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95% accuracy in 37 seconds

Summary Health Monitoring Systems conducted a pilot study of the MediCenter medication reconciliation system that showed improved medication list accuracy, increased nursing efficiency, and demonstrated clinical significance while offering a potential return on investment of $300,000. Pilot Study Numerous healthcare quality organizations have identified medication administration as an area of improvement for patient safety. The […]

Bioterrorism, pandemics spur security devices’ development

Sunday, February 28, 2010By Debra Erdley, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Nearly a decade after it kicked into high gear with the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the race to develop reliable ways to detect and identify biological and chemical threats is bearing fruit for Pittsburgh entrepreneurs.

Technical

MediCenter’s straight-forward design makes it simple for hospitals to get going.  Our project management team has an easy-to-follow checklist of items for hospitals to review.  These items include operational aspects that ensure administrative, legal, and clinical issues are addressed.  The IT implementation of the MediCenter service is straightforward as well.  In less than a week, Health […]

Background

In 2008, Health Monitoring Systems had connected its 300th hosptial to the EpiCenter System.  At the time, this was the largest health information exchange in the country.  While explaining this milestone to Kimberly Lyons-Neel, a hospital executive, lightening struck.  Ms. Lyons-Neel immediately grasped the significance of Health Monitoring Systems’ large health information exchange.  “You know […]

Return on Investment

MediCenter improves medication list accuracy, increases nursing efficiency, and demonstrates clinical significance. The end result is an improvement in operating costs of about $300,000. Improvement in operating costs is due to reductions in nursing time and adverse drug event rate. Hospitals are inherently complex. As a reference, a 250 bed facility with 40,000 emergency department […]

Trial

Health Monitoring Systems launched the MediCenter medication reconciliation service in 2009 with the help and support of over 25 hospitals that provided invaluable guidance in determining the needs of busy emergency department clinicians.  Following our successful initial service launch, we are seeking 10 facilities to demonstrate leadership in defining a workable, efficient model for emergency […]

KDKA-TV Sunday Business Page

Pittsburgh, PA, June 7, 2009 — Health Monitoring Systems’ CEO Kevin Hutchison discusses H1N1 with KDKA-CBS’ John Delano and John Manzetti CEO of the Pittsburgh Life Science Greenhouse.