Barcoding: Implementation Challenges
Barcode technology has long been hailed as an effective tool in the struggle to improve patient safety. The risks and advantages offered by barcodes have been well known for a decade or more (Leape et al., 1995; Brennan et al., 1991; Low & Belcher, 2002). The concept of barcodes goes back to 1948, and the first scanner was installed in a Cincinnati Kroger grocery store in 1972 (Reynolds, n.d.).
University of California, San Diego Medical Center Selects Nuance’s Dragon Medical to Enhance EHR Rollout
Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of speech solutions, today announced that University of California, San Diego Medical Center selected Dragon Medical
for use at multiple facilities to expand physicians’ options for
documenting electronic health records to include real-time
speech recognition.
TheraDoc Introduces Clinical Decision Support Alert Bundles
TheraDoc®, a leader in clinical informatics,
today unveiled six new clinical and adverse drug event alert packages
designed to help hospitals improve patient care and safety.
Siemens Introduces New Capabilities to Improve the Efficiency of Clinical Laboratories
Siemens Healthcare has introduced three new clinical laboratory
automation solutions that eliminate manual processes laboratory
personnel perform in producing diagnostic test results for patient care.
Logical Images Launches Newest Version of VisualDx: New Features Aim to Enhance Clinician Communication, Diagnostic Accuracy
Logical Images, Inc, the expert source for
visually based medical technology, today announced the launch of its
most recent version of VisualDx, its flagship visual diagnostic
decision support system, which helps clinicians improve diagnostic
accuracy at the point of care.
CareFusion Launches New Brand, Establishing Itself as an Industry Leader in Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care and Safety
CareFusion Corporation, the company that will
become public following the planned spinoff of Cardinal Health’s
clinical and medical products businesses, today launched its new brand
and marked the occasion by providing opportunities for its global
employees to volunteer for non-profit organizations in their
communities.
Versus Technology, Inc., Announces Sale of Real-Time Location System to the St. Louis VA Medical Center
The St. Louis VAMC, John Cochran Division has selected Enterprise
VISion™, a real-time location information system (RTLS) from Versus
Technology, Inc. (Versus) to improve efficiency and safety while
helping to manage their growing patient populations. Specifically, the
St. Louis VAMC, a two-division, tertiary care facility with over 200
hospital beds, will deploy VISion: Clinic™ in their outpatient eye
clinic and VISion: Perioperative Suite™ in their operating room for
automated patient tracking.
The Valley Hospital Selects Sentri7 to Optimize Patient Care and Cut Costs
Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software as a service
provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, announced
today that The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ has adopted Sentri7 to
take its clinical pharmacy programs to the next level.
Fallon Clinic and HealthAlliance Hospital Launch “Safe Health” to Enhance Patient Safety
Fallon Clinic, a large, multi-specialty medical
group practice in Central Massachusetts, in conjunction with
HealthAlliance Hospital, a member of the UMass Memorial Health Care
system, recently launched SAFE Health (Secure Architecture For
Exchanging Health Information, www.SAFEHealth.org), a regional health information exchange program.
Transforming Healthcare in Connecticut Communities and Allscripts Announce Health Information Exchange for Healthcare Providers Across Connecticut
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) and Transforming Healthcare in Connecticut
Communities (THICC) – a coalition of Connecticut’s leading hospitals,
physician practices, employer groups and insurers – today announced the
formation of a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) to improve
the health of Connecticut’s communities.