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December 7, 2006 - Volume 1, Number 10[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Current News
Applications Available for Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship 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 Saniguard® antimicrobial protected plumbing and hardware items will augment the cutting-edge patient and staff safeguards planned for a 10-story patient tower under construction at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio. (read more)
GE Healthcare and Virtua Health have announced results from the second Lean Healthcare Workshop recently held at Virtua facilities in New Jersey. (read more)
AMIRSYS® aannounces the integration of STATdxTM Clinical Decision Support system with Commissure's RadWhereTM Suite integrated workflow and structured speech-reporting solution. (read more)
Partners HealthCare has licensed First DataBank's new CPOE-ready drug database, OrderView Med Knowledge BaseTM. (read more)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has selected Amelior ORTracker® automatic tracking software to communicate the location of patients and mobile medical equipment in its perioperative department, receiving & post-anesthesia care units, and sterile support services. (read more)
The St. John Companies, Inc. has launched a Web site with the healthcare industry's largest selection of wristbands, In-A-SnapTM alert clasps, ID-LinkTM bedside scanning system, as well as patient safety tools and industry resources. (read more)
Epocrates is enhancing its free Web-based drug and formulary reference guide with patient education materials and additional clinical tools. (read more)
Spyglass Consulting Group has published a comprehensive end-user market study of the current state of mobile communications adoption by clinicians across the United States. (read more)
SelfCareNet, provider of "pre-visit decision support information," has partnered with MEDSEEK and Primetime Medical to provide consumers access to information that empowers them to make better decisions about their health. (read more)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Boston Scientific Corporation's LATITUDE® 2.0, which provides clinicians with direct device data integration capability into GE's Centricity electronic medical record. (read more)
VISICU has extended its eICU Program to support the care of critically ill patients on medical surgical floors, emergency departments, step down units, and post-anesthesia care units. (read more)
MGMA, HRET, and ISMP have released the Physician Practice Patient Safety Assessment, a Web-based tool that allows medical practices to evaluate daily processes that affect patient safety. (read more)
The Health Research and Educational Trust and the National Patient Safety Foundation, in partnership with Health Forum, the American Organization of Nurse Executives, the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, the Society of Hospital Medicine, and the American Hospital Association, are now accepting applications for the Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship. The deadline to submit an application is January 30, 2007. (read more)
Health care professionals and patient advocates are invited to comment on nine proposed solutions for improving patient safety. (read more)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has authorized and funded the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHITSM) to expand its certification scope of work for ambulatory electronic health record products to begin addressing some medical specialties and specialized care settings. (read more)
North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Miss., has won the Baldrige healthcare award, and Premier, Inc., San Diego, Calif., has won the Baldrige service award. (read more)
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded more than $5 million for 19 new grants under its "Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research" request for applications. (read more)
VHA Inc. is launching a new national initiative to reduce and eliminate hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) over the next three years. (read more)
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), together with the American Heart Association (AHA) and other key national healthcare organizations, announces the launch of its latest quality campaign, "Door to Balloon (D2B): An Alliance for Quality." (read more)
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