The University of Chicago Hospitals and Health Systems is going to install the InnerWireless wireless infrastructure in their adult acute care hospital the Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital. You may recall that last year the University of Chicago installed InnerWireless in their new Comer Children's Hospital. Extending the infrastructure to an existing hospital seems a real […]
Last fall I was asked to participate in the Edelman/Technorati blog survey of business bloggers. The idea was to better understand bloggers' attitudes towards corporations and PR firms. The results were intended to help Richard Edelman advise his clients about the blogosphere and possibly creating their own corporate blogs. You can view the results here.
The […]
Medication errors that harm patients are seven times more frequent in
the course of radiological services than in other hospital settings,
according to the analysis by the United States Pharmacopeia. (Press release)
From
2000 to 2004, 12 percent of the 2,032 medication errors reported in
radiological services resulted in patient harm. This is more than seven
times the percentage of harmful […]
VISICU has licensed their eICU system to Advanced ICU Care who will target smaller community hospitals. VISICU's traditional target market has been large hospitals and delivery systems.
Advanced ICU Care is the first organization outside of a hospital
system to enter into a licensing agreement with VISICU. This
arrangement will enable Advanced ICU Care to […]
There was some discussion recently on the Biomed Listserv from some folks at hospitals considering making wireless Internet access available to patients. So, today's iHealthBeat story about some hospitals in Akron offering this service caught my eye.
To alleviate security concerns, the hospital opted to use a separate
Internet feed it had available for public access, she […]
