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Swedish/First Hill one of only 65 hospitals in the country recognized for achievement in providing the highest quality care in America SEATTLE, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group's annual class of 'Top Hospitals' - just 65 from a field of nearly 1,200 - was announced today in Washington, D.C. and included Swedish Medical Center First Hill for the second year in a row. The announcement came at Leapfrog's Annual Meeting. The Leapfrog Group is a coalition of...
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CareFusion will showcase its full portfolio of medication management solutions during the 46th American Society for Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition in New Orleans. <font size="2" face="Arial">(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100706/CAREFUSIONLOGO)</font> "The needs of hospital pharmacies continue to evolve, and more than ever, technology solutions must help...
SHELTON, Connecticut, November 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- International medical imaging IT company, Sectra [http://www.sectra.com/medical ] (NASDAQ OMX Stockholm: SECT B), announces the launch of Sectra RIS V 7.0, which includes several new features to support meaningful use objectives for radiology providers. Eligible providers and hospitals can benefit from the convenience of a single RIS solution as they meet Meaningful Use objectives to receive EHR incentive program...
MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With looming government incentives propelling the need for speed, Quammen Health Care Consultants recently led Platte Valley Medical Center to implement a sophisticated electronic health records system in just nine months. The success is just one of several illustrating how the strategic consulting company is helping small- to mid-sized hospitals get on the electronic health records (EHR) fast track. The 78-bed, Brighton, Colo.-based...
CHICAGO and LOMPOC, Calif., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced today that Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC) will deploy the Sunrise Clinical Manager(TM) acute care Electronic Health Record (EHR). The Sunrise suite of solutions improves the delivery of coordinated, high-quality patient care by giving providers across the community immediate access to patient information and clinical decision support tools. (Logo:...
CHICAGO and SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps Health has selected technology from Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) to connect physicians, hospitals and other health care providers across San Diego County, enabling a more coordinated team approach to patient care, regardless of where providers are located or which clinical technologies they use. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100901/CG58147LOGO) Scripps Health is a $2.3 billion nonprofit community health system with...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. and CHICAGO, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) today announced a collaboration with Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX) that will make Electronic Health Records (EHR) available to more than 750 North Carolina physicians, including over 150 physicians in 39 free clinics, allowing them to connect to the statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE). The new initiative, called the North Carolina Program to Advance Technology for Health...
CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Two multi-hospital health systems in California and Michigan have selected Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) to drive their community connectivity strategies by delivering 'one source of truth' that bridges information gaps often encountered between hospitals and independent providers who treat the same patients. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100901/CG58147LOGO) Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) in Covina, Calif. and MidMichigan Health in...
Johns Hopkins study suggests unfamiliarity with surroundings may contribute to more frequent serious medication errors Temporary staff members working in a hospital's fast-paced emergency department are twice as likely as permanent employees to be involved in medication errors that harm patients, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Results of the research raise serious issues related to temporary nursing staff in particular because they already are a substantial and growing part of the...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL), a leading provider of medication and supply management solutions and analytics software for healthcare facilities, today announced that the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) will implement a decentralized drug dispensing model using Omnicell solutions. The installation will include Omnicell Inventory Management Carousels with WorkflowRx(TM) software for comprehensive medication inventory...
