You can’t manage what you don’t measure: that seems to be the mantra of every hospital executive, as electronic data systems increasingly help hospitals track data on quality measures, patient ...

Seventeen Philadelphia-area hospitals and imaging centers improved CT radiation dose tracking, control and policies through a one-year Partnership for Patient Care program, according to an ECRI ...

A small FDA survey of nine hospitals found that the most popular use cases for RFID (radio frequency identification) technology are infusion pumps, portable monitors, wheelchairs, beds, and ...

Bluesight has released its solution known as KitCheck Anywhere that consists of retrofitted RFID reading shelves that can be used in ORs or patient rooms. The solution is being piloted by a U.S.

Hospitals lose up to 20% of mobile assets like wheelchairs, hospital beds, and medical equipment to theft or misplacement—costing an average of $3,000 per item to the tune of millions lost annually.

CMS issued a memo encouraging hospitals to use the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Common Formats to meet adverse event tracking requirements. Hospitals are required to track adverse ...

Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites. Hilal Atasoy and ...