Special report: Hospitals are on the mend

by Beth Leibson, NA | August 29, 2011

From the August 2011 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine

But one tool won’t do it all alone. “We compare it to seatbelts and airbags in cars,” says Xenex’s Stibich. “The seatbelt manufacturers assume there will be airbags – and the airbag manufacturers assume there will be seatbelts.”

So far, the recipe is making a difference. “The problem of hospital-associated infections promises to be improved significantly,”says AHQR’s Cleeman.

Ensure critical devices are ready to go

Keep biomedical devices ready to go, so care teams can be ready to care for patients. GE HealthCare’s ReadySee™ helps overcome frustrations due to lack of network and device visibility, manual troubleshooting, and downtime.

Cross your fingers.

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