HyGreen Demonstrates Electronic Hand Hygiene System
HyGreen, Inc. showcased its hand hygiene system, HyGreen(R), at the National Patient Safety Foundation’s 14th Annual Patient Safety Congress. This year’s event was held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on May 23-25, 2012.
Dräger Launches Infinity® Acute Care System Monitoring Solution
Dräger has announced the availability of its breakthrough Infinity Acute Care System monitoring solution in the United States and Canada*. This system pairs a handheld device for monitoring at the bedside and in-hospital transport with a widescreen medical workstation at the point of care. The system provides continuous surveillance, interoperability with Dräger’s ventilation systems, comprehensive patient information at the bedside, and the full suite of Masimo’s rainbow® SET noninvasive Pulse CO-Oximetry measurements, which can help hospitals increase patient safety and reduce costs. The Infinity Acute Care System has been in commercial use in European hospitals since 2010.
Emergency Radiology in a Facebook Game
2012 is the year for many innovations in radiology, but who would have thought that a Facebook game could be one of the most popular? San Diego-based Ziltron has recently released a Facebook web-game called “X-Ray Ninja,” which is a quick-fire game initially tackling the area of emergency radiology.
Best-Selling Drug Reference for Nurses Now a Mobile App
Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced the first mobile application for the Nursing Drug Handbook, the best-selling drug reference for nurses. Available for Apple iPhone, iPad and iTouch and all Android devices, the new application is the first drug reference for nurses to offer weekly updates. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), the Nursing Drug Handbook App gives the fastest access to the most current drug information for nurses.
New Joint Commission Monograph Aims to Decrease CLABSIs
The Joint Commission, in collaboration with Joint Commission Resources (JCR) and Joint Commission International (JCI), has developed a new monograph containing the most current information, evidence-based guidance and resources to help health care organizations reduce the current risks and resulting harm associated with CLABSI. The monograph was produced in partnership with infection prevention leaders from the Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), and the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).
InterSystems Launches Next Generation of HealthShare
InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, has launched the next generation of its InterSystems HealthShare™ strategic informatics platform for interoperability and active analytics. Designed originally for public health information exchanges (HIEs) at regional, state and national levels, HealthShare has been extended and rearchitected to also deliver the advanced technologies needed by integrated delivery networks (IDNs).
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute Deploys Patient Safety Technologies from KARL STORZ Endoscopy America, LiveData
LiveData has announced that the company’s advanced patient safety platform, OR-Dashboard, has been deployed into production at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. The installation, which went ‘live’ early in May in all five of Saint Luke’s cardiac operating rooms, integrates information from critical clinical processes in the OR, enhancing overall workflow and focus on patient-centered care.
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center to Standardize Communications on PerfectServe
Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, a 218-bed hospital in Fountain Valley, Calif., and member of MemorialCare Health System, recently selected PerfectServe’s intelligent clinical communication platform to streamline and standardize secure communications between physicians and nursing, pharmacy and ancillary teams.
FCC Dedicates Spectrum to Enable Medical Body Area Networks
The Federal Communications Commission has advanced its wireless health care agenda by adopting rules that will enable Medical Body Area Networks (MBANs), low-power wideband
networks consisting of multiple body-worn sensors that transmit a variety of patient data to a control device. MBAN devices free patients from cumbersome cables that tether them to their hospital bed. MBANs provide a cost effective way to monitor every patient in a healthcare institution, so clinicians can provide real-time and accurate data, allowing them to intervene and save lives.
Study Shows Web-Based Self-Management Program Reduces High Blood Pressure
A recent study conducted by the Center for Connected Health demonstrated that a web-based self-management program helped patients with hypertension achieve significantly lower blood pressure by the conclusion of the program. Blood Pressure Connect enables patients to easily collect their blood pressure readings, monitor trends and securely share their personal data with their providers using a home blood pressure cuff and web portal.