NQF Helps Ensure Health IT Captures Information to Drive Quality Improvement
The NQF announced the release of the Quality
Data Set, a common technological framework for defining clinical
data necessary to measure performance and accelerate improvement in
patients’ quality of care.
Planetree and CMSA Announce Strategic Business Alliance
Planetree, a non-profit organization facilitating efforts to create
patient-centered care in healing environments, has entered into a new
strategic business alliance with the Case Management Society of America, the nation’s largest multi-disciplinary professional
association for case management.
Regional Hospital St. Trudo Expands Use of AeroScout Healthcare Visibility Solution to Include Tracking of Patients and Wi-Fi Devices
AeroScout, the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility for the healthcare industry, working with Dräger, announced that St. Trudo Hospital in Belgium is extending the use of its AeroScout Healthcare Visibility solution to include tracking the location of patients and Wi-Fi devices.
Quantros Acquires MediQual™ From CareFusion Corporation
Quantros, Inc., an industry leader in healthcare data management,
decision support analytics and prospective point of care data
surveillance solutions, today announced the acquisition of MediQual
from CareFusion Corporation.
Zebra Technologies Announces Color Thermal Printing On-Demand
Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in
specialty printing and automatic identification solutions, announces
the release of its IQ Color Thermal Labels
to its extensive supply offering.
Intermountain Healthcare™ Implements Initiate® Interoperable Health
Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions that
enable the exchange of health information, announced today that
Intermountain Healthcare™ will use Initiate®
Interoperable Health as the foundation of its new Enterprise Clinical
Information System.
Thomson Reuters Clinical Surveillance Solution Offers Powerful New Functionality to Improve Clinical Quality and Reduce Costs
Thomson Reuters today announced the newest release of Clinical Xpert™
CareFocus, a leading clinical surveillance solution that enables
hospitals to identify at-risk patients in real-time and respond
immediately to improve clinical quality and reduce total cost of
treatment.
Automated Temperature Monitoring Module Available from PCTS
Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier
Engineering, Inc., today announced the availability of
its most advanced automated temperature monitoring module.
Pharmacy OneSource Acquires MedBoard Application from MedKeeper
Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., software-as-a-service provider to more than 1,300 hospitals in the United States, and MedKeeper, a leading provider of Web-based and handheld pharmacy tools, announced today Pharmacy OneSource’s acquisition of MedKeeper’s MedBoard product.
New GE eHealth Business Better Connects Patients, Hospitals, Doctors to Critical Information
GE Healthcare today announced the launch of eHealth, a new business
unit offering enhanced connectivity to clinicians and patients designed
with data privacy and security features to enable sharing that can help
increase efficiency, reduce error and improve health outcomes.