August 13, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
When my son graduated from high school, I compiled twenty suggestions for him. The list wasn’t terribly profound—hardly worth a book. Nevertheless, I think I offered a few pretty good ideas from “do your own laundry” to “start a business at...
July 11, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
For most of my years, the point of sale has been fixed at the front of the store. We shoppers have been gathering our goods and taking them to cashiers who manually key prices into registers and collect our cash (or Visa Cards, which were introduced the...
June 8, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
What’s good for healthcare providers is good for technology providers For the past ten days I’ve been embroiled in site visits and presentations at some of Australia’s leading hospitals. I’ve also addressed several gatherings of technology...
May 17, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
The hungry Bermuda Triangle is out my window to the west. I’m on a nine-hour flight between Washington DC and Sao Paul to address I Simpósio Internacional de Farmácia Hospitalar e Clínica. My title is “Traceability and Patient Safety in the Drug...
May 11, 2012 | In: POC Headlines
New research, "Medication administration quality and health information technology: a national study of US hospitals," is the subject of a report. According to the authors of a study from Hanover, New Hampshire, "Objective To determine whether the use of...
May 8, 2012 | In: POC Headlines
12 EHR Vendors That Stand Out (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Fewer than 10 providers in the country are integrating their electronic medical record (EMR) system with smart pumps and only 60% of providers currently have the proper wireless...
April 23, 2012 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
Bellevue WA, April 207, 2012— On May 2-4, 2012, in Anaheim, CA The TerraPharma Project, LLC will convene hospital executives, pharmacists, nurses, safety directors, and information technology professionals at The 7th Annual unSUMMIT for Bedside...
April 19, 2012 | In: Reference Materials
Richardson B, Bromirski B, Hayden A. Clin Nurse Spec. 2012 May;26(3):169-76. Author Affiliations: Clinical Nurse Specialists (Mss Richardson and Bromirski) and Patient Safety and Quality Specialist (Dr Hayden), Southwestern Vermont Medical Center,...
April 19, 2012 | In: Reference Materials
ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: Dispensing and administration—2011 Craig A. Pedersen⇓, Philip J. Schneider and Douglas J. Scheckelhoff Craig A. Pedersen, B.S.Pharm., Ph.D., FAPhA, is Manager, Pharmacy...
April 17, 2012 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
The proposed Stage 2 rule spans the healthcare continuum, but one objective, in particular, presents a significant opportunity to address a top source of patient harm. The criterion calls for 10% of medication orders to be tracked in electronic medication...