Healthcare It News - February 2008 - (Page 25)

www.HealthcareITNews.com February 2008 ■ Healthcare iT News 25 NEWSBRIEFS PENNSyLvaNIa HoSPItaL to oFFER WIRELESS INtERNEt the Washington Hospital, a 265-bed facility in Washington, Pa., will install wireless public internet service to provide internet service for patients and their guests. “We are truly excited about offering our patients and their guests this new service,” says telford W. thomas, president and ceo of the Washington Hospital. “Patients and their guests coming to our hospital want to stay connected to family, friends and work at all times. We are delighted that we can help them do so.” the hospital tapped irving, texas-based Wayport inc. for the wireless service. AHA picks emergency alert system in place. The rest still “an emergency – Now that AHA Solutions rely on some form of the notification system within a hospital has endorsed a specific emergency notiphone tree. environment has very distinct fication system, it should be easier for In the event of a hospitals across the country to move disaster, such as a hurrequirements that cannot be met by from their old-fashioned phone trees to ricane, boiler malfuncother types of notification an automated way of notifying persontion or power outage, it systems.” nel in emergencies, says Mary Longe, is critical to get the right Cinta Putra director of patient flow solutions for personnel at the right place and quickly, – Cinta Putra, CEO of 3n AHA Solutions. Longe said. AHA Solutions, a subsidiary of the oped by Glendale, Calif.-based 3n (National As Longe sees it, AHA Solutions can idenAmerican Hospital Association, which Notification Network) tify the critical needs of hospitals around the claims 5,000 member hospitals, is giving According to 3n, about 10 percent of hos- country and find ways to address them. its seal of approval to 3n InstaCom, devel- pitals have an automated notification system aHa see page 27 By Bernie Monegain, Editor CHICAGO LENox HILL oFFERS NEW WEB SItE coNtENt lenox Hill Hospital, a 652-bed, acute care hospital on manhattan’s upper east Side, has built a new suite of consumer health content and imagery for its Web site. lenox Hill teamed with A.D.A.m., inc., of Atlanta, a provider of consumer healthcare information, to revamp the hospital’s online health resources, which are embedded within the lenox Hill site. Visitors to the Web site can research illnesses, their associated symptoms and treatments, as well as articles on general wellness topics, in english or Spanish. Hospitals seek ‘right way’ to put old technology to rest Some facilities reclaim parts of their old hardware. By Joanne Friedrick, Contributing Writer Hospital expansion has It base By Joanne Friedrick, Contributing Writer NEW PLatFoRm aImS to ImPRovE commuNIcatIoN Dearborn county Hospital in lawrenceburg, ind., has deployed a Web-based unified communications platform aimed at improving communication among doctors, staff, patients and patients’ families. Dearborn rolled out the HiPath platform developed by Siemens communications, based in Boca raton, Fla. Dearborn county Hospital has about 800 employees. more than 115 physicians are on staff. communications integrator and HiPath reseller Black Box network Services installed the platform. – Disposing of outdated technology isn’t just a hassle for hospitals, it’s also a potential security risk. Before HIPAA and SarbanesOxley required vigilance on privacy of information and corporate accountability, electronics went into the same wasterecycling stream as other hard goods. But now, hospitals and medical facilities are seeking alternative, accountable methods of disposal. At Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Dennis Owens, PAWTUCKET, RI Computers and screens like the one above present a challenge at disposal time – especially for hospitals that face tough security laws. director of environmental services, said his facility ships 3,500 pounds of electronic waste every other month to its disposal partner, NextPhase. After researching different vendors regarding the proper disposal of electronic waste and data, Owens said NextPhase “offered a safe and secure system, and they could reclaim or sell some of the parts of the equipment.” The disposal dispose see page 30 – As a threephase, $800 million expansion project gets under way at Children’s Mercy Hospital here, the groundwork has already been laid for improved clinical information systems. About three years ago, Children’s Mercy began examining the disparate systems it had and selected a single integrated system that would unify all departments through the use of electronic health records. Jean Ann Breedlove, CIO, said while the latest expansion will see improved network infrastructure, a new Siemens phone system and a larger computer room, it was the decision to adopt Cerner’s Millennium solution with pediatric-specific content in advance of the KANSAS CITY, MO Mercy see page 28 tExaS HoSPItaL INtENdS to ENd PaSSWoRd cHaoS united regional Health care, a 350bed hospital in Wichita Falls, texas, has selected imprivata’s single-sign-on technology to improve password management as new applications and login policies are added to everyday routines. imprivata’s appliance-based single-sign-on technology will be implemented in conjunction with cDW Healthcare, a provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations. MoRe At HealthcareiTnews.com e connect: HoSPItALS 0208 Florida hospital system prepares for disaster at regional level HealTHcare iT news editors FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Broward Larger hospitals more likely to have EHRs Fully implemented 500+ beds 300-499 beds 100-299 beds 50-99 beds <50 beds e l connect: GRAPHS 0208 Partially implemented 69% 64% 66% 23% 23% 92% 87% l Health, a community health system of Florida, has been awarded a Critical Incident Management Systems for Healthcare grant to provide Florida’s Region VII hospitals with a new level of preparedness and coordination during times of disaster. The Human Health & Services Office of Public Health and Science awarded the grant to provide Broward Health with a regionwide implementation of PortBlue’s CommandAware hospital incident management system. “This is of great benefit to Broward Health and the community for healthcare incident management,” said Jeanne Eckes-Roper, director of emergency preparedness at Broward Health. ■ MoRe At HealthcareiTnews.com e connect: BRoWARD 0208 13% 79% 7% 63% 3% 46% Source: AmericAn HoSPitAl ASSociAtion 56% 43% l http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8610 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8609

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