Draeger Patient Monitors Offers Continuous Noninvasive Arterial Pressure (CNAP) Technology
Philips VentAssist Supports Critical Decisions for Patients on Mechanical Ventilation
Awarepoint Corporation and MEDITECH Collaborate to Integrate Technology Platforms
San Diego, October 14, 2011—Awarepoint Corporation, the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) enabled solutions for health care, and MEDITECH, a leading supplier of Health Care Information Systems (HCIS), announced a collaboration to integrate technologies to provide emergency departments (EDs) with real-time patient location and critical milestone tracking within MEDITECH’s enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) software.
Children’s of Alabama Selects iSirona for Medical Device Integration
Panama City, Florida, October 6, 2011—iSirona®, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, announced today that Children’s of Alabama will implement iSirona’s device connectivity solution.
Connexall 4.3 Enables Industry’s Highest Level of Hospital Collaboration
Toronto, Ontario and Boulder, Colorado—From smart beds to HVAC systems, patient monitoring devices to RFID chips, electronic medical records to nurse call solutions, the ability send critical patient data across devices and systems is still a major pain point for hospitals.
InterimID™ Supports Patient ID and Downstream Workflows during HIS or Network Downtime
Sept. 29, 2011—Standard Register introduces InterimID™, a stand-alone solution for producing patient ID bands and labels with barcodes and patient demographics during system or network downtime. InterimID resides on the desktop where it is readily accessible to staff when the health information system or network goes down.
Web 3.0 Data-Mining for Comparative Effectiveness and CDS
Health IT & Quality
Web 3.0 Data-Mining for Comparative Effectiveness and CDS
“Turbulent times” accurately describes the state of the American healthcare system. The list of critical challenges is well known—upward spiraling healthcare costs now approaching 17% of GDP, healthcare payment reform, shortage of clinical professionals, aging population, and the economic downturn.
Scanner Beep Only Means the Barcode Has Been Scanned
ISMP
Scanner Beep Only Means the Barcode Has Been Scanned
You might find it hard to believe that wrong patient and wrong drug/dose/time errors can still happen when using a bedside barcode scanning system. One source of error stems from the fact that, regardless of whether the correct product has been scanned or an associated warning has been issued, audible barcode scanners produce the same beeping sound.
White House Proclaims National Health Information Technology Week, Sept. 11–16, 2011
Washington DC, Sept. 12, 2011—President Obama has declared the week of Sept. 11-16, 2011, National Health Information Technology Week, and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for health IT has recently added new online resources for patients and providers.
All Systems Becomes Approved Voalté Reseller
Sarasota, Florida, September 7, 2011—Voalté, a leader in clinical communications technology, today announced a new reseller partnership with All Systems, based in Kansas City, Kan. This partnership allows All Systems to provide the Voalté One smart phone solution to hospitals in Kansas and Missouri.