RF Technologies, a leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) healthcare safety and security solutions, has released a software update that adds a door loitering alarm and wander event reporting to its Code Alert Wandering Management Solution.

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced several new enhancements will be added in June to Sentri7^®, a web-based, enterprise-wide electronic surveillance application that helps hospital staff identify at-risk patients.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has implemented AeroScout’s Healthcare Visibility Solutions to automate temperature monitoring at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital and is rolling out wireless temperature monitoring as well as asset tracking and management across most of its U.S. hospitals. The advanced RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions leverage UPMC’s standard Wi-Fi network to avoid the purchase, installation and maintenance of a proprietary RFID network. The solutions are part of UPMC’s strategy of using smart technology to advance quality patient care and staff efficiency.

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).

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.

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.

TELUS Health and Orange have joined forces to develop innovative remote monitoring solutions for patients with chronic diseases. The Calydial solution, a pilot that remotely monitored patients with kidney disease, in collaboration with Grenoble University Hospital, Calydial dialysis centers of Lyon, France and AGDUC health centre in Grenoble, France, yielded positive results; patient satisfaction and patient support both improved. On May 23, the Calydial solution was awarded the Innovation Prize in the telemedicine category at Health IT, France’s preeminent information technology trade show for hospitals and other medical establishments.