Hospitals Increase Efforts to be Energy Efficient
from The Evening Sun
 As more companies across the nation "go green" and make efforts to be energy-efficient, hospitals are among those looking for ways to reduce waste and energy consumption. Officials at WellSpan Health say it can be a difficult task for hospitals, but the organization is making efforts to get greener. More
Patient Privacy Assured by Electronic Censor
from Science Daily
Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data. A new computer program is capable of deleting details from medical records which may identify patients, while leaving important medical information intact. More
Staph Infections on the Rise, Study Reveals
from Inside Bay Area
Skin abscesses that are often linked to an antibiotic-resistant staph infection have become a growing problem in doctor's offices and emergency rooms across the nation, with the number of cases doubling in eight years, a new study reveals. This is believed to signal an increase in the tough-to-fight bug known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. More
AHA Applauds Bill to Aid Hospitals, Ban Self-Referral
from AHA News Now
The AHA expressed support for legislation introduced by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) that would benefit rural hospitals and ban self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals.
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Recycling Unused Medical Supplies to Help Save Lives and the Planet
from Today’s SurgiCenter
In an effort to "go green," eco-conscious medical students and hospital staff at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., have started Rush Remedy, a medical supply recovery and recycling program that collects unused medical supplies and equipment and provides them to overseas hospitals and clinics-in-need. More
Registration Deadline Extended for ASHES 08
from ASHES
The American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services today announced the extension of the pre-registration deadline to August 8, 2008. By extending this deadline attendees will have the opportunity to register at a lower rate for an additional week. The conference, which takes place in San Antonio, Texas, September 7-11, is 3 weeks earlier than in previous years.
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Patient Safety is a Team Effort
from Fox Business
In observance of Patient Safety Day, Monday's program will featured Tim McDonald, M.D., J.D., Chief Safety and Risk Officer for Health Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. McDonald provided patient safety focused information to patients and families on how they can prevent adverse patient events and what to expect from every health care institution when an adverse event happens. More
Touch Screens Speed ED Admissions
from Nurse.com
With ED kiosks, patients enter identifying information and their chief complaint, which is sent immediately to ED nurses. Those who need speed aren't stuck unseen at the end of the line; they're quickly identified, escorted or boarded on a gurney, and whisked to their destinations.
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Hospitals Play Tag—RFID Finds a Niche in Healthcare
from Knowledge Management World
Like most healthcare facilities, Washington Hospital Center (WHC) in the nation’s capital used to struggle with asset management: finding the right pieces of equipment when employees needed them. But two and a half years ago, WHC, one of the 25 largest hospitals in the country, sought to address that knowledge management problem by attacking radio frequency identification (RFID) system tags to equipment in order to track them online. More
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