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Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare:
e-Newsletter Archive: 2007
 December 20, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 12

News
• The Medical Library Association needs eight hospital libraries to pilot a new Health Information Literacy Curriculum.
• Statit Software sponsors ASQ's free seminar, Composite Performance Measures to Accelerate Quality Improvement.
• URAC names finalists for its Best Practices in Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards.
• HRET is accepting applications for its Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship.
• Two healthcare organizations are among five winners of the Baldrige Quality Awards.
• Improving safety and quality by expanding the role of clinical pharmacists is the subject of a demonstration project in Penn.
• CITL estimates that provider-to-provider telehealth will save $4.28 billion annually.
• ISMP announces 10th Annual Cheers Awards recipients.

Business News
• Philips announces intention to acquire Visicu.
• McKesson's EHR and medical office software are used in study of safe medication practices.
• US Pharmacopeia partners with Quantros to enhance MEDMARX.
• Philips to acquire clinical IT company Emergin.
• IPC The Hospitalist Company provides services to University Community Hospital in Tampa.
• Christiana Care Health System integrates auto-tracking from PCTS in the ED with in-patient bed management from Premise.
• Noblis designates the Noblis' Center for Health Innovation.
• CapsuleTech announces new additions to its growing list of clients.

Product News
• AHRQ offers free DVD on designing hospitals for safety and quality.
• B. Braun ONGUARD protects professionals from hazardous drug exposure.
• JCR Releases Safe by Design: Designing Safety in Health Care Facilities, Processes, and Culture.
• ForHealth Technologies' IntelliFlowR is first IV-room workflow manager for hospital pharmacies.
• AliMed's digital alarm clock features fall alarm.
• Epocrates is available for BlackBerry Smartphones.
• GetWellNetwork patient communications encourage hand washing for MRSA control.
• Comfortex Landing Strip complements fall prevention programs.


November 14, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 11

Features
• A recent study examines the relationship between employee ratings of hospital safety culture and patient ratings of service quality from the same hospitals.

News
• Nurses at 25 U.S. hospitals report that poorly designed medical technologies lead to inefficiency and unsafe workarounds.
• Health leaders from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and US support WHO Action on Patient Safety Initiative.
• Office of the National Coordinator seeks consensus definitions for EHR, EMR, PHR, HIE, and RHIO.
• Leapfrog is accepting applications for two new awards: Governance for Quality and Patient-Centered Care.
• The eHealth Initiative has released a report of principles and strategies for using IT to improve health and healthcare.

Business News
• Cambridge University Hospital (UK) will use Fusion from Carefx to enable access to patient data across systems.
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center chooses Awarepoint's RFID for asset management.
• Miller Children's Hospital-a leapfrog "top Hospital"-uses MEDai for business intelligence.
• CCD Health Systems acquires risk management software assets of Medical Risk Management Associates.

Product News
• The Patient Safety Group offers the AHRQ Culture Survey
• Next generation Vocera communications badge boosts performance.
• Cerification Commission announces first EHR products certified for hospitals.
• Standard Register will offer solution for CMS requirement for tamper-resistant prescription pads.
• PDC's systems reduce transfusion errors related to patient or blood misidentification.


October 24 - Volume 2, Number 10

News
• MRSA infections more prevalent than previously believed and increasingly found outside of healthcare settings.
• Frequency and severity of hospital claims are at new lows, according to a study released by Aon Corp. and ASHRM.
• The Joint Commission will study pre-operative nursing assessments in ambulatory surgery centers.
• WHO identifies a global agenda that ranks 23 research topics in patient safety.
• The RWJF funds collaborative national effort to measure and report the quality and cost of patient care.
• Fellowship in emergency medicine administration offered for 2nd year.
• FDA launches quarterly Drug Safety Newsletter.

Business News
• Nuance to acquire Vocada and add critical test result management to its Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions.
• MEDecision and Medem collaborate to give physicians clinical information at the point of care.
• GE Healthcare acquires Dynamic Imaging, provider of web-based imaging and information management solutions.
• Century City Doctors Hospital to install Medsphere OpenVista® EHR.
• Denver Health uses InnerWireless and Cisco to expand RFID to 1.5 million square feet.

Product News
• Cardinal Health provides new technology to prevent blood transfusion errors in critical care.
• Medical Simulation Corporation introduces online course in invasive line management.
• B. Braun announces contained medication system to protect healthcare workers from drug exposure.
• Microsoft unveils new software and services platform called HealthVault.
• Precision Dynamics Corporation introduces new barcode wristbands for infants.
• ARUP releases Consult 2.0: Physician's Guide to Laboratory Test Selection and Interpretation.
• LMS risk management software tool — CALM Patterns — evaluates fetal heart rate patterns.


September 26, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 9

News
• The Joint Commission announces the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award recipients for 2007.
• A healthcare collaborative reports on security risks associated with EHR systems.
• HIMSS recognizes achievement in HIT with the 2007 Davies Awards.
• Hospital-library program that informs consumers about patient safety receives continued funding.
• Adverse drug events reported to FDA appear to have increased markedly.
• NCHL and GE Healthcare launch Institute for Transformational Healthcare Leadership.
• Cardinal Health establishes $1 million grant fund to improve quality and safety of patient care.

Business News
• Angel Medical Center advances patient safety with infusion pumps from B. Braun.
• WHO redesignates ECRI Institute as a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center
• Columbia University Medical Center physicians select Allscripts EHR.
• HealthAlliance Hospital Integrates Siemens' Soarian® with InnerWireless utility.
• Harvard Med. School Faculty approves clinical content of ActiveHealth's Care Considerations.
• IPC initiates a psychiatric hospitalist program at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

Product News
• Saniguard® by CHG antimicrobial coating proves effective against norovirus.
• RF Technologies® new CodeWatch™ transmitter adds wristwatch-like comfort.
• MEDHOST announces version 4.1 of its emergency department information system.
• JCR's new consulting service helps prevent and control multi-drug-resistant organisms.
• Sandel Medical introduces Stand-Up-and-Count™ sponge counter.


August 22, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 8

Features
• The Relationship between Patient Perceptions of Hospital Practices and Facility Infection Rates: Evidence from Pennsylvania Hospitals

News
• New Survey Addresses Relationship of EMRs to Malpractice Risk
• Mark R. Chassin, MD, Named President of The Joint Commission
• California Data Exchange Project Offers Valuable Lessons for National Health IT Efforts
• New Quality Compass® Data Provide Latest Indicators of Quality, Service For 250 Health Plans Serving Nearly 50 Million Americans
• RWJF Awards Grant to Design and Promote National Policies that Reflect Nursing's Contribution to Quality
• Brookings Launches Engleberg Center for Health Care Reform

Business News
• Ekahau Teams with VeriChip for Healthcare Security Solution
• Eagle Hospital Physicians Launches Statit piMD™ to Enhance Focus on Continuous Quality Improvement
• RAND and Health Dialog Form Strategic Alliance to Create New Tools to Evaluate Quality and Efficiency of Health Care
• SafeTGlow and St. Joseph Hospital Implement Patient Safety Lighting System
• Bayshore Community Hospital Selects Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager™ to Help Improve Care Delivery and Patient Safety
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Signs to Adopt IntelliDOT Patient Care System
• Bed-Check® Corporation Acquired by Senior Technologies™

Product News
• Medication Administration: One Drug, One Error, One Life
• Outcome and American Heart Association Enhance Patient Management Tool for "Get with the Guidelines" Program
• DePuy Launches New Software for Computer-Assisted Hip Surgery
• New Health Literacy Primer Guides Practitioners and Administrators to Care for Low Literate Patients


July 25, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 7

Features
• Practical Approaches to Improving Safety in the Emergency Department Environment

News
• Practical Approaches to Improving Safety in the Emergency Department Environment
• Data Shows 70 Percent Decrease in Patient Pressure Ulcers
• Study Estimates Cancer Risk from Radiation Exposure During Cardiac CT Scans
• E-Prescribing and Computer-Generated Fax Exemption
• Maryland Patient Safety Center Leads Pioneering Work in MRSA Prevention
• AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU Deliver Endorsed Health IT Principles to Congress
• Filmmaker's New Movie Courtesy of Neurontin

Business News
• The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Takes Lead in Setting New Standard of OR Patient Safety
• McKesson Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Awarix
• HealthGrades Expands and Renames Hospital Quality-Improvement Consulting Unit
• IPC — The Hospitalist Company to Provide Hospitalist Services at Memorial Health System of East Texas
• Visually Integrated Operating Room Enhances Patient Safety, Improves Workflow at 'Top 100' Community Hospital
• Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center to Automate IV Preparation with ForHealth's IntelliFill i.v.

Product News
• Award-Winning Scientist Uses Innovative Canadian Telephony Technology to Improve Healthcare
• Dräger Medical Continues Innovation of Anesthesia Information Management System Performance with Release of InnovianÆ Anesthesia 2.0
• Inviro Medical Devices Introduces InviroSNAP!® with InviroSTRIPE®
• ActiveHealth Management's Intelligent Personal Health Record
• Iapyx™ Medical Introduces Stable-Line®


June 20, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 6

Features
• Results of the Crocs Footwear Survey performed by the Partnership for Health and Accountability

News
• Joint Commission launches national campaign "Know Your Rights."
• PSA encourages all facilities to test systems for unsafe drug orders.
• Leapfrog Group finds that Illinois hospitals have room for improvement.
• AMA launches online self-assessment tool to improve drug treatment.
• MedSolutions equips imaging patients with "Five Essential Questions."

Business News
• DocuSys and UPenn Medical School establish Center for Information Technology.
• Siemens and Partners HealthCare collaborate to develop SOA infrastructure.
• Agfa HealthCare and Vocada integrate solutions for critical test result management.
• Sorry Works! and Physhield provide disclosure training for physicians.
• EMS Agency uses In Motion's wireless system to improve service and quality of care.
• GE Healthcare and IntrinsiQ provide oncology clinical information in EMRs.

Product News
• Talsico kicks off "Error Reduction: The Human Factors" seminar series.
• ECRI Institute publishes guide to "A Safer ICU."
• Zebra Technologies introduces new adhesive tab closure on ID wristbands.
• PageRouter enables onsite-offsite pager integration.
• Welch Allyn unveils hand-held patient monitoring solution.
• B. Braun announces new suite of infusion safety tools.


May 23, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 5

Features
• EHRs, PHRs, and ePrescribing: How Do the Pieces Fit Together? • eNotes: A Tribute to Frank Verheggen

News
• NPSF Request for Proposals: Research in Patient Safety
• NCQA Releases HEDIS® Specifications for Physician Clinical Quality
• "Safest Hospital" Initiative to Save Lives, Cut Costs
• ASHRM Promotes Collaboration During Healthcare
Risk Management Week
• Hospitalist Leaders of Private Practice Groups Form New Organization
• WHO Collaborating Centre Promotes Nine Life-Saving
Patient Safety Solutions
• Healthcare Leaders Outline Ethical Principles for Quality Improvement
• Hartford Foundation Grants SHM $1.4 Million to Study Care Transitions

Business News
• Emerging Health selects RxHub MEDS® for Medication History and Pharmacy Benefit Information
• Cardinal Health to Acquire VIASYS Healthcare
• AHRQ and Epocrates Collaborate to Deliver Best Practices to
the Point Of Care
• SureScripts® to Acquire MedAvant Electronic Prescribing Network
• Maimonides Medical Center Initiates Telemedicine Project with
Verizon Business
• VNA Care Network & Hospice Selects WebVMC as its Telehealth Technology Provider
• The Johns Hopkins Hospital and TeamHealth Announce Joint Fellowship
• UCSD Medical Center teams up with LifeWings Partners

Product News
• DR Systems PACS Highlighted at Patient Safety Conference
• PDC Blood Band Plus Wristbands for Patient ID and Blood Matching
• AORN Offers Surgical Patient "Hand-Off" Tool Kit
• TransMotion Medical's Treatment and Transport Stretcher Chairs
• IapyxTM Medical Introduces Catheter Stabilization Devices
• CAREtTM Vital Signs Collection System (VSC) Streamlines
Nurse Workflow
• Magnatag's® Whiteboard Features Pre-printed Gray Line Bars
• RF Technologies® Offers Free Sensatec® Bed and Chair Alarms


April 11, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 4

News
• Kidney Failure Can Result from Iodine Dye Used for X-Rays Data Shows
• Wal-Mart, University of Arkansas and Blue Cross Blue Shield Announce Center of Excellence to Boost Use of Information Technology in Health Care Operations
• HealthGrades Launches First National Physician Malpractice Database for the Public
• New Joint Commission Report Portrays Patient Safety andÝHealth Care Quality Performance of Nation's Hospitals
• The Leapfrog Hospital Survey Gets Tougher
• Fewer Employers Offer Lower Income Parents Health Coverage

Business News
• AHIP Partners with Health Literacy Innovations
• InnerWireless and PanGo Announce Merger
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Selects Microsoft's Azyxxi Solution for Its Enterprise Operations
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Taps Thomson Healthcare to Improve Clinical Performance and Standards Compliance
• Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical ManagerTM Selected by SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Product News
• Axolotl Expands Elysium Prescription Management
• Call A Computer Cleaning Specialist — Or Replace Existing Technology With Unotron's Washable Product Line
• How Safe are Today's CT Scans? ECRI Provides Guidance on Reducing Cancers Caused by CT Scans
• The Road Map to Procedural Success: Treating Occlusions in the Superficial Femoral Artery


March 15, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 3

News
• Consumers Advancing Patient Safety offers web site to help patients and healthcare providers collaborate for safer care.
• MEDMARX reports that perioperative patients face increased risk of harm due to a lack of comprehensive oversight of medications.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics has a new policy statement, "High-Deductible Health Plans and the New Risks of Consumer-Driven Health Products."
• Citrix survey identifies barriers to electronic medical record adoption and regional health information organization participation.
• The Health Research and Educational Trust, with support from Hospira, offers a new leadership training opportunity for health care teams.
• Cambridge Health Alliance is the firs thospital system in Massachusetts to implement electronic laboratory reporting.
• The NMRC has released, "Overcoming the Psychological Barriers to Telemedicine: Empowering Older Americans to Use Remote Health Monitoring Services."
• Accenture reports many consumers value electronic health records when choosing a physician and would be willing to pay for the service.
• HIMSS has released the results of the 2007 Nursing Informatics Survey sponsored by McKesson.
• The Joint Commission will begin a comprehensive test of nursing-focused performance measures.

Business News
• IBM connects Duke Medicine patients and physicians through single online resource.
• SRS Chart Manager positions Catawba Women's Center fro P4P bonus.
• King Hussein Cancer Center selects Pharmacy OneSource's Amplifi and Quantifi for better pharmacy performance.
• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System selects TheraDoc® for infection control and disease surveillance.
• University Hospital of Ghent chooses AeroScout, Cisco, and Emergin for mobile patient monitoring.
• Wyoming Hospital Selects Medsphere OpenVista electronic health record.
• GetWellNetwork endorsed by the AHA to bring bedside communication to patients.
• Mitretek Systems changes name to Noblis.
• U.S. DoD awards contract to Healthcare Team Training, Stanley Associates, and American Institutes for Research.

Product News
• StatCom has launched patient flow logistics and tracking software.
• InnerWireless offers real-time location system, called "Spot."
• Dräger Medical has introduced a Web-based product that integrates patient information from medical devices and systems.
• Resolution Health has announced a drug-safety program that alerts physicians daily to potentially dangerous drug interactions and to lab results indicating a need to adjust drug use and dosing.
• Ekahau is developing a Wi-Fi-enabled badge with a variety of new location tracking and communications applications.


February 20, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 2

News
• CAPS Urges Support for Kernicterus Prevention Partnership Campaign
• Joint Commission, National Quality Forum Seek Applicants for the 2007 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards
• CCHIT Seeks Public Comment on Inpatient EHR Criteria
• HL7 Continuity of Care Document Is Approved by Balloting Process and Endorsed by Healthcare IT Standards Panel
• Annual Study Finds Top Hospitals Have 28% Lower Mortality Rate
• Eighth Annual IHE Connectathon Advances Efforts to Break Down Interoperability Barriers to Patient Information Sharing
• Partners Healthcare Increases Commitment to Connected Health Programs
• HRET, ISMP and MGMA to Develop Educational Tools on Patient Safety for Physician Practices

Business News
• The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Selects the First DataBank Drug Database for a Prototype Project in its Major System Reengineering Initiative
• Coastal Healthcare and Corazon Form Partnership to provide Cardiovascular Clinical Information Systems Expertise
• 'Carestream Health, Inc.' Selected as Name for Successor to Kodak's Health Group
• Diversinet Signs Licensing Agreement with Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Announces New Patient Safety Initiatives and Electronic Prescribing Collaborative
• Jcr Appoints Chief Medical Officer
• Niceware International Announces New Business Unit for the Healthcare Industry

Product News
• Preventing Dangerous Misconnections of Patients' Lines and Cables
• Siemens Provides Powerful Link to Support Medication Safety
• Zebra Technologies Adds Aztec Code Bar Code Symbology to Its Product Line
• Catalis Inc. Announces AcceleratorTM, World's Premiere Graphical Health Record
• Smiths Medical Launches New Medication Safety Software
• PanGo Introduces New Wi-Fi-Based RFID Tag
• CCHIT Announces 18 New Products Earn Certification


January 18, 2007 - Volume 2, Number 1

News
• Joint Commission Seeks Input On Potential National Patient Safety Goals
• New IFPMA Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices
• Quicker, Easier Reporting of Incidents and Stronger Local Focus to Help Improve Patient Safety
• Physicians' Extended Work Shifts Associated with Increased Risk of Medical Errors That Harm Patients
• Sermo Acts as Conduit for Physicians Nationwide to Debate Recommendations Around Regulations for Direct-to-Consumer Ads
• Major U.S. Employers Join to Provide Lifelong Personal Health Records for Employees
• DMAA Releases Consensus Guidelines on Measuring Outcomes

Business News
• Virtua Health Partners with University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
• CliniComp Essentris to be Deployed Throughout Womack Army Medical Center
• Brooklyn's Lutheran Medical Center Selects Medsphere OpenVista® for Electronic Health Record Deployment
• Inova Health System Selects ForHealth's IntelliFill i.v. to Automate IV Preparation and Enhance Patient Safety
• Zebra Technologies Signs New Agreement with Premier, Inc.
• BeWell Mobile Forms Partnership with Wipro for Disease Management

Product News
• New from JCR: Disclosing Medical Errors: A Guide to An Effective Explanation and Apology
• PortBlue Releases Its HICS IV-Compliant CommandAwareTM Hospital Incident Response System
• Bar Code Reader CR1200 — New Market Leader
• Flo Healthcare Introduces New Medication Workstation
• Ultra Products Releases New Line of Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) Units For Healthcare Users
• Records For Living, Inc. Releases HealthFrameTM 2.1 — The Family Health Organizer

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