FDA Issues New MDDS Rule
Besides the obvious question of whether the FDA is really serious about regulating MDDS, a few things jump out as areas that need clarification.
New Hospital Has Variable Acuity Patient Rooms
Reader Geoff T. sent this link to a story in Healthcare Design magazine on a new heart hospital at Ohio State University Medical Center. While I have mixed feelings about specialised hospitals, I was encouraged by the broad adoption of variable acuity units. For this crew, building a new hospital just like the old hospital […]
Monitoring Currently Unmonitored Patients
I came across some interesting posts in the Biomed Listserv. A biomed from a 250 bed hospital is looking for feedback on GE and Philips telemetry systems. This 260 bed community hospital is going to buy a 12 channel system, and ramp up to about 150 of the devices over the next few years. All […]
Philips Issues Alarm Notification Warning Letter
Last November, Philips sent a formal medical device notification letter to their customers. Titled “Increased Number of Reports of Adverse Events Referencing Patient Monitoring Alarms,” the letter explains that over the past 3 years, reviews of customer complaints have noted an increase in the number of adverse events that refer to alarms on patients being […]
