Ekahau Location Analytics Improves Asset Utilization, Staff Safety
Ekahau Inc., the worldwide leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) has released Ekahau Vision™ 2.0, the company’s new location analytics platform for hospital administrators, staff and caregivers.
FDB Releases ICD-10 Codes within its Clinical Decision Support Drug Knowledge
Nellcor OxiNet III Remote Respiratory Monitoring Improves Patient Safety
Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, has installed its largest capnography connected to a centralized remote monitoring system at the Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG).
Ultrasound Gel and Infections: Researchers Propose Guidelines to Reduce Risk
In the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists from Beaumont Health System to reduce the risk of infection from contaminated gels.
ECRI Institute Releases Top 10 Health Technology Hazards Report for 2013
While today’s health technology advances provide countless new ways to improve patient care, some also create new opportunities for harm. And with the evolution of healthcare information technology systems such as electronic health records (EHRs), there’s a growing level of complexity and opportunity for error.
Electronic Physician Documentation
As hospitals throughout the country sprint towards Meaningful Use, computerized physician order entry (CPOE), electronic medication reconciliation, ICD-9-generated diagnosis tables, nursing documentation, and bed side barcoding seem to be riding a tsunami incentivized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Medical Protection Technologies’ Hip Protectors Help Prevent Fractures
Aditazz Patient Mobility Platform to Improve Healthcare Outcomes
Aditazz announced a strategic partnership with inventor Roger Leib to jointly develop and market the Patient Mobility Platform, a suite of mobility products conceived and designed by Leib, founder of Develop, LLC.
Transfusion Medicine RFID Consortium to Track, Monitor Blood Products
The Transfusion Medicine RFID Consortium announced that S3Edge Inc., the software partner for the consortium has been selected to exclusively commercialize the RFID and barcode based Blood Product Tracking suite of applications designed and built under a private, academic, and public initiative funded by the NIH.