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A New Look, Nickname, and Expanded Content

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Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare and its family of products in print and online has a new look. In our print publication, we also have a fresh approach to news items, and better integration with related offerings at www.psqh.com. We’ll continue to publish the eNews Alert twice each month.

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Patient Safety

Vocera Introduces Patient Connect

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Vocera Communications, Inc. introduced Vocera Patient Connect, a new multimedia discharge solution, at the AONE 45th Annual Meeting on March 22-23 in Boston. Vocera Patient Connect provides a patient-centric approach to communication that improves patient comprehension and compliance of discharge instructions, contributing to reduced readmissions.

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Quality Improvement

New Clinical Tool Helps Detect Early Warning Signs of Respiratory Complications

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Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, announced on March 20 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to the Company to market the Covidien Nellcor™ Respiration Rate Version 1.0 software and the Adult Respiratory Sensor.

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Technology

ClearCount Launches the SmartSponge Flex Surgical Sponge System

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ClearCount Medical Solutions, a leader in patient safety solutions, announced on March 21 that it has updated its existing platform and launched the SmartSponge® Flex, a new addition to the SmartSponge family of products. The SmartSponge Flex provides ClearCount’s clinically preferred and patented RFID technology in a new cost-effective and compact package.

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Leadership

ASHRM Provides Nearly $200,000 in Research Funding

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The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) launched its new research program in March by awarding $195,000 to investigators engaged in evidence-based research. Applicants who received ASHRM funding are working to improve patient outcomes through their research on high reliability organizations, serious safety events and root cause analysis. This research is intended to improve patient safety, supporting ASHRM’s goal of “Getting to ZeroTM: Eliminating Preventable Serious Safety Events.”

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Technology

URAC and the Leapfrog Group Announce “Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency Program”

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URAC and the Leapfrog Group have partnered to develop the Excellence in Hospital Website Transparency Best Practices Awards and Acknowledgement Program to identify outstanding hospital websites that promote transparency of quality measures in a manner that is useful and user-friendly for consumers. All hospitals that publically report their Leapfrog Hospital Survey results are eligible.

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