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The Verizon Foundation has signed a two-year licensing agreement with mobile health company MedAdherence™ LLC to provide its proprietary patient engagement platform to health providers working with the underserved. Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) June 17, 2013 The Verizon Foundation has signed a two-year licensing agreement with mobile health company MedAdherence™ LLC to provide its proprietary patient engagement platform to health providers working with the underserved. The agreement, which...
Will invite community participation in supporting research that answers patients' questions WASHINGTON, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today launched a funding initiative designed to grow a national community of patients, clinicians, researchers, and other healthcare stakeholders who will advance patient-centered outcomes research. The new PCORI Engagement Awards program will offer targeted funding to dozens of...
First module on CT Scanning Systems includes end-user feedback, market analytics, safety, and recall data ? PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute (www.ecri.org) announces the release of its new SELECTplus User Experience Network--a comprehensive decision-support resource for medical technology purchasers with user satisfaction rankings and other key purchasing information. The User Experience Network is the latest enhancement to ECRI...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following public interest article is written by Cindy Reilly, RN, BSN, Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety at Marlborough Hospital: Mr. Spock may not have been a physician, but his rational approach to all things in the final frontier is--if you will pardon the pun--"just what the doctor ordered." In fact, when it comes to recent changes in health care reimbursements, the answers to most hospital readmission...
Wrong-patient events occurred in all phases of the medication-use process HARRISBURG, Pa., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Over 800 wrong-patient medication errors were reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in a six-month period with errors most common during the transcribing and administration phases and least often during the dispensing and prescribing phases, according to information in the June Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory released today. "While...
OTTAWA, May 29, 2013 /CNW/ - Dr. Christopher Hayes, medical director at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, is the recipient of the 2013/14 Canadian Harkness Fellowship, an award co-funded by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI), allowing a Canadian health leader to participate in The Commonwealth Fund's 12-month Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice. Established by The Commonwealth Fund in 1925, and modeled after the Rhodes Scholars program,...
Minnesota Hospital Association's annual awards recognize patient safety, volunteerism, innovations in patient care, hospital excellence ST. PAUL, Minn., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) honored innovative programs and outstanding leaders in health care at its 29(th) annual awards ceremony on Friday, May 17. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/MM73437LOGO) Eighteen awards were given for extraordinary achievement in...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MemorialCare Health System hospitals, including Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills and San Clemente, were honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score(SM) by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and large purchasers of health benefits. All MemorialCare hospitals upheld the excellent rankings they...
Congress to Showcase Global Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives by Healthcare Leaders May 8-10 CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DebMed(®), creator of the world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, will feature their group monitoring system at the 15th Annual NPSF Patient Safety Congress in New Orleans, May 8-10 at booth #113. The NPSF Annual Patient Safety Congress...
Clinical data presented at the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EarlySense, the market leader in Proactive Patient Care Solutions(TM), announced today the results of a multi-center clinical study demonstrating that the EarlySense system helps medical teams at rehabilitation centers to reduce patient falls as well as the number of patients transferred back to the hospital. The clinical data was...
