Medical Devices: Who Needs to Read Device Instructions?
Essentially all medical devices used in hospitals come with a user instruction manual, commonly called Instructions for Use (IFU) or Directions for Use. Typically an IFU includes basic, operational “how to” information as well as pages of warnings, cautions, and other general or device-specific information beyond simply how to operate the device.
Healthcare Analytics: ACO Practices Improve Reporting Process with Clinical Data Analytics Tool
Collecting and analyzing clinical data to measure performance is no simple task for many physician practices, but is becoming increasingly critical as government and commercial payers shift to value-based payment contracts and programs (Block, 2013).
News – Using the Neuroscience of Emotions to Improve Patient-Doctor Communication
Helen Riess, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard University and director of the Empathy and Relational Science Program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), has devoted her career to teaching and research in the art and science of the patient-doctor relationship.
News – Nearly 74 Years After His Death, a Headstone Memorializes Ernest Amory Codman Boston surgeon is remembered for his visionary work in promoting medical outcomes.
To recognize the contributions of Ernest Amory Codman, MD, FACS (1869-1940), to American surgery and to patient care as a whole, a memorial headstone has been placed at his previously unmarked gravesite in the historic Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
CareFusion Launches App to Help Clinicians Improve Patient Care for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced the availability of a new capability on the CareFusion Respiratory Knowledge Portal to help clinicians improve patient care for ventilated patients.
CHRISTUS Health Upgrades Patient Monitoring to Pulse Oximetry Technology
Covidien has announced that CHRISTUS Health is converting to the company’s Nellcor™ pulse oximetry technology to increase patient safety. Pulse oximeters may provide early warning of dangerous respiratory complications, enabling clinicians to detect and address life-threatening events sooner.
Cerner, Siemens Create Strategic Alliance to Improve Clinical Outcomes and More
Cerner Corporation and Siemens AG recently announced they signed a definitive agreement for Cerner to acquire the assets of Siemens’ health information technology business unit, Siemens Health Services, for $1.3 billion in cash.
Survey: Work-related Injuries and Their Potential Impact on Quality Patient Care to be of Great Concern to Nursing Workforce
While U.S. healthcare continues its radical digital transformation, nurses continue to face legacy physical burdens that potentially impact the quality of patient care.
ECRI Institute’s Alarm Safety Handbook Helps Hospitals Minimize a Top Threat to Patient Safety
Widespread. Threatening to patients. Difficult to eliminate. Characteristics of a deadly new disease? Not quite. The issue is alarm hazards—the No. 1 danger on ECRI Institute’s 2014 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list.
New Toolkits Ease the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare
For young adults who have been diagnosed with a chronic condition like Type 1 diabetes or growth hormone deficiency, health concerns can add a degree of difficulty to transitions like leaving for college or living alone for the first time. The new Transitions of Care initiative spearheaded by the Endocrine Society provides interactive toolkits to help young adults who have hormone conditions navigate the shift from a pediatric to an adult healthcare team.