AHRQ Reports on Software Designed to Identify Health IT Hazards
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a report that describes the development and testing of software designed to be used by health industry professionals to report, analyze, correct, and prevent hazards resulting from the use of health information technology (IT). The software—Hazard Manager—is not available while still under development and consideration. The report describes why the software was developed, the results of an extensive testing period, feedback received from various stakeholders, and options for national implementation.
RF Technologies Releases Software Update for Wandering Management Solution
Pharmacy OneSource Releases New Features for Sentri7
UPMC Deploys Wi-Fi-based Healthcare Visibility Solutions to Advance Staff Efficiency and Patient Care
HyGreen Demonstrates Electronic Hand Hygiene System
HyGreen, Inc. showcased its hand hygiene system, HyGreen(R), at the National Patient Safety Foundation’s 14th Annual Patient Safety Congress. This year’s event was held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on May 23-25, 2012.
Best-Selling Drug Reference for Nurses Now a Mobile App
Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced the first mobile application for the Nursing Drug Handbook, the best-selling drug reference for nurses. Available for Apple iPhone, iPad and iTouch and all Android devices, the new application is the first drug reference for nurses to offer weekly updates. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), the Nursing Drug Handbook App gives the fastest access to the most current drug information for nurses.
InterSystems Launches Next Generation of HealthShare
InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, has launched the next generation of its InterSystems HealthShare™ strategic informatics platform for interoperability and active analytics. Designed originally for public health information exchanges (HIEs) at regional, state and national levels, HealthShare has been extended and rearchitected to also deliver the advanced technologies needed by integrated delivery networks (IDNs).
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute Deploys Patient Safety Technologies from KARL STORZ Endoscopy America, LiveData
LiveData has announced that the company’s advanced patient safety platform, OR-Dashboard, has been deployed into production at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. The installation, which went ‘live’ early in May in all five of Saint Luke’s cardiac operating rooms, integrates information from critical clinical processes in the OR, enhancing overall workflow and focus on patient-centered care.
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center to Standardize Communications on PerfectServe
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, a 218-bed hospital in Fountain Valley, Calif., and member of MemorialCare Health System, recently selected PerfectServe’s intelligent clinical communication platform to streamline and standardize secure communications between physicians and nursing, pharmacy and ancillary teams.
Study Shows Web-Based Self-Management Program Reduces High Blood Pressure
A recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health demonstrated that a web-based self-management program helped patients with hypertension achieve significantly lower blood pressure by the conclusion of the program. Blood Pressure Connect enables patients to easily collect their blood pressure readings, monitor trends and securely share their personal data with their providers using a home blood pressure cuff and web portal.