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SPOTLIGHT: Pilot tests wireless ER monitor
Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT are conducting a trial that will equip emergency room patients with high tech waistpacks capable of monitoring their condition. Sensors will monitor patient heart rates and blood oxygen levels and transmit the data wirelessly via a personal digital assistant (PDA). In a twist, the project also uses ultrasound technology to track the location of patients as they move throughout the emergency department. Funding comes from the National Institutes of …
... Read more...CMS announces ePrescribing pilot
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will spend $6 million on a pilot project to test the effectiveness of ePrescribing technologies during the first year of Medicare Part D. SureScripts, partnering with Brown University and five other vendors, gets $2 million to evaluate the effectiveness of programs that encourage physicians to send prescription information electronically to pharmacies. Individuals pilots are set to move forward in Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New …
... Read more...Chutes & Ladders: Aetna's management changes continue
Aetna shares were up yesterday after the company got an upgrade from a JP Morgan analyst Scott Fedel and named a respected Harvard medical school professor as chief medical officer. Observers say the upgrade reflects growing confidence in the company's future under new CEO Ronald A. Williams, who takes office Feb. 15. Harvard's Dr. Troyen A. Brennan moves to Aetna from Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization where he served as president and CEO. He is charged with working to improve …
... Read more...ALSO NOTED: Mass. General, Brigham and Women's post profits; Westchester Medical Center turns things around; and much more...
> Partners Healthcare said Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospital posted sharp jumps in profit this year. Article
> New York's Westchester Medical Center says it has turned a surplus after years of struggling. …
... Read more...SPOTLIGHT: Union looks to Boston hospitals
A chapter of Service Employees International specializing in hospitals has announced plans to organize workers in the Boston area. The New York-based labor organization, which already represents 250,000 healthcare workers at 76 hospitals on the east coast, is not revealing much about its plans. The Boston Globe, however, reports that "likely targets" are Mass General, Beth Israel Deaconess, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Tufts New England Medical Center and Children's Hospital Boston. Story
