CHARLOTTE, N.C.While there has been a great deal of attention placed on the importance of alarm management over the past 35 years, many of the core problems in the provider setting havent improved, based on a 2011 nationwide survey. The results were presented June 3 at the 2012 annual conference of AAMI, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

A healthcare system in Albuquerque, N.M., by adapting a home healthcare program, achieved savings of 19 percent over costs for similar inpatients.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.What shape will the healthcare technology management (HTM) profession take in years to come? What new duties will it take on and which current responsibilities will it shed? No crystal ball in the world can help answer such vexing questions, but horizon scanningmaking informed forecasts based on present realities and developing trendscan.

PACSGear, a developer of imaging connectivity for EHRs, has signed an agreement with SeeMyRadiology.com, a cloud-based medical imaging technology, to participate in the Open Image Exchange, a cloud-based network designed to share medical images and results.

Partners HealthCare, the largest provider in Massachusetts, reported second quarter operating income of $5.3 million, compared with $71.2 million in the prior-year period.

Canadian researchers have developed and validated a decision tool to help physicians better discern which patients who visit an emergency department for heart failure (HF) should be hospitalized and which should be discharged. The evidence-based risk score was found to predict with high accuracy patients who were at risk of death within seven days of presentation.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.Without a concerted effort to develop new leaders and plan for managerial succession, the well-oiled machines that are todays clinical engineering (CE) departments could end up sputtering and stalling like so many rusty jalopies just a few years down the road. Three presenters offered tips on preventing such a scenario from playing out in a June 2 session at the 2012 annual conference of AAMI, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.An expert panel of four discussed the how-to and why-to of overcoming the impediments prohibiting the building and implementation of a wireless test lab in the provider setting prior to rolling out medical devices onto the larger wireless network, during a June 2 presentation at the 2012 AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Conference & Expo.