Hospira and Smiths Medical to Co-Promote Infusion Pumps and Develop a Standardized Safety Monitoring and Reporting Solution across Infusion Systems
Hospira, Inc., a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, and Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, today announced a commercial collaboration and co-development agreement for infusion pump systems.
Health Literacy Innovations Announces New Licensing Agreements
Health Literacy Innovations, creators of the Health Literacy Advisor, the nation’s first interactive health literacy software tool, today announced the following organizations have signed new agreements to license the Health Literacy Advisor…
Miami Children’s Hospital Installs HyGreen Hand Hygiene System
Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH) announced that it has installed Xhale Innovations’ (XI) HyGreen® Hand Hygiene System in the MCH Oncology Unit. This will be the nation’s first installation of HyGreen in a children’s hospital and the first in South Florida.
NPSF Unveils 2011 Patient Safety Awareness Campaign
In a concerted effort to encourage and strengthen collaboration between patients, families and healthcare providers, the National Patient Safety Foundation today announced its 2011 Patient Safety Awareness Week campaign.
Patients Are Injured Due to Missed or Delayed Diagnosis Analysis Shows
Errors related to missed or delayed diagnosis are frequently a cause of patient injury and therefore an underlying cause of patient safety related events.
Nation’s Leading Infections Diseases Experts Call for Mandatory Flu Vaccine for All Healthcare Personnel
Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
Maine’s HealthInfoNet Selects Orion Health as Primary Vendor for Health Information Exchange Deployment
Maine’s HealthInfoNet has selected Orion Health as the primary technology provider for their statewide health information exchange (HIE). The HIE currently involves six healthcare organizations and many of their affiliated hospitals and physician practices that annually care for more than half of the residents of Maine.
NIST Traceable Temperature Tracking Provides Visual Alert, RadarFind Sensor Now Waterproof Certified
eleTracking Technologies’ RadarFind real-time locating distributed sensor network now includes a temperature-measuring tag that is NIST traceable and certified to be waterproof and dustproof for hospital facilities..
Vision Facilities Management Announces Real-Time ECRI Integration
Vision Facilities Management Limited, a leading provider of integrated healthcare asset management software, announces the launch of a new two-way communication interface with ECRI Institute that will significantly improve the ability of hospital staff to manage medical device safety alerts and recalls.
Prepare for the Worst
How to Survive a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit is a manual intended to demystify what one can expect when named as a defendant in a malpractice claim. Given the likelihood that a physician practicing in the U.S. will be sued at some point in his/her career – especially those in “high risk” specialties – this book should have broad appeal in the medical community.