Statewide Initiative Launched to Help Ensure Patients Receive Appropriate High-Tech Diagnostic Imaging Exams
A new initiative launched by the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI, www.icsi.org), a nonprofit, health care improvement organization, could save the Minnesota health care community more than $28 million annually, as well as improve patient care and provider groups’ productivity.
First Certified Professionals in Aging Services Risk Management Designated
ECRI Institute and the Center for Aging Services Risk Management (CASRM) announce that 32 participants from aging services organizations around the nation have been designated as Certified Professionals in Aging Services Risk Management (CPASRM) by the Center for Aging Services Risk Management.
FDA Working to Prevent Radiation Overdoses During CT Scans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been investigating reports that patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) brain perfusion scans were accidentally exposed to excess radiation.
New Service To Address CT Radiation Dose Safety
Top U.S. Academic Medical Center Installs Teletacking Tranfercenter™ Software
RF Surgical Pioneers Detection and Prevention of Retained Foreign Objects in Surgery With Its Next Generation RF Assure™ Detection System
RF Surgical Systems, Inc., the market leader in the prevention and detection of retained surgical sponges, announced the availability of the RF Assure™ Detection System Model 200.
Health Language Adds Procedures Category with 40,000 Frequently Used Synonyms to Provider Friendly Terminology
Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in medical terminology management, announced the addition of a procedure category to its provider friendly terminology (PFT) code set that includes 40,000 synonyms, abbreviations and colloquial expressions that are commonly used by healthcare professionals when documenting or searching for patient data.