Liberty Hospital Chooses Eclipsys to Improve Speed, Continuity, and Quality of Care
As part of a major clinical initiative aimed at establishing more
patient-centered care, Liberty Hospital, a 250-bed community hospital
located in Liberty, MO, has successfully activated integrated clinical
components of Eclipsys’ Sunrise Enterprise™ suite of solutions.
Hospira Acquires TheraDoc, Enhances Medication Safety and Infection Management Offerings
Hospira, Inc., a leading provider of clinical information and
medication delivery technologies, announced today that it has acquired
Salt Lake City-based TheraDoc, a clinical informatics company that
develops hospital surveillance systems.
ECRI Institute Issues “Top Ten Health Technology Hazards for 2010”
What are the biggest safety hazards hospitals and healthcare facilities should watch out for today? ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to patient care, releases its 2010 Top Ten Health Technology Hazards, a list of hazards that healthcare organizations should protect against.
Advancing Patient and Family Engagement: Developing a “Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Healthcare Quality and Safety ?in the Hospital Setting”
Improving the quality and safety of healthcare in the United States is
one of the most significant challenges facing the American healthcare
system today.
Dr. Sanjaya Kumar’s Trade Mission From the Heart
Dr. Sanjaya Kumar’s passion is working to make healthcare safer
worldwide. In late November, as part of a San Francisco-Bangalore trade
trip, he traveled to his homeland of India on a personal mission to
promote hospital safety.
HHS to Fund Medical Liability Reform and Patient Safety Demonstration Projects
On behalf of Department of Health and Human Services, the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality will administer grants for
demonstrations that “meet the core principles and goals of putting
patient safety first and working to reduce preventable injuries…
NCQA Convenes Experts to Update National Standards for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program
The National Committee for Quality Assurance today announced
plans to revise its landmark evaluation of medical practices through
the Physician Practice Connections®-Patient-Centered Medical Home™ to reflect the growing interest in this promising approach
to improving care quality.
New HIMSS Analytics Survey Reveals Healthcare “Business Associates” Are Unprepared for Data Breach
Business associates, those who handle private patient information for
healthcare organizations are largely unprepared to meet the new data breach related obligations
included in the HITECH Act.
Authoritative Report on Patient Perspectives of Hospital Care Released By Press Ganey
Press Ganey Associates, Inc. released the 2009 Hospital Pulse
Report: Patient Perspectives on American Health Care. The report
examines patient satisfaction across the country; trends in overall
patient perceptions; and more
First DataBank Joins Health 2.0 Accelerator Consortium and Partners with PharmaSURVEYOR to Offer Online Access to Standardized Drug Codes
First DataBank, a leading provider of integrated drug databases for the
healthcare industry, announced on October 6, 2009, that it would join
PharmaSURVEYOR and a growing list of “Health 2.0 companies” as
participants in the Health 2.0 Accelerator, a consortium focused on
promoting integration of technology and the consumer experience to
advance consumer-centric health care.