Bar code identification of patients yields significant process and safety gains
The Methodist Hospital System, a non-profit health care organization based in Houston, Texas, has more than 11,000 employees spread out over four member hospitals, a physician organization, a residency program and a research institute. The Methodist Hospital System has more than 1,300 operating... >>
Health monitoring goes wireless to aid nurses
While it may be impossible to keep their eyes on every patient at all times, a new wireless medical device will help health care practitioners and nurses keep track of a patient’s activity and vital signs without stress or disruption. Deborah Rootman, executive vice-president, and Efraim... >>
Digitizing the irregular documents of healthcare
Information integrity and security are big concerns for most companies today. But when human lives depend on a healthcare facility’s ability to accurately capture and retrieve patient data, nothing can be left to chance. Over the last several years health-care providers have made a collective... >>
Operation IT: why investing in technology can be the right prescription for Canadian HCOs
In today’s business climate, it’s hard to come up with a sector that doesn’t have the pressure on to “do more with less.” Not surprisingly, the largely publicly-funded Canadian healthcare system is no exception, despite an overall sense of patient dissatisfaction. But... >>
New study proves BloodTrack increases hospital efficiency
According to Neoteric Technology Ltd., a new study released in American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Journal of Transfusion proves that dramatic time and cost savings can be achieved by hospitals that implement BloodTrack OnDemand. At the John Radcliffe Hospital, located in Oxford, United... >>