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Quality Improvement

Tool to Tackle Miscommunication Among Caregivers Released

June 29, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

An estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers when patients are transferred or handed-off. In addition to patient harm, defective hand-offs can lead to delays in treatment, inappropriate treatment, and increased length of stay in the hospital.

Patient Safety

Patient Safety Campaign Raises Awareness about Shoulder Dystocia

June 27, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

PeriGen, Inc., an innovator of fetal surveillance systems, is launching a patient safety campaign designed to inform pregnant women about shoulder dystocia, a serious childbirth complication.

Patient Safety

New Product Provides More Complete Picture of Respiratory Function Status

June 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, has announced the launch of its Nellcor^™ SpO₂ single parameter module for use with the Philips IntelliVue patient monitoring platform.

Quality Improvement

GE Healthcare to Collaborate with Leading Healthcare Systems to Reduce Patient CT Radiation Dose by Up to 50 Percent

June 25, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

In late June, GE Healthcare unveiled the GE Blueprint for low dose, a comprehensive program that helps healthcare providers integrate CT technologies, education and process improvements, and data analysis to reduce patient radiation dose from Computed Tomography (CT) by up to 50 percent.

Patient Safety

UL and Value Capture team up to support healthcare leaders seeking lean transformation

June 18, 2012 ‐ Patton McGinley

Today UL, a world leader in advancing safety, goes to market with new healthcare advisory services in collaboration with Value Capture LLC. The services aim to guide healthcare executives seeking to transform the performance of their organizations with a unifying focus on safety and quality.

Technology

AHRQ Reports on Software Designed to Identify Health IT Hazards

June 18, 2012 ‐ Patton McGinley

by Susan Carr

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a report that describes the development and testing of software designed to be used by health industry professionals to report, analyze, correct, and prevent hazards resulting from the use of health information technology (IT). The software—Hazard Manager—is not available while still under development and consideration. The report describes why the software was developed, the results of an extensive testing period, feedback received from various stakeholders, and options for national implementation.

Technology

RF Technologies Releases Software Update for Wandering Management Solution

June 17, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

RF Technologies, a leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) healthcare safety and security solutions, has released a software update that adds a door loitering alarm and wander event reporting to its Code Alert Wandering Management Solution.

Technology

Pharmacy OneSource Releases New Features for Sentri7

June 17, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced several new enhancements will be added in June to Sentri7^®, a web-based, enterprise-wide electronic surveillance application that helps hospital staff identify at-risk patients.

Patient Safety

UCSF, Stanford Choose Doximity as Network for Medical Alumni

June 17, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Doximity, the largest professional network for physicians, is partnering with Stanford and UCSF to take the lead in bringing mobile technology revolution into medical education and healthcare communication. This iPhone/Android joint initiative between Doximity and two of the top five ranked medical schools in the country will connect thousands of graduates across dozens of specialties and multiple generations of doctors.

Patient Safety

Radisphere Joins Clarity PSO to Advance Radiology Quality

June 17, 2012 ‐ Brooke Schmidt

Radisphere, the largest and fastest-growing national radiology group in the United States, has announced that it is the first radiology group to voluntarily participate in Clarity Group Inc.’s Patient Safety Organization (PSO). Clarity PSO, a Division of Clarity Group, Inc., was one of the first PSOs to be federally listed and certified by the federal Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).