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Patient Safety

CareOne and Walgreens Collaborate to Improve Patient Safety

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

CareOne, the Senior Care Company, has teamed with Walgreens to introduce a program that will provide day-of-discharge medications to patients before they leave CareOne centers and return home.

Technology

Emergency Response Integrated into Remote Monitoring of Elderly

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Telehealth innovator Independa will integrate GreatCall’s 5Star Urgent Response™ system into its Artemis™ wireless monitoring platform, enhancing ability to remotely track the well-being of elderly people who live independently.

Leadership

WorldOne Acquires Sermo

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

WorldOne, the global leader in healthcare insights and intelligence, has acquired Sermo, the largest online community of U.S. physicians. In the six years since its launch, Sermo amassed a membership of 130,000 physicians and hundreds of clients, including eight of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Quality Improvement

Four Hospitals Honored for Commitment to Quality

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Four U.S. hospitals were recognized recently for their leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety.

Technology

Technology Reduces Errors, Improves Quality and More

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leader in perioperative information systems, has released results of a nationwide survey showing that surgeons view specialized perioperative information systems as essential tools to drive OR efficiency, enhance physician satisfaction and improve access to patient information.

Patient Safety

Best Practice Approach Offered to Transformation in the Evolving Healthcare Landscape

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

As debate on the Supreme Court decision to substantially uphold the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) broadens, Standard Register, a recognized leader in managing critical communications for healthcare, has issued a position paper that outlines a best-practice approach for continuing to advance the transformation in care within the evolving healthcare landscape.

Technology

Now Available: Common Format – Readmissions Version 0.1 Beta

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

he Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released Common Format -Readmissions Version 0.1 Beta designed for use in the acute care hospital environment to gain enhanced understanding about the circumstances surrounding readmissions.

Leadership

Commonwealth Fund Names Next President

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

David Blumenthal, M.D., one of the nation’s preeminent health information technology experts, thought leaders on primary care and professionalism, and foremost health policy scholars, has been named the next president of The Commonwealth Fund by the foundation’s board, to succeed Karen Davis on January 1, 2013.

Leadership

Shared Decision Making at Point of Care White Paper Released

July 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Dr. Peter Goldbach, chief medical officer at Health Dialog, has released his whitepaper called “From Theory to Practice: Implementing Shared Decision Making at the Point of Care.”

Technology

Voice Recognition to Support Enterprise-wide Electronic Health Record Adoption

July 23, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced that Providence Health & Services, ranked by Thomson Reuters among the top 20 percent of best-performing health systems in the country, is deploying Dragon Medical 360 | Network Edition across its healthcare enterprise, making medical voice recognition available at 27 hospitals and 250 clinics.