AAMI, ECRI Institute Report Guides Senior Executives on Meeting Key Healthcare Technology Safety Challenges
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and ECRI Institute have joined forces in a first-of-its kind effort to help medical device and healthcare delivery executives identify and monitor trends related to technology safety issues.
FDA Guidance on Medical Devices for Home Use
Home use of medical devices includes both prescription and over-the-counter products. Among prescription devices, some may be intended by the manufacturer to be used at home, and others may not have that intent but are provided nonetheless to patients by or through prescribers. All home use devices raise basic questions.
Care Coordination & The ACO Model: Filling the Gap with Real-Time Home Care Data
In this age of dueling pressures—to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality of care—a critical question remains: how can Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) deliver on the promise of providing high-value, high-quality care?
Baptist Health Becomes World’s First Health System to Adopt Uniforms with Fluid-Repelling, Antimicrobial Textile Technology
Baptist Health will become the first health system to widely adopt specialized staff garments featuring Vestex® textile technology, which has been demonstrated to repel fluids and minimize the risk of transmission of organisms.
The Joint Commission Alerts Healthcare Industry to Prevalence of Unsafe Injection Practices
atients visiting a clinic for an injection to relieve their pain or for chemotherapy don’t expect to leave with a new condition such as hepatitis, but unfortunately thousands of patients have been adversely affected in this way when they received an injection at their doctor’s office or in the hospital.
Boston Hospitals Report Improved Patient Outcomes, Financial Savings from Nurse-led Initiatives
Nurse-led initiatives in seven Boston-area hospitals measurably improved patient outcomes while demonstrating a combined fiscal impact of nearly $8 million in anticipated annual savings to the organizations.
Louisiana’s Top-ranked Health System Adds to RL6 Patient Safety Software
RL Solutions, creators of healthcare quality and safety software, has announced that Ochsner Health System has successfully deployed RL6:Infection, RL’s infection surveillance system, throughout its eight facilities.
National Patient Safety Foundation Welcomes Betsy Lehman Center
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), a central voice for patient safety since 1997, recently welcomed the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction as the newest member of the NPSF Stand Up for Patient Safety program. An independent agency within the Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis, the Betsy Lehman Center is the first state agency to join the Stand Up program.
Medical Recliners Help Healthcare Providers with New Care Act Requirements
Sometimes a chair is much more than a chair. Champion Manufacturing’s recliners have acquired added value for healthcare providers as they try to meet new standards of patient care created by the Affordable Care Act.
Disinfection Robot Improves Patient Safety and Prevents Infection
Palos Community Hospital has added TRU-D SmartUVC™ to its patient safety and infection control arsenal and will be using the UV disinfection robot in patient rooms as well as surgical suites to eliminate harmful pathogens after traditional cleaning routines are carried out.