Most of the headlines about EHR/EMR (Electronic Health Record or Electronic Medical Record) are focused on the potential for IT integration and cost savings. But, how the data gets entered is just as important. After all, a patient record is only as good as the information in it. (AKA: Garbage in > Garbage out)
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Overhead patient Lifts: Not just for bariatrics
A combination of factors are driving an increase in the number of dedicated ceiling lifts in the inpatient environment. First, is the increasing number of obese – or bariatric patients. Second, an increase in the acuity level of inpatients. (As healthier patients access outpatient settings, only more sick and [...]

Note: This is the seventh post for my Top 10 List of the medical equipment innovations with the greatest impact on facility design. My criteria was simple: Did the innovation create a significant change in the cost (Increase or Decrease) to design and construct the facility? The greater the overall impact, the higher the item [...]

Note: This is the fourth post for my Top 10 List of the medical equipment innovations with the greatest impact on facility design. My criteria was simple: Did the innovation create a significant change in the cost (Increase or Decrease) to design and construct the facility? The greater the overall impact, the higher the item [...]

I received an e-mail requesting some insight into a SPECT camera capable of accepting a patient who weighs over 360 pounds (165kg). This got me thinking about the very narrow (no pun intended) focus that manufacturers offer bariatric patients in the area of medical equipment.
Beds, lifts, scales and wheelchairs represent almost all of the [...]