI Medical Center
• Use of Remote Monitoring Devices Increases
• New Patient Safety Resources
• Accelerating e-Health Report
• Information Helps Providers Adopt Health IT
• Baby Boomers To Accelerate Remote Patient Monitoring
• A Method for Predicting Chemotherapy Success
• FDA Clears LMS CALM Curve for Standalone Offering
• VA Reaches Medical Records Landmark
• West Virginia to Deploy Medsphere EHR
• JCR Offers New Guide
• Indian Health Services Leverages EHRs
• Go Tech in Pursuit of Nursing Degree
• Massachusetts VNA To Expand Telemonitoring Program

New Products

Events

April 11, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 3

WHITE PAPER:
• Blogging for Patient Safety

CASE STUDY:
• Using PDAs To Improve Patient Safety

News
• Warning on Misconnection of Tubes and Catheters
• ICU Computerization Decreases Occurrence, Severity of Med Errors
• Case Studies in Patient Safety
• Montefiore Introduces New 'Silent Hospital' Program
• JCAHO debuts new Website
• AHRQ Introduces New Web Tool
• Child Trauma Simulations Find Many Problems
• Organizations Merge to Form New National Quality Forum
• LMS Medical Systems Announces New Addition
• 2006 Accreditation Manager Plus Software
• The PPECA Facilitator's Guide

New Products
• Sutter Health, selects EnovateIT
• iQuality released by HMC
• Thin is Healthy
• Omnicell introduces OmniCenter 10.0 Server
• RollerMouse Births MediMouse Pro
• Vocantas Announce the Launch of CallAssure
• CA to Resell Carefx Fusion with ID and Access Management
• U.S. and Korean Hospitals Roll Out Aeroscout RFID
• VITA LCD Touch-screen PC Introduced
• Thomson Micromedex and MercuryMD in Joint Agreement
• Advanced Labeling with RFID Capability
• Ekahau Announces New Partners
• IQMax Releases IQPlatform

Events
• Designing Reliable Delivery of Optimal Care
• Health Literacy: The Foundation for Patient Safety, Empowerment, and Quality Health Care

March 1, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 2

• The Prescription Infrastructure: Are We Ready for ePrescribing?
• Management of Patients with Diabetes as In-Patients
• Treating Pain in Newborn Infants
• Patient Teleconferencing
• Pharmaceutical RFID Adoption Slower than Expected
• Smart Card Applications in the U.S. Healthcare Industry
• HHS launches Pilot Project to Expand Electronic Prescribing
• Security firm joins THISA
• Hospital Joins Online Translation Service
• Personal ID Wristbands for Positive Patient ID
• 'Panic Button' for Locating Hospital Staff
• Hospital Implements End-to-End Medication-Use Technology
• Report: Adherence to Black Box Warnings for Prescription Medications in Outpatients

New Products
• HIPAA Compliance in IT Security
• Alliance seeks to provide integrated patient information
• CareFusion and GE Healthcare combine solutions
• PromptCharts EM for Nurses
• HP, Cisco Systems and CARDIAC Solutions for the Digital Hospital
• Medication Adherence & Patient Compliance Solutions

February 1, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 1

• Sentinel Event Alert: Using Medication Reconciliation to Prevent Errors
• Entry Open for National Patient Safety Foundation Awards
• Editorial: EHRs Could Reduce Costs and Medical Errors
• EHR in the News
• Pediatric Database Used to Test Safety of Medication
• Hospitals Implement Video Translation Service
• Some Hospitals Have Not Addressed Medical Errors
• The Older Nurse in the Workplace: Does Age Matter?
• Trauma-Center Care Significantly Lowers Risk of Death
• FDA changes Medical Device Guidelines
• Nurses Can Earn 25 CE Credits Testing NCI-Funded Online Course
• Medication Errors Occur More Often in Radiology Departments

New Products
• Flavors Enhance Treatment for Pediatric Oncology Patients

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