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'Most Wired' Hospitals Set Themselves Apart
‘Cops and Docs’ (and Nurses, too) Join Forces to Stop School Violence
‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Assist Consumers with Connected Care
‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Find More Satisfied Patients
‘Smart’ Bed Tracks Patient Vitals, Activity
‘Smart’ Clothing Combines Fashion with Fitness, Health
‘Stan the Man’ Helps Keep Nurses on Their Toes
“E-knee” Revolutionizes Knee Implant Technology Research
“Smart” Technology May Detect First Signs of Breast Cancer
“We'll Make a Difference," VA Chief Promises
A Look at New Nursing Technologies and Trends
A More Comfortable Mammogram? Yes!
A New Vision for Diabetes Screening
A.D.A.M. Online Anatomy Goes Live
AccuNurse Improves Care with Voice-Activated Documentation, Hands-Free Communication
Adding IT to Nursing Education
Advances in Birth Control
Advances in Technology Revolutionizing Patient Care
Alternate-Site Glucose Monitoring Technology Now Available for People with Diabetes
Animal Scanner Detects Brain Disease in Infant Patients
Anthrax Exposures Spawn Variety of Products, Surveillance Devices
Anthrax Vaccine Manufacturer Gets FDA Approval for Lab
Anti-Nausea Device Straps to Wrist
Application Period Opens for Most Wired Survey
Are In-Home Defibrillators Changing Emergency Response?
Are You Ready for Bloodless Medicine?
At-home ‘Annie’ Teaches CPR on the Living Room Floor
At-home Dialysis Puts Disease Management in Patients’ Hands
Aurora Health Care Targets Home Care for Cardiac Patients
Automated CPR Device Offers ED Assistance
Automated Medication Dispensing Encourages ‘Five Rights’
Automated Pill Dispenser Eases Medication Management
Automated Rx Dispenser Eases ED Nurses Workloads
Automatic IV System Does it All
BabySIM Provides Emergency Preparation for the Smallest Patients
Banner Estrella is Paperless for Patient Records
Bar Code Technology: Raising the "Bar" on Medication Error Reduction
Bar-coded Surgical Sponges Improve OR Safety
Botox Gets FDA Nod for Cosmetic Use
Brain Implant Could Control Parkinson's Disease Tremors
Breast MRI Recommended for High Risk Individuals
Breast Scanner Could Augment Mammogram Screening
Breast Self-Exam Pad Designed to Enhance Sensitivity
Burn Treatment Device Approved for Scar Treatment
Bush Proves Strong Proponent of Digital Records
Business Portals Become New Desktop for Web-Connected Professionals
Cancer Patients Opt to Go Under the CyberKnife
Cancer Research Database Goes Online
Cardiac Device Speeds Up Heart Attack Diagnosis
Cardiac Devices: The Artificial Heart and Beyond
Careflix Brings Movies to the Bedside
CCVNA Telehomecare Beneficial to Patients
CDC National Healthcare Safety Network
CD-ROM Helps Nursing Students Learn From Mistakes
Cell Phone Technology Provides Precision in Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Cell Phone Use is Safe in Hospitals
Centralized Monitoring Improves Patient Safety
CheckSite System Promotes Safety in the Perioperative Setting
Chemotherapy Patients Make Virtual Escape
Children's Hospital Videoconferencing Gives New Meaning to "Reality TV"
CIOs Place Importance on Patient Safety
Classrooms Without Walls: Nurse Education at Your Fingertips
Cleveland Clinic Celebrates $634M Nurse-Designed Expansion
College Textbooks Go Interactive
Color-coded System Alerts to Hospital Capacity
Compact Disc Puts a New Spin on Medical Scanners
Compliance Kit Puts Focus on Hand Hygiene
Consolidating Data Helps OR Team
Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring Helps Achieve Tighter Control
Cooperation Needed to Ensure Safe Medical Devices
Council Debuts Online Public Access to Licensure Information
Crib Notes Brings NICU Data Together
Critical Care Beyond the Bedside: The Collaborative Effort of the eICU Team
Dental Implant Device Gets Unique Turn in Thousand Smiles Program
Device Helps Providers Diagnose Sleep Apnea
Device Lets Baby Boomers Answer Cell Phone Without Reaching for Glasses
Device Promises Needle-free Shots
Digital Mammography Device Gets FDA Approval
Disease Management on the Dial
Dispatch Surveillance System Can Provide Early Bioterrorism Warning
Eclipsys Declares 2004 the Year of the Nurse
Electronic Disease Management System Aids Home Health Nurses
Electronic Health Record Voting Begins
Electronic Implant Provides New Information About Knee Function
Electronic Nose Sniffs out Disease
Electronic Patient Records Keep Patient Care Teams on the Same Page
Electronic Records Boost State-of-the-Art Patient Care
Electronic Surveillance Provides Hospital Infection Control
EMCAPS Tool Aids in Disaster Response
Emerging Trends in Medical Device Technology: Home is Where the Heart Monitor is
Enhanced 9-1-1 for Wireless Lags
E-Prescribing Catching in Health Care Community
ER Smart Card Speeds Triage Time
Error Reporting Goes High-Tech
Estrogen Test Predicts Breast Cancer Risk
FDA Acts to Reduce Approval Delays
FDA Approves Asthma Monitoring Device
FDA Approves BGM-Insulin Pump Combo
FDA Approves Device to Treat Excessive Menstrual Bleeding
FDA Approves First Hormonal Contraceptive Skin Patch
FDA Approves First Skin Cholesterol Test
FDA approves Glucovance for type 2 diabetes
FDA Approves Home Dialysis System
FDA Approves Spinal Fusion Device
FDA Approves Surgical Device for Farsightedness
FDA Clears First External Defibrillator for Use on Young Children
FDA Clears Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure Treatment
FDA Creates In Vitro Diagnostic Device Center
FDA Issues Health Advisory Regarding the Safety of Sporanox® Products and Lamisil® Tablets to Treat Fungal Nail Infections
FDA Proposes Changes for Glove Safety
FDA to Require More Surveillance of Some Medical Devices
FDA: Feedback and Resources on Single Use Devices
First Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Performed At George Washington University Hospital
First MRI-compatible Pacemaker Technology Introduced
Florida Implements Emergency Status System to Increase Efficiency during Storm Season
GE Healthcare Seeks Nurses’ Input on Future Health Monitoring
Gecko-inspired Bandages May Someday Replace Sutures in Surgery
Gerontology Goes High-Tech
GetWellNetwork Provides Interactive Patient Care, Increased Provider Communication
Giving Patients Online Access to Their Medical Records
GPS Now Tracking More Patients with Alzheimer’s, Dementia
Growing Evidence Supports Advantages of Sutureless Bypass Connector Surgery
Harnessing Technology to Better Care for Older Patients
HCA Combines High-Tech, Education to Improve Outcomes
Health "Fingerprint": Wave of the Diagnostic Future?
Health Care beyond the Emergency Room
Health Care Industry Slow to Adopt Information Technology
Health Care Technology Implementation Needs Nurses' Input
Health eTools for Schools Helps Improve Children’s Health
Health Management Systems Play Key Role in Nursing Efficiency
Health System Goes Online to Improve Patient Safety
Health System Scans Palms to Register Patients
Health System Takes Detailed Look at Nursing Care
Healthcare and the Net: Guiding Seniors
Healthcare and the Net: Monitoring Patients
Hermes: Handheld Device Created to Isolate, Purify Biological Samples for Diagnosis
HHS Designates Money for Defibrillators for Rural Areas
High Touch from a High-Tech Solution
High-Tech TVs Transform Patient Care
HIMSS Annual Conference Highlights the Future of Health IT
HIMSS Conference Highlights Informatics
HIMSS Conference Showcases Technology Solutions for Nursing
HIMSS Conference Showcases the Latest in Health Care Technology
HIMSS Leadership Survey Identifies the Safety Component of Health IT
HIMSS Members Envision Limited Role of Federal Government
HIPAA Requires Nurses to Protect Patient Information Privacy and Security
HIPAA Security Rule: The Next Phase of Medical Privacy Laws
HIPAA: Security is Key
Home Medical Devices: Benefits and Challenges
Home Monitoring Aims to Keep Heart Patients Out of Hospital
Hospital IT Use Increases, Barriers Still Exist
Hospital System Tracks Beds, Patients and Equipment
Hospital to Use Technology to Increase Older Nurse Satisfaction
Hospitals Ramp up Robotic Technology
Hospitals Ranked as ‘Most Wired’ are Adopting Electronic Medical Records
Hospitals Switch to Reusable Sharps Containers
House Approves Bill to Speed Device Approval
House of Representatives Approves Health Information Technology Promotion Act
How Dangerous is That IV Bag? PVC Devices Containing DEHP May Be Harmful
IBM Technology Helps Students Monitor Physical Activity
iCrib: Innovations Improve Crib for Neonates
ICU Staff Receive Support from Remote Patient Care Technology
Implantable Chip Wins FDA Approval
Industry Responds to FDA Bar Coding Plan
Infection-Catchers: New Technology Combats HAIs, Tracks Potential Outbreaks
Informatics Nursing: Nurses at the Crossroads of Technology and Patient Care
Information Technology Moves to the Forefront
Information Technology: Are Nurses and Hospitals Invested?
Innovative Technology Improves the Inpatient Experience
Integrated Patient Tracking Initiative Aims to Assist in Emergency Situations
Intelligence Meets Obstetrics through Electronic Patient Records
ISMP Launches Med Error E-newsletter for Hospital Nurses
IT Initiative Offers Big-Time Perks in a Small-Town Health Network
Kiosks Provide Women Greater Access to Breast Cancer Information
Lessons Learned: Information Technology Meets Nursing Education
Looking to the Future of Health Care IT
Lower Cost Implantable Defibrillator Approved
Man’s Best Friend May Benefit Medicine
Mandometer Offers Technological Treatment for Eating Disorders
Market for Congestive Heart Failure Device Therapies Expected to Reach Over $1 Billion by 2005
Maryland eCare Connects Hospitals to Critical Care Specialists
Mattress Monitors Patients’ Vital Signs
Medical College Students Receiving Hands-On Experience By Using Ambulatory Software
Medical Device Awards Presented
Medical Information at Your Fingertips
Medical Resolutions Launches Universal E-Mail Communications Platform for Health Care Industry
MediKiosk Speeds Up Check-In
Memorial Healthcare System Champions Patient Safety With State-of-the-Art Bar Code Medication System
Michigan Hospital Tests Intravenous Drug Technology
Microsoft’s Healthcare Group Adds Nurse Category to its Technology Award Contest
Military is First to Use New Medical Technology
Mini-Incision Total Hip Replacement: A Cut Above
Mobile Clinical Assistant Connects Clinicians and Patients
Mobile Medical Unit Ready for Emergencies
Monitoring Vital Signs via Television Screen
MP3 Players Could Replace Stethoscopes
Multi-Dimensional Ultrasounds: Exploring the Latest Trend in Prenatal Imaging
NASA and CDC team up to predict infectious diseases
Nationwide Initiative Encourages Electronic Prescribing
Needlestick Safety Device List Created
New Blood Substitute May Save Lives of Trauma Patients
New Breast Cancer Screening Tools Offer Promise
New Coalition Addresses Need for Health Information Technology
New Developments in Medical Device Safety
New Devices for Diabetics
New Devices to Detect Breast Cancer Explored
New Google Tool Helps Fight Flu
New Home Antiseptic Kit Designed to Combat Surgical Infections
New Hyperbaric Chamber First of its Kind in U.S.
New Indiana Heart Hospital Goes All Digital
New IV System May Help Reduce Medical Errors
New Laser Technique May Find Disease Through Breath Analysis
New Lupus Test Gets FDA Approval
New MRI Aids in Breast Cancer Fight
New MRI Technology Used for Soft Tissue Imaging
New Online Personal Health Records Improve Accessibility
New OR Dashboard Provides Real-time Data
New Permanent Contraception Device Approved by FDA
New Research Shows Results, Suggests Promise in Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
New Software Computerizes Informed Consent
New Solid Tumor Diagnostic Tool Launched
New Spinal Cord Stimulator to Control Pain
New Study Examines the Effectiveness of Implantable Drug Pump for People with Cancer Pain
New Survey Tracks HIPAA Compliance
New TB Test considered for FDA Approval
New Technology Aids in Diagnoses
New Technology Designed to Track Medication Errors
New Technology Helps Predict Changes in Conditions of NICU Infants
New Technology Offers Less Data Entry, More Caregiving Time
New Technology, Procedures Help Healthcare Workers with Hand Sanitization
New Tools of the Nursing Trade
New Vaccines Could Reduce Number of Shots
New Wound Care Products Promote Healing, Safety
Nicotine-Free Cigarettes Under Attack by North Carolina House of Representatives
NIGMS Creates Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Not Your Typical Medical Instrument: Harmonica Therapy Helps Lung Disease Patients
Not-for-profit hospital creates cranial brace for infants
Nurse Invents Device to Reduce Disease Transmission
Nurse Keeps Virtual Eye on ICU Patients
Nurse Researcher Finds Drug Can Reduce Post-Surgical Tumors
Nurse Safety: Investments in Equipment, Training Help Prevent Back Injuries
Nursebot: Personal Health Care Assistant of the Future?
Nurses and the 'Net
Nurses and the 'Net: More Resources Than Ever
Nurses and the 'Net: Online License Renewal is "OK" with Nurses
Nurses and the 'Net: PDR Web Site is Revamped
Nurses Benefit from Bedside PDAs
Nurses Choose PDAs Over Other Mobile Information Technologies
Nurses Critical to Creation of Electronic Health Record Standard
Nurses Face a Digital Divide
Nurses Get Help with Hard Sticks
Nurses Go Online to Provide Cancer Care
Nurses Go Paper Free to See More Patients
Nurses ID Benefits of Health IT
Nurses in the CIO Suite
Nurses Keeping Virtual Tabs on Surgery Patients
Nurses Provide Primary Care Remotely
Nurses Put Careers on the ‘Line’ for Patients
Nurses Remotely Keep Watch Over ICU Patients
Nurses Take Technology into Their Own Hands
Nurses Training at Smart Hospital
Nursing Care Enhanced Through Technology
Nursing Education in the Virtual Age
Nursing Informatics: A Real World View
Nursing Informatics: Improving Patient Safety with Technology
Nursing Plans of Care
Nursing Researchers Develop Pain-free Glucose Meters
Nursing Schools Join Medical Schools in Encouraging PDA Use
On the Road with GE Healthcare
Online Education-Can it Work at Your Facility?
Online Learning: One Nurse's Experience
Online Learning: Ready, Set, Click
Online Resource Highlights Faculty Jobs
Online System Streamlines Magnet Data Collection Process
On-screen Disease Diagnoses
Operations Go Live
Pacemaker Approved to Treat Depression
Patient/Family Communication Made Easy Through Web-Based CarePages
Patient-tracking Technology Improves Health Care Delivery
Paxil Approved for Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Pfizer Debuts Bar Coded Medications
Phoenix Health Systems Hosts Securely HIPAA Fall Audioconference Series
Piloting Tablet Entry Device Developed with Nurses in Mind
Pocket-sized EKG Machine Joins Growing List of PDA-Compatible Medical Devices
Point-of-care Cardiac Testing Device Provides Speedy Diagnoses
Poison Control: Nurses "On the Line"
Portable Defibrillators Prove Worth As Life Savers
Portable Device Puts CPR Instructions in the Palm of Your Hand
Portable Uterine Monitors Don’t Predict Preterm Labor
Pregnant Simulator Trains Clinicians in Birthing Emergencies
Pre-op Cleansing Reduces Surgical Site Infections
President Makes Personal Health Record a Priority
Product Approval Gives Pediatric Nurses—and Children—Relief
Project Genesis Unites Hospital System
Public Expresses Concern over EMR Privacy
Pushita Device Designed to Eliminate the Needlestick from Blood Testing
Radio Frequency Identification Technology Protects Hospital Patients, Equipment
Radio Lollipop Puts Children’s Hospital Patients on the Air
Rapid HIV Test Gets FDA Nod
Real-Time Device Aids in Diabetes Management
Reflux Monitoring Device Billed as "Patient Friendly"
Report Cites Use of Technology to Help Solve Shortage
Report Outlines Trends in Technologies Used by Nurses
Researchers Discover New Ways to Predict Patients’ Risk for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Researchers Still Searching for Best Diagnostics for Breast, Gynecological Cancer
Retrofitted Ambulances Serve Growing Patient Population
RN’s Visionary Bar Code Innovation Helps Reduce Medication Errors
Robot with a Nurse’s ‘Face’ Aids Patients
Robotic Translator Speaks to Nighttime Patients
Robots in the Lab
Rural Communities Receive Technology Grants
Rural Patients Receive Remote Monitoring
Rx Files' Intelligent Dosing System Given FDA Approval
Schools Meet Nurses’ Needs for Information Technology
Serenity Channel Provides Calm for Cancer Patients
SimSuite Mobile OR Provides On-the-Road Education
Simulated NICU Allows 3D Training to Care for the Littlest Patients
Slow but Steady Increase of EMR Adoption Among U.S. Hospitals
Smart Cards May Provide Medical Record Solutions
Smart Pumps Get Smarter
Smart Rooms Raise Health Care IQ
Spinal Fusion Device and Bone Growth Protein Could Eliminate Some Surgeries
Spinal Implants Gain in Popularity
St. Jude Medical Announces First Identity Pacemaker Implanted
Statewide, Real-time Resource Management Aids During Emergencies
Stent Use Approved for Renal Arteries
Student Nurses Embrace Podcasts as New Learning Tools
Study Finds Electronic Health Records Improve Mortality Rates
Study Finds Robotic Telerounding Safe, Satisfying
Surgical Gel Gets FDA Nod, After Appeals Process
Surveillance Technology Tracks an Epidemic
Survey Reveals Communications Habits of Super-Connected Clinicians
Tag, You’re It: The Benefits of RFID in the Hospital Environment
Talking AED Walks Rescuers through Resuscitation
Talking First Aid Kit Guides Users through Common Injuries
Talking Pill Bottles Let Medications Speak for Themselves
Technological Advances and World Events Dictate NTI Sessions
Technological Advances Create Devices to Reduce Bleeding
Technology Aims to Keep Elderly Safe in Independent Environments
Technology Confidence Can Ease System Changeover
Technology Connects Students, Health Center Nurses
Technology Helps Some Seniors Remain Independent
Technology Integrated into Nursing Instruction
Technology Options Abound for Nurses
Technology Solutions are Helping to Improve Medication Safety
Technology to Break the Language Barrier
Technology Tracks Vitals of ED Waiting Room Patients
Technology Trend: Hospital Report Cards Continue to Rise
Technology Trend: The Rise of RFID
Technology Upgrades Transform Hospital Emergency Rooms
Technology's Effect on Occupational Nursing
Telehealth and the Home Care Nurse
Tele-Kidcare Connects Nurses and Schoolchildren with Medical Care
Telemedicine Poised to Take Off
Telemonitoring Systems Bring Health Care Home
Telesurgery Links Hawaiian Islands, Brings Experts to the OR
Tell a Nurse….Telenursing is Here to Stay
Test Meters Track Glucose Levels by Handheld Computer
Testosterone Patch: Competition for Other Hormone Replacement Therapies?
Text Messaging Simplifies Communication for Nurses and Hospitals
The 2005 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition
The 20-minute ED Promise
The Anthrax Vaccination: Controversial and Hard to Come By
The Electronic Health Record: An Information Resource for Clinicians
The Emerging Role of the Nurse Informaticist
The Endless Nursing Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
The Evolution of Personal Health Records
The HIV Post-Exposure Widget: Providing Help in a New York Minute
The Hottest Patient ID Technology, Palms Down
The Human Browser: Health Care Professionals Can View Anatomy Interactively
The L&D App: Remote Monitoring Connects OB Teams and Patients
The Medical Information Access Card: Don't Enter the Hospital Without It
The Nanopump: Changing the Way Implants Deliver Drugs
The New Face of Hospital ID Bracelets
The Rise in Telemedicine
The Weight of Obesity on Medical Imaging Machines
Tracking Disease in the Emergency Department
TUGs Let Nurses Spend More Time at the Bedside
TUGs Let Nurses Spend More Time at the Bedside
Two Birds with One Stone: High-Tech Solution Makes Records More Accessible, Reduces Paperwork
U.S. Disney Resorts to Install Life-Saving Cardiac Defibrillators Across Properties
U.S. Health IT Falls Behind
University Provides 3-D Virtual Emergency Training
Used Technology Lowers Hospital Health Care Costs
Using Lift Equipment Can Decrease Injuries
Uterine Fibroid Device Approved
Videos Distract Children from Serious Injuries
Virtual Clinical Instruction Merges Hospital and Classroom via Video
Virtual Colonscopy Workstation Provides Images for Evaluating Colon Disease
Virtual ER Enhances Student Nurse Training
Virtual Experience Soothes Young Radiology Patients
Virtual Health Coach Encourages Physical Activity, Health Awareness
Virtual Nurse Manager CD Provides Onscreen Training
Virtual Patients, Real-Life Scenarios
Virtual SnowWorld Brings Cool Relief to Burn Patients
Voice-activated IV Documentation Saves Time, Reduces Errors
Voice-Assisted Care Technology Improves Nurse Efficiency and Patient Care
Washable Keyboards Aim to Prevent Pathogen Transmission
Web Address Allows Patients to Send Internet Messages Directly to Doctor’s Fax Machine
Web Surfers Don’t Verify Online Health Info
Web-based Infection Control Tool Helps Protect Patients
Web-enabled Doctor Visits Improve Communication, Care
Wellness Kiosks Empower Women to Get Educated about their Health
West Nile Virus Screening Test for Blood Supply to Be Launched
What Nurses Need to Know About the New Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccine
Why Future Blood Transfusions May Be a Whole Lot Simpler
Why Use Online Learning?
Will Needlestick Injuries Decrease? Regulations Present Challenges, Opportunities
Wireless Communication Device Saves Lives, Improves Work Flow
Wireless ECG Transmission Links EMTs to Cardiac Teams, Cutting Time, Saving Lives
Wireless Interpretation System Improves Communication
Wireless Nursing Communications Provide Instant Access
Wireless Phones Ease Nurse Communication, Reduce Patient Disruption
Wireless Technology Benefits Patients, Clinicians
Wireless Technology Tapped to Speed Organ Matching
Wireless Tracking Lets Nurses Locate Patients and Pumps
With Iris-Scanning Technology, Passwords Become Things of the Past
Women’s Health Debuts at Premiere Internet Health Conference
Zingo Takes the Sting out of Needlesticks

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