Technology

UPMC Deploys Wi-Fi-based Healthcare Visibility Solutions to Advance Staff Efficiency and Patient Care

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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.

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Quality Improvement

Independa to Expand Health Monitoring Services for Elderly

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Telehealth provides new options for higher-quality, lower-cost monitoring, but interoperability issues have hampered its adoption. To minimize those challenges and add flexibility, Independa has announced that it will incorporate the 2net Platform from Qualcomm Life Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, into its Artemis suite of telecare monitoring solutions for the elderly and their caregivers.

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Environment and Facilities

Grades for Patient Safety: How Safe is Your Hospital?

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Approximately 400 people die every day because of hospital errors – the equivalent of a jet crashing every day and killing all aboard. In response to this silent epidemic, more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals will now receive an A, B, C, D or F Hospital Safety Score based on patient safety via a first-of-its-kind initiative.

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Accreditation & Regulation

ABQAURP Works with CMSA to Develop New Transitions of Care Credential

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Transitions of Care is defined as the movement of patients from one practice setting to another. Transitions happen when moving from one care provider to another, changing the health care setting, or even moving to another level of care within the same setting. During these transitions, poor coordination between providers, patients, and caregivers can lead to medical errors, bad outcomes, and even life-threatening situations.

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Risk Management

ASHRM Marks Healthcare Risk Management Week: June 18-22

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The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) hosts its annual campaign to raise awareness about the critical role risk management and patient safety professionals play in helping to eliminate preventable serious safety events. Throughout HRM Week, June 18-22, ASHRM is offering solutions that risk managers and patient safety experts can employ to help prevent some of the most common serious safety events, many of which are aligned with the Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) Initiative.

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Patient Safety

Sage Products Honored by WOCN for Support of Research Mission

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Sage Products Inc. was honored by the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society at the opening of the WOCN’s 44th annual conference June 10 in Charlotte, N.C., for its longtime support of the organization’s research mission. Sage Vice President of Marketing Terry Boersma accepted the award on behalf of the company.

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Leadership

Healthcare CEOs Develop Checklist to Save Lives and Money

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Collaborating under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), CEOs and senior executives from eleven leading hospitals and health systems have developed a comprehensive checklist to promote high-value health care—care that delivers better results at reduced cost.

Released today, the CEO Checklist for High-Value Health Care is a Discussion Paper from the Institute of Medicine in which the authors present a Checklist of ten strategies that have proven effective in reducing waste and improving outcomes. The Checklist is available online at www.iom.edu/CEOChecklist.

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