Aurora Health Care Selects Peminic Patient Safety Suite to Automatically Identify Near Misses and Adverse Safety Events by Utilizing New eSurveillance Capabilities Resulting in Improved Outcomes
Kansas City, MO, February 16, 2010 — Aurora Health Care has selected the Peminic Safety Suite to automatically identify near misses and adverse safety events by utilizing new eSurveillance capabilities resulting in safer healthcare and improved outcomes while also supporting improved communication and data sharing between the patient relation, risk, and safety teams.
Duke University Hospital Selects Simplifi 797 for Quality Assurance Regarding Drug Compounding
Web-based software helps hospital document compliance practices consistently.
GE Healthcare Introduces Vscan™ Pocket-sized Visualization Tool for Point-of-care Imaging
GE Healthcare announced the availability of Vscan, a new, pocket-sized
visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging
capabilities at the point-of-care.
Siemens and NextGen Healthcare Renew Alliance To Deliver Ambulatory IT Solutions
Siemens Healthcare announced it has renewed its strategic alliance with
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems to deliver innovative ambulatory
information technology (IT) solutions.
National Patient Safety Foundation Leads Nationwide Effort to Promote Patient Safety
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) will kick off Patient
Safety Awareness Week on March 7, 2010, in a concerted effort to raise
awareness of patient safety initiatives, improve the quality of health
care, and strengthen alliances between patients, families and their
healthcare providers.
AsepticSure™ Hospital Sterilization System Demonstrates Total Eradication of Super Bugs
Medizone International, Inc. announced that
every full scale test run completed thus far in its hospital room mock
up facility has resulted in the total elimination of all bacteria
present in the room.
IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems
IBM announced it has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software
for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations.
Physician Practices Gain EHR Connectivity, Interoperability with New McKesson Offering
McKesson announced Practice Partner Connect™,
providing an interoperability platform for physician practices to more
securely exchange information with other practices, patients,
hospitals, and payors.
New Home-to-Hospital Connected Critical Care Program at MassGeneral’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Puts Attending Doctors at Patient Bedside 24/7
A new, pioneering
home-to-hospital program, Connected Pediatric Critical Care, features
real-time video communication, enabling the on-call attending
physician, when at home, to personally examine the patient and
communicate directly with the PICU staff, other specialists, and even
the child’s parents.
Stories of Success! Health IT’s Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities
Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and
patient safety and health IT — HIMSS and ASQ (American Society for
Quality) announce the selection of 16 real-world and peer-reviewed case
study submissions.