Smiths Medical announces that Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has integrated its PharmGuard Infusion Management System with its electronic health record system to establish bi-directional interoperability across all hospital in its health system.
The University of Miami Health System has launched the UHealth Televigilance program, allowing providers to remotely monitor and care for COVID-19 patients who might otherwise need to continue care in inpatient settings.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has partnered with Verizon, Medivis, and Microsoft as part of its efforts to deliver Veterans VA’s first advanced, 5G-enabled, clinical care system at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
2017 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient Memorial Hermann, a Texas-based health system, has exemplified the successful use of health IT systems to substantially improve patient outcomes by implementing and monitoring IT interventions to ensure that all its patients receive safe, high-quality care, according to HIMSS officials.
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The University of Kansas Health System is the first hospital in the nation to achieve Joint Commission Comprehensive Cardiac Center Certification. To achieve this certification, a hospital must demonstrate evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for cardiac care, performance measurement requirements, and more.
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The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association has named Ohio-based Barnesville Hospital its 2017 Energy Champion—an award that highlights the hospital’s leadership in becoming a more energy-efficient facility and using saved resources to support patient care.
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Wyoming-based Sheridan Memorial Hospital has become the first hospital to integrate Cerner’s CareAware Event Management secondary alerting system with Hospira infusion system Alarm Forwarding technology—a move that expands the hospital’s infusion alarm management functionality.
Read MoreSiemens AG is planning to spin off Siemens Healthineers as a publicly traded, standalone business. Joe Kaeser, Siemens’ president and CEO, says this move will give “Healthineers even more focus and flexibility in pursuing its growth strategy.”
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Managing an inventory of more than 19,000 pieces of equipment is no small task, but when you consider the people utilizing the equipment—children—it can up the sense of responsibility. It’s something the clinical engineering department at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics knows all too well. In this informative article, department members share the secrets to their success.
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Winthrop University Hospital’s NYCyberKnife Center in Manhattan has installed Accuray Inc’s latest generation CyberKnife M6™ System—a dedicated radiosurgery device that delivers precise full-body treatments while maximizing patients’ quality of life during and after treatment.
Read MoreGundersen Health System is expected to announce on November 10 that it recently achieved its goal of attaining energy independence, doing so on “a busy weekday with high patient and surgical volumes.”
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Mevion Medical Systems recently delivered an S250 proton therapy superconducting synchrocyclotron accelerator to the University of Florida Health Cancer Center at Orlando Health.
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Kaiser Permanente has announced that it will increase its on-site solar generation capacity by as much as 50 megawatts, with additional installations planned for its medical campuses and other locations.
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