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Perspectives On Robots In The OR
April 30, 2013 9:05 am | by A.J. Smith, Director of Product Marketing, Honeywell Sensing and Control | Blogs | CommentsRobotic technologies combined with improved sensors and sophisticated intelligence will make inroads into many aspects of medical care, including surgical centers and operating rooms. With a proven ability to automate actions with outstanding repeatability and reliability, the opportunity exists for robots to move into non-critical and routine medical procedures.
Emergency Care Cost Estimates Are Too Low
April 29, 2013 12:35 pm | News | CommentsThe ER has become increasingly important as a place where people go for acute unscheduled care, however there has been little rigorous analysis of its cost structure. A new cost analysis suggests that emergency care accounts for far more than the commonly accepted 1.9 percent of the nation’s $2.6-trillion annual health care bill. It’s more likely between 4.9 and 5.8 percent.
How Would You Like Your Assistant - Human Or Robotic?
April 29, 2013 12:30 pm | News | CommentsRoboticists are currently developing machines that have the potential to help patients with caregiving tasks, such as housework, feeding and walking. But before they reach the care recipients, assistive robots will first have to be accepted by healthcare providers such as nurses and nursing assistants.
The Outlook For Medical Devices In Western Europe
April 29, 2013 12:26 pm | News | CommentsFive of the ten largest medical device markets in the world are in Western Europe; Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain. Like all other sectors, the medical device markets will be impacted by the current eurozone crisis in the short term. This is a danger for domestic manufacturing industries, especially in Germany, which rely on demand for exports of their products.
Survey: 84M People Were Uninsured For A Time Or Underinsured In 2012
April 29, 2013 10:43 am | News | CommentsEighty-four million people―nearly half of all working-age U.S. adults―went without health insurance for a time last year or had out-of-pocket costs that were so high relative to their income they were considered underinsured, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2012 Biennial Health Insurance Survey.
Infrared LED Light Emitter
April 29, 2013 10:28 am | by Larson Electronics | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics has announced the release of a 12 watt infrared LED light emitter, designed to provide output and operation suitable for medical applications. The LEDLB-4E-IR-M-110V 110 Volt Medical Infrared LED Light Bar provides those in the medical fields with a powerful and effective source of infrared light.
Sterile Nitrile Powder-Free Fully Textured Examination Gloves
April 29, 2013 10:18 am | by Tronex Healthcare | Tronex Healthcare | Product Releases | CommentsTronex Healthcare introduces its Sterile Nitrile Powder-Free Fully Textured Examination Gloves. These advanced gloves are 100 percent latex free, featuring a fully textured surface for an improved grip in both wet and dry environments and for various procedures.
Latex Free CALZURO
April 29, 2013 10:06 am | by Calzuro | Product Releases | CommentsCalzuro footwear is Latex free and can be worn in the OR or anywhere. Made in Italy, the material is thermo-injectable anti-static copolymer rubber compound and halogen-free. Thirteen colors, two styles, and various accessories (heel strap kit and comfort insoles) are available.
A Plea For A Universal, Unified EMR
April 29, 2013 9:51 am | by James C. Salwitz, M.D. | Blogs | CommentsWill a universal EMR save dollars? Not right away, but in the near future, absolutely. Will it improve the safety, quality and efficiency of medical care and thereby save lives. Definitely. Is there any reason to maintain our system of primitive individual medical isolation? None at all, continued delay would be ridiculous.
New Transplant Technology Keeps Organs 'Alive' Outside Body
April 29, 2013 9:29 am | by Jacque Wilson | Articles | CommentsPlacing healthy organs in the same container we use to keep soda cold at a picnic seems archaic. But until recently, it was the only option hospitals had. That changed with heart-in-a-box. In 2006, surgeons in Europe transplanted the first heart using the TransMedics Organ Care System, a portable device that kept the heart "alive" -- beating, with blood and oxygen flowing through it -- during transport.
Connecticut Surgical Quality Collaborative Announces Addition of Six Hospitals
April 26, 2013 3:34 pm | News | CommentsThe Connecticut Surgical Quality Collaborative (CtSQC), a statewide group of 20 hospitals, meets regularly to share quality outcomes including successes and best practices for the benefit of all patients in the state. The CtSQC announced that six additional hospitals are joining this effort.
ACPE Names Brigham And Women's Hospital Winner Of 2013 Leape Ahead Award
April 26, 2013 1:47 pm | News | CommentsThe annual Leape Ahead Award honors the dedication of Dr. Lucian Leape toward the advancement of efficient, effective, and caring delivery of medicine in the U.S. It also underscores ACPE's strong commitment to patient safety and quality, as well as the lifelong development and support of physician leaders.
Opioid-Related Adverse Events Increase Hospital Stays, Costs Of Care
April 26, 2013 11:03 am | News | CommentsResearchers conducted statistical analysis to evaluate risk factors that may predispose patients to postsurgical ORAEs and compared differences in length of stay, total hospitalization costs, 30-day readmission rates and inpatient mortality between the patients who experienced an ORAE and those who did not.
Are Living Liver Donors At Risk From Life-Threatening 'Near-Miss' Events?
April 26, 2013 10:57 am | News | CommentsDonor mortality is about 1 in 500 donors with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Research of transplant centers around the world found that those with more experience conducting live donor procedures had lower rates of aborted surgery and life-threatening "near-miss" events.
Hospital Boosts Patient Safety With Expanded Use Of Capnography Technology
April 26, 2013 10:47 am | News | CommentsMemorial Hospital of Lafayette County (MHLC) recently strengthened patient safety measures by expanding the use of capnography technology to monitor patients using patient controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps to regulate their pain.
