Patient Safety

Intel Invests $100K to Enhance Remote Patient Safety Monitoring

April 4, 2022 - Intermountain Healthcare has been awarded $100,000 by Intel to enhance remote patient safety monitoring throughout its facilities in Utah, the healthcare system announced. The Intel grant will help fund the purchase of 70 new camera systems, supporting the Intermountain Patient Safety Monitoring (PSM) program. “At Intermountain, we strive to...

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UC San Diego Helps Expand COVID-19 Contract Tracing App in CA

by Samantha McGrail

The California governor’s office recently announced a statewide expansion to make COVID-19 contact tracing app, CA Notify, available to all Californians by the end of the week through a...

CO Taps Google, Apple to Support COVID-19 Contact Tracing App

by Samantha McGrail

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) recently launched its statewide COVID-19 contact tracing system using the Google-Apple framework. According to an announcement from...

Technology Issues Plague VA’s Health Information Exchange

by Samantha McGrail

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently uncovered various technology challenges associated with health information exchange in various VA facilities, which are preventing utilization. The...

Surveillance Workstation Provides Remote Care to COVID-19 Patients

by Samantha McGrail

Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) recently deployed Capsule’s Ventilated Patient Surveillance (VPS) workstation to provide effective remote care to COVID-19 ventilated patients. Yale Health...

Cleveland Clinic, Epic Use Remote Patient Monitoring for COVID-19

by Samantha McGrail

Cleveland Clinic and Epic recently launched a remote monitoring tool to allow clinicians to quickly respond to COVID-19 patients.  The initiative will manage care in a quick and efficient manner...

Radiologists’ Societies Warn Against Using AI Solely for Financial Gain

by Fred Donovan

Several major radiologists’ societies recently called for development of ethical codes of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, warning against the use of radiology...

FDA to Examine Safety of Materials Used in Medical Devices

by Fred Donovan

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public advisory committee meeting next month with experts and the public to examine the safety of materials used in medical devices, the agency...

Hacker Could Gain Control of Change Healthcare Cardiology Devices

by Fred Donovan

A hacker with low skill level could gain control of connected cardiology devices made by Change Healthcare, warned an ICS-CERT advisory. “Insecure file permissions in the default installation...

Patient Death Prompts FDA Recall of Faulty Edwards Heart Valve Part

by Fred Donovan

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Class 1 recall (most serious) for a faulty component of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 transcatheter heart valve system, following reports of 17 injuries and...

Improving Medical Device Safety by Collecting Unique Identifier Data

by Fred Donovan

Including unique device identifiers (UDIs) on insurance claim forms will improve medical device safety, argued Ben Moscovitch, project director for health information technology at Pew. By include...

St. Luke’s Develops AI-Powered X-Ray System to Detect Collapsed Lung

by Fred Donovan

St. Luke's University Health Network radiologist Karl Yaeger, MD, and his colleagues have developed the industry’s first x-ray system with an embedded AI algorithm to quickly detect a...

Remote Attacker Could Manipulate GE Healthcare Medical Devices

by Fred Donovan

GE Healthcare anesthesia and respiratory medical devices have a firmware vulnerability that could endanger patients by enabling a remote attacker to silence device alarms, alter time and date records,...

Facial Recognition Helps Predict When ICU Patients Are At Risk

by Fred Donovan

Japanese researchers have successfully incorporated facial recognition technology into an automated system that can predict when intensive care unit (ICU) patients are at high risk of unsafe behavior,...

First U.S. Smart Medical District Upgrades IT Infrastructure

by Fred Donovan

The Illinois Medical District and IGNITE CITIES, a tech consulting firm specializing in smart cities, have launched the first smart medical district in the United States designed to improve patient...

Greater Medical Device Connectivity Prompts FDA Process Revision

by Fred Donovan

The FDA is updating its voluntary 510(k) approval process to take into account growing medical device connectivity and interoperability, the agency announced Nov. 26. The FDA explained that the...

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