Improving patient care with IT

Most Wired Innovator Award honorees are using IT in innovative ways


The Most Wired Innovator Award honorees are using IT to improve patient care in innovative ways, according to an article on the Hospital & Health Networks website.

The Most Wired Innovator Award honors hospitals that find creative IT solutions to serve their patients, staff and communities.

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland uses a real-time locating system to track hand-hygiene compliance. New patient beds also are tied into the nurse call system. When a patient is identified as a high risk for falls, a bed exit alarm is set. 

St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital uses  mobile electrocardiograms which connect to smartphones to speed the time between a patient’s atrial fibrillation to medical intervention.

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August 25, 2015


Topic Area: Information Technology


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