Our nation’s emergency departments are places
to receive treatment for injuries, but for thousands of nurses,
emergency departments are the sources of injury. A new study by the
Emergency Nurses Association finds that more than half of
emergency nurses report experiencing physical violence on the job…

Health care experts at the University of
California, San Francisco highlight in a new report the hidden risks
and complexities that compromise patient safety for ambulatory patients
with chronic disease.

Logical Images, Inc, the expert source for
visually based medical technology, today announced the launch of its
most recent version of VisualDx, its flagship visual diagnostic
decision support system, which helps clinicians improve diagnostic
accuracy at the point of care.

Siemens Healthcare has introduced three new clinical laboratory
automation solutions that eliminate manual processes laboratory
personnel perform in producing diagnostic test results for patient care.

TheraDoc®, a leader in clinical informatics,
today unveiled six new clinical and adverse drug event alert packages
designed to help hospitals improve patient care and safety.

Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of speech solutions, today announced that University of California, San Diego Medical Center selected Dragon Medical
for use at multiple facilities to expand physicians’ options for
documenting electronic health records to include real-time
speech recognition.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Steering Committee for the
Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections is soliciting input from
the public as it develops a strategy for reducing and preventing HAIs.
As part of that effort, it is convening a series of engagement meetings
this summer: Sat., July 25 in Denver; Thurs., July 30 in Chicago, and
Thurs., Aug. 27 in Seattle.

New data show that Medicare beneficiaries
registered to use My Health Manager, Kaiser Permanente’s personal
health record, are overwhelmingly satisfied with using the Internet to
manage their health care online.

CenTrak, a leading provider of Real Time
Location Systems (RTLS) for tracking equipment and people indoors,
today announced the release of its new Temperature Tag (TempTag) for
use with its InTouchCare 2.0™ asset and people tracking system.
CenTrak’s TempTag is unique in its ability to track, wirelessly report
and help ensure correct temperature levels of refrigerators and
freezers in a healthcare setting.

Eloquest Healthcare, Inc.,
a dermatology specialty company that focuses on improving dermal
outcomes for the acute care market, has announced that it is partnering
with Onset Therapeutics to market Optase (Balsam Peru (87mg/gm), Castor
Oil (788mg/gm) and Trypsin (0.12mg/gm)). Optase, a prescription product
formulated in a patent-pending gel delivery system for topical
application, promotes healing in the treatment of decubitus ulcers,
varicose ulcers and dehiscent wounds.