Radiometer Selects HealthStream to Develop and Deliver Blood Gas Education Programs Through New Customer Education Portal
Posted on: Friday, 2 December 2005, 09:00 CST
WESTLAKE, Ohio, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiometer America Inc. has selected HealthStream, Inc. , the leading provider of learning solutions for the healthcare industry, to develop and deliver Radiometer's online blood gas education program. The online education program will be delivered through a new customer education portal, known as Radiometer University (http://www.radiometeruniversity.com/), which will be built and administered by HealthStream.
Radiometer, the world leader in blood gas testing, will work with HealthStream to develop a library of both accredited and product-focused online courses. The courses will cover subjects such as blood gas measuring principles, oxygen status, errors in the pre-analytical phase of testing, and other topics related to blood gas analysis. Initial rollout of the program is scheduled for the first quarter of 2006.
Radiometer will distribute the accredited and product-focused courses through HealthStream's HospitalDirect, an innovative software tool set that provides a gateway to HealthStream's 1,100-hospital network, the nation's single largest network of hospitals sharing a common, online learning platform. Through HospitalDirect, Radiometer's education program will be offered to current Radiometer customers as well as the approximately 1.23 million healthcare professionals contracted to train on HealthStream's learning platform. Learners will be able to purchase access to single courses or all courses as a subscription.
"Radiometer recognizes that continuing education and regular competency assessments are key to preventing errors and assuring the highest quality patient care," said Anthony Colello, Radiometer's manager of training. "The HealthStream partnership will provide our customers with an easily accessible educational portal to meet these critical training objectives."
About Radiometer
Radiometer is the world leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of technologically advanced critical care testing systems for blood gas, electrolytes and metabolites. The company offers complete solutions to the complex process of blood gas analysis through the use of innovative instrumentation, sampling products and information technology, supported by world-class customer and technical support. Radiometer's blood gas testing solutions meet the needs of both the traditional central laboratory and the increasing number of point-of-care sites in today's hospital environment. (http://www.radiometeramerica.com/)
Radiometer America Inc.
CONTACT: Jan Weaver, Marketing Services Manager of Radiometer AmericaInc., +1-440-871-8900, ext. 262, or jweaver@radiometeramerica.com
Web site: http://www.radiometeramerica.com/http://www.radiometeruniversity.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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