The AAMI Foundation has named the first recipients of funding from The Mary K. Logan Research Awards Program. The two grants, worth a total of $80,000, will go to researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
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Recent innovations have enabled biomedical test instruments to function more quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively, in addition to enhancing the capture, storage, traceability, and interpretation of critical data. In this article, 24×7 correspondent Ray Pelosi explores the latest advancements in test equipment and discusses how they affect HTM professionals. Don’t miss out.
Read MoreToo many otherwise healthy patients are dying in hospitals when changes in technology, procedures, and culture could save them, according to AAMI research. That was the major theme that emerged during the first day of the AAMI Foundation’s regional meeting, which was held last week in Chicago, and brought together leading health care professionals from around the nation.
Read MorePhilips has announced a move to expand its patient monitoring solutions, launching its IntelliVue platform with Masimo rainbow SET technology. The technology analyzes multiple wavelengths of light to noninvasively and continuously measure patients’ total hemoglobin, oxygen content, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and Pleth Variability Index, the company says.
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As hospitals are increasingly charged with treating sicker patient populations, patient deterioration often goes unrecognized. SurveilÂlance monitoring, the practice of monitoring patients who have not been identified as being at specific risk, can help increase safety, enhance quality of care, and improve hospital workflow.
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