GE announced today that it will spend $3 billion over the next six years on healthcare innovation that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost. In addition, the company will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology and content to drive healthcare information technology and health in rural and underserved areas.

The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) today announced the next phase of its dissemination of the Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) initiative, a program to share a set of practical, easy-to-use tools that will help hospitals improve the quality and safety of patient care on medical and surgical units.

The recent health care summit at the White House spotlighted the nursing shortage, which threatens the quality of patient care throughout the nation’s hospitals.

LiveData, Inc., (www.livedata.com) today announced that The Johns Hopkins Hospital has chosen LiveData OR-Dashboard™ to advance patient safety and increase operating room efficiency at the renowned medical center.

LiveData, Inc., (www.livedata.com) today announced that The Johns Hopkins Hospital has chosen LiveData OR-Dashboard™ to advance patient safety and increase operating room efficiency at the renowned medical center.

ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization (PSO) is pleased to announce an agreement with the Coalition for Quality & Patient Safety (CQPS) of Chicagoland PSO to provide patient safety data collection, reporting, and analysis.

Starting Monday, May 18, Maryland intensive care patients are connected by voice, video and data lines to specialized physicians and nurses at a tertiary care referral center 130 miles away.

At a time when some hospitals are struggling financially, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Texas is maintaining its profitability by focusing on efficient patient care with quality at its core. In its latest effort to ensure excellent care, St. Luke’s is streamlining its transfer process for patients who need to be moved from the Emergency Department (ED) to another area of the hospital for critical care.

The recent health care summit at the White House spotlighted the nursing shortage, which threatens the quality of patient care throughout the nation’s hospitals.

DocuSys, Inc., a market-leading provider of innovative systems for anesthesia information management, medication management and presurgical care management, announced today that Indiana Regional Medical Center, Indiana, PA, has gone live with the Presurgical Care Management System, a comprehensive system to manage presurgical patient assessment and readiness for surgery.