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Sotera signs agreement with HealthTrust for wireless ViSi mobile system

Sotera Wireless recently announced that the company is now a contracted HealthTrust supplier in the wireless patient monitoring category.

Morristown Medical Center's lead levels in water decrease

Last week, Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center found lead in its water. But now officials claim the level of lead in the water has declined, according to NJ1015.com.

Mass General forms task force to combat ED overcrowding

Nearly five years ago, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston attempted to solve overcrowding in its emergency department with a $500 million expansion. However, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe, the ED at MGH is once again dealing…

ExSpiron patient monitoring surpasses other measures in recognizing early signs of life-threatening and costly respiratory depression according to new clinical data presented at the 2016 Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress

ExSpiron Minute Ventilation Monitoring reveals respiratory depression events which are not detected by continuous respiratory rate measurement. New findings show that after surgery, clinicians would miss over 80% of respiratory depression episodes if they relied on respiratory rate alone.

Morristown Medical Center finds lead in its water

One of Atlantic Health System's hospitals — Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center — last Thursday found lead in its water, according to NJ.com.

IdentiScan® record integrity application eliminates privacy breaches; improves patient safety and quality of care

In a recent press release, MRO, a leader in the secure, compliant and efficient exchange of Protected Health Information (PHI), announced today that it will demonstrate its record integrity technology, IdentiScan®, during HIMSS16, in booth 6454.

Englewood Hospital catches fire during oxygen line replacement

A fire ignited when a construction worker was replacing an oxygen line at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center Monday morning, according to a NorthJersey.com report.

Brother and Datalogic to Showcase Advanced Point-of-Care Technology Solutions to Improve Patient Safety at HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition

Showsite demos to feature groundbreaking Brother TrustSense® Patient ID wristband/specimen label printing solution and Datalogic's newest barcode scanner

10 things to know about short-term return visits to hospital EDs

Should unscheduled short-term return visits to the emergency department be used as a hospital quality performance measure? The question has healthcare experts divided. In a new study published in JAMA, researchers examined clinical outcomes associated with unscheduled return visits to…

The quality of patient care

Time in healthcare impacts the quality of patient care. The implications of ‘time’ are significant because it can affect a patient’s experience throughout the continuum of care and also their safety.