GE Healthcare Initiates Evaluation Period for New Global Patient Safety Network
Barrington, Illinois—GE Healthcare Performance Solutions, a unit of GE Healthcare announced the launch of a 90-day evaluation for its Global Patient Safety Network (GPSN), an online community for hospitals to collaborate with peers around the world with the goal of improving patient safety.
NQF President and CEO Janet Corrigan Announces Plans to Step Down
The National Quality Forum (NQF) Board of Directors has announced that NQF’s President and CEO Janet Corrigan has submitted her resignation, effective late June 2012. Corrigan has served as NQF’s President and CEO for more than six years.
Bioquell Bug Stoppers Raise Awareness in Fight Against HAIs
New SAFE CARE Program to Provide Patient Education at Bedside
Encouraging patients and their families to take an active role in their health care by becoming involved and informed is critical. In celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 4-10, a unique patient safety education program will be released to provide patients and their families with instant access to current patient safety videos at their bedside and while receiving care. The 2012 SAFE CARE Patient Safety Education Program, is a free offering developed to assist health care organizations in educating patients to help prevent medical errors.
Patient Safety and Health IT
Classen predicts IOM report will be ‘To Err Is Human’ for technology vendors.
Patient safety was one of many topics on the agenda at HIMSS12—the health information technology (IT) conference that drew more than 37,000 professionals to Las Vegas Feb. 21–24. One session in particular highlighted how far we still have to go in providing reliable, safe care and in understanding the role of health IT in safety.
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Selects iSirona for Medical Device Integration
Panama City, Florida—iSirona®, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, announced that Children’s Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha, Nebraska, will be implementing iSirona’s device connectivity solution in conjunction with the launch of their new Epic EMR. Ranked one of the top pediatric hospitals for orthopedics and cardiology in the nation, Children’s will be ultimately connecting devices enterprise-wide-across in-patient care areas, oncology units, the emergency department and pre- and post-operative care units.
HIMSS Statement on Release of Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM
HIMSS is pleased that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have published their proposed rule for Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Stage 2 (Meaningful Use Stage 2); the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) also published the associated Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Goes Live with Awarepoint’s Real-time Location System
Las Vegas—Awarepoint Corporation, the leading provider of real-time location system (RTLS) solutions for healthcare, announced that NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has successfully deployed its real-time location system at its Columbia University Medical Center campus to enhance workflow, quality of care, and patient satisfaction in perioperative areas of the internationally renowned hospital.
Electronic Health Records Association Releases Statement Of Commitment On Patient Safety
The Electronic Health Records (EHR) Association recently released its Statement of Commitment to Patient Safety and a Learning Healthcare System in response to the Institute of Medicine’s report released last fall, Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care.