Eloquest Healthcare, Inc.,
a dermatology specialty company that focuses on improving dermal
outcomes for the acute care market, has announced that it is partnering
with Onset Therapeutics to market Optase (Balsam Peru (87mg/gm), Castor
Oil (788mg/gm) and Trypsin (0.12mg/gm)). Optase, a prescription product
formulated in a patent-pending gel delivery system for topical
application, promotes healing in the treatment of decubitus ulcers,
varicose ulcers and dehiscent wounds.

CenTrak, a leading provider of Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS) for tracking equipment and people indoors,
today announced the release of its new Temperature Tag (TempTag) for
use with its InTouchCare 2.0™ asset and people tracking system.
CenTrak’s TempTag is unique in its ability to track, wirelessly report
and help ensure correct temperature levels of refrigerators and
freezers in a healthcare setting.

New data show that Medicare beneficiaries
registered to use My Health Manager, Kaiser Permanente’s personal
health record, are overwhelmingly satisfied with using the Internet to
manage their health care online.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Steering Committee for the
Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections is soliciting input from
the public as it develops a strategy for reducing and preventing HAIs.
As part of that effort, it is convening a series of engagement meetings
this summer: Sat., July 25 in Denver; Thurs., July 30 in Chicago, and
Thurs., Aug. 27 in Seattle.

A new report from the Institute of Medicine recommends 100 health topics
that should get priority attention and funding from a new national
research effort to identify which health care services work best. It
also spells out actions and resources needed to ensure that this
comparative effectiveness research initiative will be a sustained
effort with a continuous process for updating priorities as needed and
that the results are put into clinical practice.

Hospital discharge is a time during which
patients and families are at their most vulnerable. There is so much
information they need to know, just when they may be least able to
absorb, remember and act on it.

To identify solutions of nursing care that will
not only address many of the issues facing the profession but also
transform the way Americans receive health care, the IOM and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have
launched a new Initiative on the Future of Nursing.

Lucian Leape, MD, Adjunct Professor of Health
Policy, Harvard School of Public Health and pediatric surgeon has been
selected as the recipient of the inaugural Florence Nightingale and Dr.
E. Codman Patient Safety Day Award. The award is being given in
conjunction with this year’s 9th annual Patient Safety Day and the 10th
year anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s groundbreaking patient
safety in America report to Congress.

The American Hospital Association announces the
2009-2010 class of Patient Safety Leadership Fellows. Thirteen
individuals have been selected to participate in this year’s fellowship
class.