FDA approves new drug to treat C diff
The Food and Drug Administration in May 2011 approved the first new drug in 25 years to treat diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, a pathogen that one study suggests may have surpassed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the leading hospital-acquired infection, according to the New York Times. In clinical trials, fidaxomicin…
Dangerous bugs on patient, visitor cell phones
Compared with cell phones of hospital staff, those brought into a facility by patients and visitors are twice as likely to carry dangerous, multidrug-resistant pathogens, finds a new study in the American Journal of Infection Control. Turkish researchers analyzed samples from 200 mobile phones—67 belonging to staff and 133 to…
Anesthesia systems catching on as liability concerns start to ease
Anesthesia information management systems (AIMS) have been slow to catch on, but the pace is accelerating. More than one-fourth (26%) of organizations with OR information systems now have an AIMS, up from 6% in 2007. And 63% of those that currently have only an OR system plan to purchase an…
Video: What's here? What's coming?
Video integration expert Keith Mignault looks at technology that's here now and what's on the horizon. High definition: Displays High-definition (HD) is available in most surgical scope systems and routing systems. HD has several levels, and they are not the same. For example, HD room cameras and surgical light cameras…
Sharing lessons from video projects
Leaders and project teams from 2 teaching hospitals with OR video integration shared lessons learned during their projects. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston recently opened an outpatient surgical suite and will open a new 28-OR suite on its main campus in 2011. The University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB), opened…
Expert's advice video integration
In the first of this package of articles, an equipment planner offers advice on planning for OR video integration. In addition to these expert tips, the articles include: Page 17: An introduction to the new ORs at Massachusetts General Hospital Page 19: Video: What's here? What's coming? Page 21: Sharing…
Video integration for 21st century
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently opened a new outpatient surgical suite in the Boston suburb of Danvers and will open a new 28-OR suite on its main Boston campus in 2011. Both suites employ video integration. Here's a look at the projects. 'Building for the Third Century' A new 530,000…
Value-based purchasing rule is final
July 1, 2011, marks the start of hospitals' first performance period under Medicare's new value-based purchasing program. The initial performance period runs through March 31, 2012. The final rule was released April 29, 2011, for the program, which covers hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system, with some exceptions. Value-based…
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