What (if anything) can the recent Sidekick problem teach us?
Let’s always pause long enough to do some risk management thinking…
Patient Safety
Market Trends Series #2: Patient Safety
There are very few instances of IV pump connectivity to EMR or alarm systems.
Running Medical Device Software on Shared Computers
The ability to support third party apps on a PC that’s a medical device is highly dependent on the design approach and verification testing used by the manufacturer.
How Medical Device Connectivity Can Improve Outcomes in the SICU
Medical device interoperability and integration with external systems becomes essential to clinical decision making ability.
Hospira Acquires EndoTool
The notion of having decision support technology like this, embedded in the pump, is a potential productivity and patient safety enhancement.
Barcoding and Patient Context
How a vendor implements patient context can have a big impact on usability and customer acceptance.
Pressure to Increase Hospital Patient Safety Reporting Grows
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 […]
Effect of Environmental Design on Reducing Nursing and Medication Errors
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 […]
The Value of Unique Device Identification
Is there a need to better track the use of medical devices? You bet. Besides tracking implantables for post market surveillance and recalls, tracking medical devices used at the point of care can reduce the risk of infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) through physical contact and cross contamination. There are no national hospital reporting […]
Thoughts on RFID in Hospitals
Yesterday I noted that the Biomed Listserv has moved to new digs. In addition to a new hosting service, there is a message limit of 450 words - sadly, only enough for one or two points for me. I learned about this limit when my message bounced, so I’ve posted it here.
James asked about RFID […]
