Health 2.0 and ONC Announce Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge

Health 2.0 and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today launched the Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge, designed to spur development of platform-agnostic health information technology (HIT) tools to facilitate the reporting of medical errors in hospital and outpatient settings. The deadline to submit applications is August 31, 2012.

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A New Look, Nickname, and Expanded Content

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare and its family of products in print and online has a new look. In our print publication, we also have a fresh approach to news items, and better integration with related offerings at www.psqh.com. We’ll continue to publish the eNews Alert twice each month.

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Vocera Introduces Patient Connect

Vocera Communications, Inc. introduced Vocera Patient Connect, a new multimedia discharge solution, at the AONE 45th Annual Meeting on March 22-23 in Boston. Vocera Patient Connect provides a patient-centric approach to communication that improves patient comprehension and compliance of discharge instructions, contributing to reduced readmissions.

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New Clinical Tool Helps Detect Early Warning Signs of Respiratory Complications

Covidien, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognized innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, announced on March 20 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to the Company to market the Covidien Nellcor Respiration Rate Version 1.0 software and the Adult Respiratory Sensor.

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ClearCount Launches the SmartSponge Flex Surgical Sponge System

ClearCount Medical Solutions, a leader in patient safety solutions, announced on March 21 that it has updated its existing platform and launched the SmartSponge® Flex, a new addition to the SmartSponge family of products. The SmartSponge Flex provides ClearCount’s clinically preferred and patented RFID technology in a new cost-effective and compact package.

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ASHRM Provides Nearly $200,000 in Research Funding

The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) launched its new research program in March by awarding $195,000 to investigators engaged in evidence-based research. Applicants who received ASHRM funding are working to improve patient outcomes through their research on high reliability organizations, serious safety events and root cause analysis. This research is intended to improve patient safety, supporting ASHRM’s goal of “Getting to ZeroTM: Eliminating Preventable Serious Safety Events.”

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