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New 'Smart Pumps' Reducing IV Medication Errors

This article highlights that the next generation of "Smart" IV pumps is getting smarter. The new systems that are in place are designed to guard more rigorously against errors of administration, dosing, drug interactions, and other issues. This software allows the hospital to preconfigure appropriate dosing limits for intravenous drugs....

Tags: Healthcare, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Skyscape Inc., Error

White papers 2005-08-22

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children

Medical errors are one of the Nation's leading causes of death and injury. Rates of medication errors and adverse drug events for hospitalized children were comparable to rates for hospitalized adults in a 2001. However, the rate for potential adverse drug events was three times higher in children and substantially...

Tags: Children, Error, Healthcare

White papers 2002-09-01

Eliminating Medical Errors Is Part of Every Nurse's Job

Flagging medical errors and near misses makes it possible to fix the problem that led to the mistake. The article displays how one hospital developed a system that works. It seems as though everyone's talking about the importance of reporting errors and near misses these days, but achieving that goal...

Tags: Job, Error, Skyscape Inc., Healthcare, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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Cerner to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) invites you to listen to the live broadcast of the company's presentation at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference in Boston Sept. 3, at 3:15 p.m. ET. The presentation may be accessed live and will be archived online at www.cerner.com under the About...

Articles 2008-08-27

IntelliDOT Completes Implementation of Bedside Barcode Point-of-Care System at Providence Healthcare Network, Waco, TX

IntelliDOT Corporation , a leadingprovider of wireless handheld, barcode point-of-care BPOC solutions tohospitals, today announced that it has completed the implementation of IntelliDOT Bedside MedicationAdministration TM (IntelliDOT BMATM) at Providence HealthcareNetwork, Waco, Texas. This is the first implementation where IntelliDOT BMAhas been integrated with an EPICHealthcare Information System...

Articles 2008-08-25

IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration(TM) Implemented at Halifax Regional Medical Center, NC

IntelliDOT Corporation , a leadingprovider of wireless handheld, barcode point-of-care BPOCsolutions to hospitals, today announced that Halifax Regional MedicalCenter, a 206-bed hospital in Roanoke Rapids, NC, has implementedIntelliDOT Bedside MedicationAdministration TM (IntelliDOT BMATM). Central to the implementationis integration with the hospital's existing MEDITECH Client/ServerHealthcare Information System...

Articles 2008-08-18

Cerner to Present at Canaccord Adams Annual Global Growth Conference

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) invites you to listen to the live broadcast of the company's presentation at the Canaccord Adams Annual Global Growth Conference in Boston Aug. 13, at 11:30 a.m. ET. The presentation may be accessed live and will be archived online at www.cerner.com under the...

Articles 2008-08-06

Cedars-Sinai Selects TKG for Registration QA Needs

ORLANDO, Fla. -- TKG Healthcare Technology Solutions announces it has signed an agreement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars-Sinai), the largest nonprofit hospital in the western United States, to provide web-based Quality Assurance for their Patient Access needs. TKG's web-based hospital registration system, RQi Registration Quality Improvement, will enable Cedars-Sinai to...

Articles 2008-08-04

MTBC First Medical Billing Company in the U.S. To Offer Automated Real-time Adjudication of Claims

MTBC also launches the PDA version of its web-based billing platform SOMERSET, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- MTBC, the unique revenue cycle and practice management company, has executed automated real-time adjudication RTA of claims for patients with United Healthcare insurance. MTBC believes it is the first...

Articles 2008-07-30

New Report on Patient Medication Mistakes Brings Exposure to a Serious and Growing Problem

Pharmacy Foundation of California Calls for Patients, Providers, Payers and Policymakers to Work Together to Address This Critical Public Health Issue SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A study published in the July 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine showed a tremendous surge in the number of people who...

Articles 2008-07-30

Surgical Errors Cost Almost $1.5B a Year

Preventing medical errors that occur during or after surgery could save lives and almost $1.5 billion a year, according to U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AHRQ study. The researchers analyzed data on more than 161,000 patients in employer-based health plans who underwent surgery between 2001 and 2002....

Articles 2008-07-28

Covidien Launches Contrast Delivery System with RFID

Ground-breaking system helps reduce the risk of potentially life-threatening medical errors, infections in CT imaging procedures DENVER -- Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the U.S. commercial availability of Covidien Imaging Solutions' contrast delivery system with radio-frequency identification RFID technology....

Articles 2008-07-28

Cardinal Health Formalizes Consolidation of Businesses Into Two Primary Operating and Reporting Segments

DUBLIN, Ohio, July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardinal Health, a global provider of products and services that improve the safety and productivity of health care, today announced a consolidation of its businesses into two primary operating and reporting segments to reduce costs and align resources with the...

Articles 2008-07-08

Acute Cost and Growth Pressures to Drive Large-Scale BPO and ITO Outsourcing/Offshoring in Healthcare Sector over Next Three to Five Years

HOUSTON -- The slumping economy may be slowing deal flow in some sectors, but it is accelerating adoption of outsourcing in the healthcare industry as it struggles to streamline its back-office and ramp up to meet increased demand for services as the U.S. population ages, according to...

Articles 2008-07-08

Summit Doppler Announces the Seated ABI for the Diagnosis of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Patients with disabilities or mobility impairments can be tested for peripheral arterial disease (P.A.D.) in a comfortable seated position using Summit Doppler's Vista AVS GOLDEN, Colo., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Doppler Systems, a leading manufacturer of ultrasound Doppler products, introduced today a significant...

Articles 2008-07-08

Siemens Selects ACL Technology to Support Worldwide Governance and Compliance Initiatives

Largest Purchase-to-Pay Monitoring Project Ever Undertaken SAN FRANCISCO -- ACL Services Ltd. today announced at The Institute of Internal Auditor's annual international conference that Siemens AG, one of the world's largest companies, has selected ACL technology to continuously monitor critical financial transactions that are at...

Articles 2008-07-08

Nebraska Teams With Axolotl to Provide Secure Statewide Electronic Health Information Exchange

The Nebraska Health InformationInitiative NeHII, a statewide healthcare collaborative, has selectedAxolotl Corp. of San Jose as the technology partner to deploy a HealthInformation Exchange HIE to improvehealthcare quality and efficiency across Nebraska. "We're pleased Axolotl's advanced healthcare technology will be part of ourefforts to create a...

Articles 2008-07-08

Cerner to Release Second Quarter 2008 Earnings Results on July 22

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Cerner (NASDAQ:CERN) announced today it will release second quarter 2008 earnings results after the market closes on July 22. There will be a conference call at 3:30 p.m. CT that can be accessed via dial-in or webcast. The dial-in number for...

Articles 2008-07-07

Letters: One Reader's View

The article on medication bar-coding gives the impression that new technologies make no difference in reducing hospital errors ("Bar codes no cure for drug errors," July 1). This has not been our experience. In 2004, we were among the first health systems to institute a medication administration bar-coding system....

Articles 2008-07-03

Monster Employment Index Dips Slightly in June

June 2008 Index Highlights: * Index edges down three points in June, reflecting mild seasonal lull in U.S. online recruitment activity as springtime recruitment period winds down * Year-over-year growth rate holds steady from May, suggesting no significant change in underlying demand for...

Articles 2008-07-02