A simple change in how the hospital laboratory reports test results may help improve antibiotic prescribing practices and patient safety, according to a pilot, proof-of-concept study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and now ...
Tags: Hospital, Laboratory Reports, Antibiotic
A computerized safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients' electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of hospital-acquired infection, according to a study by ...
Tags: Checklist, Threefold Drop, Hospital-Acquired Infection, LCD
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Medical Device Connectivity Market - Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering. Acquiring medical device data for automated documentation in ...
Tags: Medical Device, MDC, GAGR, EMR
Patient centered medical homes (PCMHs) have been found to be an effective way to help care for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes. Dr. Robert Gabbay, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Joslin ...
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...
While people over the age of 60 account for more than half of all shingles cases, less than 15% get the vaccination that helps prevent the blistering skin rash, which can cause lingering nerve pain. "I awoke with such pain in my head and ...
Tags: EMR, Pharmacist Intervention, Preventative Care of Shingles
Vital Images, a Toshiba Medical Systems Group company, was selected by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) to integrate into JHM's Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system. VitreaView was rated the highest in each of the evaluation ...
US-based medical diagnostic device company Welch Allyn has completed the installation of Connex Electronic Vitals Documentation System (EVDS) at the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Florida, US. Connex EVDS includes patient data ...
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Port Huron Hospital (PHH) has signed a three year contract to use the CareTech's iDoc Archive solution for secure storage of patient data as the hospital transitions from its old clinical system to the new one. The iDoc Archive edition ...
Tags: PHH, Idoc Archive Solution
Hanover Hospital in the US has selected Capsule Tech's DataCaptor medical device integration (MDI) software. The DataCaptor solution will connect Hanover's Critical Care Area (CCA) patient monitors to Meditech. With an implementation in ...
Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday called for transparency in healthcare pricing and addressing chronic disease epidemics such as obesity in order to drive down the cost of care for all. He also called for embracing IT and letting ...
Clinical documentation and Speech Understanding solutions provider M*Modal has signed an agreement with Intermountain Healthcare to jointly develop innovative mobile technology for speech-enabled Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE). ...
Tags: Healthcare partner, Healthcare, Clinical
eHealth Technologies and Client Outlook have announced the launch of a new web-based, zero footprint image viewing solution for eHealth Connect, a suite of solutions provided by eHealth Technologies. Using Client Outlooks' eUnity ...
Lexmark International has acquired Acuo Technologies for a cash purchase price of nearly $45m. As part of the acquisition, Acuo Technologies will become part of Perceptive Software, a Lexmark company. Acuo Technologies provides ...
Tags: Lexmark, Acuo Technologies, Perceptive Software, Medicine