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Editor's Note
This issue of the PSQH eNewsletter occurs between my attendance at two healthcare conferences — HIMSS and Health 2.0 — which appear to represent opposite ends of a spectrum.... (read more)

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Conference News
See the online calendar for new listings:

• April 30 - May 1: ISMP Medication Safety Intensive (program repeats June 4 - 5 and October 8 - 9 in different locations)
• July 23 - 25: Health Forum/AHA Leadership Summit
• August 17 - 19: Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care
• October 11 - 14: ISQua Annual International Conference
• November 7: ABQAURP's Annual Quality & Patient Safety Conference
• December 6 - 9: IHI's Annual National Forum

And here's a reminder about conferences in the near future, which we've listed previously:

• April 22 - 23: Health 2.0 Meets Ix
• May 6 - 8: The unSummit for Bedside Barcoding
• May 18 - 20: Quality Institute for Healthcare
• May 20 - 22: NPSF Patient Safety Congress

Current News

• The American Academy of Physician Assistants partners with the HCNN for drug and medical device warnings.
  
  
• ISMP calls for immediate communication between industry and FDA on opioid product withdrawals.
  
  
• HIMSS offers wikis for ePrescribing and clinical decision support.
  
  
• New HIMSS survey: Informatics nurses drive IT adoption and patient safety.
  
  
• In its March issue, the Penn. Patient Safety Advisory encourages ambulatory surgical centers to improve patient screening and assessment.
  
  
• Stand for Quality is a new coalition of more than 165 organizations working on quality improvement.
  
  
• HRET and hospital associations join national efforts to reduce bloodstream infections.
  
  

• McKesson acquires LMS Medical System's obstetrics surveillance and archival solution.
  
  
• GE and Intel form alliance to develop and market home-based technologies for chronic disease management and independent living.
  
  
• Motorola and Vocera announce agreement to deliver unified communications for better patient care.
  
  
• Henry Ford West Bloomfield deploys Patient-Aware Operating Room by LiveData and Karl Storz.
  
  
• Santa Cruz HIE implements Axolotl's community-wide virtual health record.
  
  
• St. Mary's Hospital of Michigan activates Eclipsys for medication management.
  
  
• USF Health Simulation Center offers SimSuite® technology for trainees and interventional cardiologists in practice.
  
  

Product News

• athenahealth launches enchanced ePrescribing capability.
  
  
• FDA approves AirStrip OB™ application for iPhone.
  
  
• Logical Images debuts new version of VisualDX, which includes pressure ulcer staging and treatment reference.
  
  
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital pioneers new PHR developed with Microsoft: myNYP.org
  
  
• Awarepoint unveils healthcare's first autoclavable active-RFID tray-tracking application.
  
  
• RF Technologies releases new wireless, staff-duress call solution.
  
  
• Allscripts and Fujitsu announce next generation of patient kiosks, linked to electronic health record.
  
  

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