I spoke with founder and managing director of Spyglass Consulting,
Gregg Malkary yesterday about two of his most recent studies. The latest is
Point of Care Computing for Nursing (press
release - pdf), and released this October, the same topic targeting physicians (press
release - pdf). Gregg did his first study on mobile computing
in 2003, with follow on studies […]
Philips announced yesterday that they reached a merger agreement to acquire VisICU for $12 per share, $3 over the current share price. From HIStalk, “Visicu earned $9 million on sales of $36 million over the past year. In
the 20 months since its IPO, Visicu shares have dropped from nearly $25
to below $9. Its board […]
Yours truly was quoted in an article in FDC Reports’ newsletter The Gray Sheet (subscription only) last week about connectivity. The story was inspired by a comment from Bill Crounse, the director of Worldwide Health at Microsoft, during the World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress held in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. He said, “”I […]
Great news in Healthcare IT News:
LiveData has been awarded a $70,000 Small Business Innovation grant in order to
develop a plug-and-play feature to implement standards for OR workflow
and medical device interoperability. The plug-and-play feature will enable devices to work together, to
create safety interlocks, and help ensure that clinicians make
decisions based upon all available information.
LiveData’s provides data […]
Awarepoint was chosen for asset tracking at University of California San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF). The vendor selection team looked at 6 different systems and selected Awarepoint. The story in Healthcare IT News highlights the technology’s use for improving productivity in the surgery department.
Here’s what jumped out at me:
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Well, new to me anyway. The company is CenTrak, located in Newtown, PA, South Korea and Chennai, India. The company, a consumer electronics company years earlier, launched an active RFID real time location system (RTLS) called TagAlert in 2005. Following the release of TagAlert, the company developed InTouch, an indoor positioning system targeting hospitals, long-term […]
Washington state governor, Christine Gregoire, has proposed legislation mandating hospital reporting of all adverse events. From the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
[…] Gregoire said she expects full public access to hospitals’ track
records to be done without extra cost to the state treasury. She said
she will introduce legislation giving consumers information about
“adverse events,” such as infections or patient […]
I’m frequently amused by the constant flow of stories on regional health information organizations, or RHIOs. The emphasis on developing the right “business model” - a euphemism for finding the rubes who will provide the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to fund a typically gold-plated RHIO - is perhaps the most frequent topic […]
Are you at a hospital that is planning new construction or renovation? Are you a vendor with a product or service that’s used at the point of care in hospitals? You should check out the latest survey from The Center for Healthcare Design, the Effect of Environmental Design on Reducing Nursing Errors in Acute Care […]
One of my favorite Clinical Engineers called today, prompted by last week’s post on the Emergin acquisition by Philips. Like many that I’ve talked to, this person was surprised that Emergin was not snapped up sooner. A list of potential bidders were mentioned, but my lips were sealed. I will say this about potential suitors […]
