AHRQ Provides Instant Access to Health Statistics Through On-line Database

AHRQ provides users instant access to health statistics and
information on hospital stays from AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization
Project (HCUP). This project comprises a family of health care databases and
related software tools developed through a federal-state-industry partnership
and sponsored by AHRQ. HCUP includes the largest set of publicly available,
all-payer health care databases in the United States. […]

Flaw Found in JCAHO Software

JCAHO revealed yesterday that there
is a flaw in the software hospitals use to help them qualify for JCAHO
accreditation. The software, used by more than 1,000 hospitals, costs
hospitals several thousand dollars annually. The New York Times reports:

Robert Curran, director of clinical excellence at the O'Connor
Hospital in San Jose, Calif., said many hospitals were concerned […]

WMTS Interference Reported at 2005 AAMI Meeting

The following was posted on the Biomed Listserv this morning. Written by Rick Hampton, at Partners Healthcare,
he reports incidents of digital TV and WMTS interference, discussions
on this topic at the AAMI conference last May, and finally requests you
contact him if your facility is experiencing any interference. After
reading this, you might also want to check out […]