True Process Acquires VeriScan from Hospira

Milwaukee, Wisconsin—True Process, Inc., a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, healthcare information technology services provider and software engineering firm, has purchased VeriScan from Hospira, Inc., the world’s leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies.

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Patient Safety and Health IT

Classen predicts IOM report will be ‘To Err Is Human’ for technology vendors.

Patient safety was one of many topics on the agenda at HIMSS12—the health information technology (IT) conference that drew more than 37,000 professionals to Las Vegas Feb. 21–24. One session in particular highlighted how far we still have to go in providing reliable, safe care and in understanding the role of health IT in safety.

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Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Selects iSirona for Medical Device Integration

Panama City, Florida—iSirona®, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, announced that Children’s Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha, Nebraska, will be implementing iSirona’s device connectivity solution in conjunction with the launch of their new Epic EMR. Ranked one of the top pediatric hospitals for orthopedics and cardiology in the nation, Children’s will be ultimately connecting devices enterprise-wide-across in-patient care areas, oncology units, the emergency department and pre- and post-operative care units.

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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Goes Live with Awarepoint’s Real-time Location System

Las Vegas—Awarepoint Corporation, the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for healthcare, announced that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has successfully deployed its real-time location system at its Columbia University Medical Center campus to enhance workflow, quality of care, and patient satisfaction in perioperative areas of the internationally renowned hospital.

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PatientSafe Solutions Unveils PatientTouch, Wireless Clinical Mobility Solution

Las Vegas—PatientSafe Solutions is reinventing clinical care delivery with the release of PatientTouch 3.2™, an industry-changing wireless clinical mobility solution that enables nurses to access patient data and clinical workflows, while communicating with the entire care team from anywhere in the hospital via an intuitive mobile appliance running on the Apple iPod touch®.

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