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July 27, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Health IT & Quality

Is “Meaningful Use” Meaningful?

By Barry P. Chaiken, MD, FHIMSS

Now that the “meaningful use” rule has been finalized by the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), many organizations turn their focus to a rapid deployment of electronic medical record (EMR) systems in an effort to achieve transformation of the United States healthcare system.

Environment and Facilities

ED Decompression

July 26, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

ED Decompression

Combating Emergency Department Overcrowding with Creative and Flexible Planning

By Marvin Ellison (Van) Haygood, Jr. RN, MSN, NE-BC

To set the scene, imagine that it is a cold and rainy Friday evening in early January, and you are a nurse in the emergency department (ED) of the local hospital. Patients, with various complaints and levels of acuity, are being cared for in the ED’s 30 treatment rooms.

Environment and Facilities

Editor’s Notebook

July 26, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Editor’s Notebook

No Easy Answers

By Susan Carr

Earlier this summer, I co-presented a webinar for the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) that focused on different sources of information currently available about patient safety, as well as opportunities for prospective authors.

Environment and Facilities

CIVCO’s RFSuite™ Enables Facilities to Satisfy Requirements Set out by MITA’s Radiation Therapy Readiness Initiative

July 19, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Recently, the Medical Imaging Technology Association (MITA) presented a plan to the FDA titled “Radiation Therapy Readiness Check Initiative.” CIVCO’s new RFSuite is designed with the capability to support the requirements set out in MITA’s plan.

Environment and Facilities

RF Technologies® Installs Updated Version of its Safe Place® Solution for Infant Security at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital

July 15, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

RF Technologies®, a leading provider of radio frequency identification monitoring systems and healthcare security solutions, announces it has installed version 6.0 of its Safe Place®Infant and Pediatric Security Solution at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital located in Tracy, Cali.

Environment and Facilities

Center to Advance Palliative Care Launches New Initiative to Improve Palliative Care in the ICU, The IPAL-ICU Project

June 16, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

In a major national effort to integrate and improve palliative care in the ICU, the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has launched The IPAL-ICU Project.

Environment and Facilities

New Fall Alarm Sensor for Lightweight Patients Reduces Risk of Falls

May 26, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

AliMed has released a revolutionary new fall alarm sensor for beds and chairs that is based on proximity, not pressure. Unlike most fall alarm sensors that require weight to operate, this new sensor works on the closeness of the patient.

Environment and Facilities

Pulse: RMF Strategies Develops First-of-Its-Kind Surgical Malpractice Benchmarking Report

May 22, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Pulse

RMF Strategies Develops First-of-Its-Kind Surgical Malpractice Benchmarking Report
Report provides healthcare organizations with actionable data and insights for enhanced patient safety.

RMF Strategies, leading an innovative national effort to use malpractice data to help healthcare organizations reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety, announced it has developed a first-of-its-kind surgical benchmarking report, “Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in Surgery.”

Environment and Facilities

EDIMS Partners with Medit Corporation to Speed Access to Quality Emergency Care

May 13, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

EDIMS LLC, a leading provider of advanced emergency department (ED)
information management systems, today announced it has formed a
strategic relationship with Medit Corporation that will help EDIMS’
hospital clients speed triage and treatment of their ED patients.

Environment and Facilities

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Goes Live with Enhanced EDIMS Emergency Department EHR

April 14, 2010 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

DIMS LLC, a leading provider of comprehensive emergency department (ED)
information management systems, announced that Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center (NBI) has successfully launched the newly enhanced EDIMS
electronic health record (EHR).