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As part of a larger initiative to support investments in information technology in the nations health care delivery system, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD, is seeking applications for about 100 grants to plan, implement, and demonstrate the value of health information technology to improve patient safety and quality of care.
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In the cover story of our October 2003 issue, we referred to Planar Systems Invitium workstation as an example of point-of-care radiology. Planar clarifies: Invitium is a POC workstation designed for patient bedside diagnostic testing, charting, and order entry; medication administration; and accessing laboratory, PACS, and other information.
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This is the second in a series of articles on control charts. In the first article, presented in our January 2004 issue, we defined control charts and described the types of situations that lend themselves to the use of control charts. This month, we examine the process of selecting the most appropriate control chart.)
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According to a study published in the Oct. 23, 2003, New England Journal of Medicine, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system has slashed the time veterans spend in
the hospital by half without sacrificing quality of patient care.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has approved revised standards to help prevent the occurrence of deadly health care-associated infections (HAIs).
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Access personnel at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock can look forward to moving up a recently established career ladder that is boosting morale as well as paychecks.
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American Hospital Association attorney Lawrence Hughes said there are aspects of the privacy rule that still are not working well and are creating unnecessary burdens for hospitals, with little benefit to patients.
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Does the security rule specify how a risk analysis must be conducted?; How should passwords be chosen to ensure security?; Can a home health agency post thank-you letters from patients on a bulletin board that can be seen by staff and other patients?
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Integrating new automated dispensing technology with an already established computerized physician order-entry system (CPOE) has changed the way pharmacists work at El Camino Hospital, a community facility in Mountain View, CA. Freed from most dispensing duties, pharmacists now spend much of their time reviewing patient information before drugs are dispensed.
