HealthCare Management

Flumonitor helps physicians identify influenza hotspots

Editor — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:19:20 +0000

Sermo, the largest online physician social networking site founded by Dr. Daniel Palestrant, recently launched FluMonitor to help track the spread of Influenza in the US. FluMonitor(see pic above) lets physicians submit flu cases they might encounter with a few clicks. HealthCare Management spoke with Sermo’s chief medical officer Adam Sharp. According to Dr. Sharp, the [...]

Wavemark-Lumedx RFID technology helps Florida Hospital reduce costs

Editor — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:12:05 +0000

HealthCare Management was recently informed of a product launch that could potentially, help hospitals lower their inventory costs, improve tracking of medical devices, and positively impact patient care. The new RFID technology enabled system is being launched jointly by Wavemark: a market leader in real-time inventory management (RTIM) solutions for the healthcare supply chain, and Lumedx, [...]

UPMC team talks about smart room project!

Editor — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:42:18 +0000

We had previously featured an article on this site on the Smart patient room innovation at the Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Since, then we have talked to David Sharbaugh(DS), the leader of the smart room project and, a senior director at UPMC’s center for quality improvement and innovation and, Lucy Thompson(LT) one of the [...]

Does your health care provider have the cash to survive today?

James Hill — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:04:14 +0000

Survival of the fittest! It is very well know that in today’s healthcare business, cash flow is the life blood of any business, specifically in the healthcare industry. The healthcare industry has become much more competitive over the years. Hospitals proclaiming that they have a state of the art cardiology center, with nurses that put the patient [...]

Redesigned ER with reduced wait times can save lives

Editor — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:11:14 +0000

Emergency Room incident at King’s County hospital The King’s county hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. has several claims to fame; It was the site of the first open-heart surgery performed in New York State; Kings County physicians invented the world’s first hemodialysis machine, conducted the first studies of HIV infection in women and produced the first human [...]

Health Records-Now on your iPhone!

Editor — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:33:48 +0000

In a previous post we talked about electronic health records, and how hospitals and providers are embracing it to improve patient safety. With the introduction of the new iPhone3G, electronic health records are now going beyond the computer and into the iPhones. Hand held devices are always popular with physicians (tablet pcs and [...]

The Health 2.0 buzz

Editor — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:21:11 +0000

There has been a lot of activity in the Health 2.0 world recently. There are already two major Health 2.0 related conferences. Atleast a dozen new health 2.0 applications in the first half of this year and the launch of Google Health and Microsoft Health Vault. As usual, we at Healthcare Management will help you [...]

Introducing Smart Patient Rooms

Editor — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:02:01 +0000

Star Trek at Bedside Imagine a hospital room, which recognizes doctors and nurses as they enter. Their name flashes on a flat panel screen for the patient and family to see. At the same time, a second monitor, shows the clinician exactly what they need to know at that moment to care for the patient. Information [...]

Demystifying Electronic Health Records

Editor — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:02:25 +0000

Increasingly, healthcare organizations are investing in clinical information systems. According Kalorama Information – the publishing division of MarketResearch.com, hospitals in the United States would be spending close to $4.8 billion on Electronic health record(EHR) or Electronic medical record systems(EMR). Despite the brouhaha, there is a lack of understanding of what an EHR can do and can not do.In this [...]

Strategies for growing hospital volume

Editor — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:49:36 +0000

Volume trends in US healthcare - Shift from hospital to non-hospital settings Over the past five years, hospital inpatient and outpatient admissions are growing at a much smaller rate than non-hospital based outpatient services. A clear case in the point being outpatient surgeries. Increasingly, outpatient surgeries are moving to non-hospital based settings, taking with them the [...]