Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Rolls Out “My Patient Passport Express™” Healthcare Check-in Kiosk
D2 Sales, LLC announced that Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center has successfully completed their pilot testing and is deploying
the My Patient Passport Express™ throughout their facilities.
Physicians More Likely To Report Drug Safety Information Through Electronic Health Records System
Pfizer announced results of a survey the company recently sponsored
that shows physicians are more likely to report side effects through an
electronic health records (EHR) system, as compared to traditional
paper methods.
VA Rocky Mountain Network Awards Critical Care Information System Contract to CliniComp, Intl.
liniComp Intl., a global provider of clinical documentation systems,
announced today that VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19) selected
CliniComp’s Essentris® Critical Care™solution.
Public Hospitals Nationwide Join Patient Safety Initiative
Kaiser Permanente together with the National
Patient Safety Foundation and the National Association of Public
Hospitals and Health Systems announced the “Patient Safety Initiative
at America’s Public Hospitals.”
UCSF Taps Acesis to Strengthen Patient Safety and Quality of Care
Acesis, the enterprise software company focused on healthcare
performance improvement, announced results from its first six months of
service for the University of California, San Francisco Division
of Hospital Medicine.
TVR Communications, ICN Deliver Discharge Planning Solution
TVR Communications (TVRC), the largest U.S. provider of interactive
patient services and entertainment products, and Interactive Care
Network (ICN) have partnered to deliver an enhanced discharge planning
solution.
ECRI Institute Survey Identifies Top Risk Management Challenges for 2010
ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best
approaches to improving patient care, reveals the Top 10 Challenges for
2010 as identified by healthcare risk managers.
McKesson Unveils New Pharmacy Automation System that Leverages Drug Manufacturer Packaging
McKesson introduced the PROmanager-Rx™ system, an innovative solution
that enables hospitals for the first time to fully automate the
dispensing of tablets, capsules, and other oral solid medications that
come pre-packaged from drug manufacturers in unit-dose, bar-coded form.
Philips VISICU eICU Sepsis Management Program Promotes Early Severe Sepsis Identification and Intervention
At the IHI Forum on Quality
Improvement in Health Care, Royal Philips Electronics introduced the
eICU® Sepsis Management Program, a new clinical program that further
expands the value of its Philips VISICU eICU Program.
Thomson Reuters Releases Micromedex 2.0
Thomson Reuters announced the release of Micromedex 2.0, the newest version of its market-leading clinical information system.