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New Product Releases
MC STRATEGIES ANNOUNCES WEB-BASED RADIOLOGY PROGRAM
MC Strategies Inc. recently announced a new Web-based radiology program designed to meet the continuing education needs of radiology technologists. Registered radiology technologists (RRTs) must fulfill specified continuing education requirements every two years to stay accredited by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologies (ARRT). This new WebInservice program allows a broad range of radiology technologists to acquire the continuing education (CE units) they need to meet the ARRT standards. Since the WebInservice learning modules are Web-based, technologists can access the program whenever they have the time and access to the Internet.
3M SOFTWARE IMPROVES OASIS ACCURACY
3M Health Information Systems division released 3M Advanced Compliance Edit (ACE) Software, a home care management tool designed to help clinicians recognize inaccuracies and inconsistencies in OASIS assessment responses, and improve clinician documentation and data collection for reporting and monitoring activities. 3M ACE Software is a new application of 3M's comprehensive home health practice management system, which integrates clinical and financial patient data to optimize the effectiveness of home health care agencies.
IMAK SMART GLOVE PROVIDES THUMB SUPPORT
For computer users who suffer from thumb pain, IMAK Products Corp. offers a solution with its latest addition to the Smart Glove line of wrist supports. The Smart Glove is now available with Thumb Support, adding a comfortable thumb extension that contains two semi-rigid stays. The two stays are located on both sides of the thumb for maximum support. This ensures proper support of the thumb while allowing the freedom of movement to continue working.
THE TRAINING CAMP SEES HEALTHY START TO HIPAA COURSE
The Training Camp has developed an accelerated training and certification experience for health care employees to learn about the impact of HIPAA.
The accelerated learning provider, a HIPAA Academy certified partner, has designed the course for end users, nurses and administrators responsible for supporting health care related services. The intensive six-day course teaches the impact of the legislation, understanding HIPAA's Administrative Simplification Act as well as how to create a framework for initiating and working towards a blueprint for HIPAA compliance. Industry News
CARE, MEDIBASE FORM ALLIANCE
Care Communications (CARE) and The Medibase Group (Medibase) announced a comprehensive solution enabling hospitals to most efficiently respond to the new financial incentives being created at the legislative level and conform to emerging industry standards in electronic health records (EHRs).
 "Many factors are causing hospitals to migrate to electronic health records, and hospitals allocate substantial investments for new and more robust information systems to do so," said Leslie Ann Fox, CEO and president of CARE. "As data is moved from old systems to new ones, though, the tasks involved in cleaning patient data can be overwhelming for an HIM department. This partnership provides hospitals with a comprehensive solution to enhance patient safety while avoiding unnecessary and excessive operating costs that result from duplicate records, boosting productivity, and keeping pace with the industry and pending legislation." CARSTENS EXPANDS WEB SITE
Carstens, Inc., a provider of medical charting systems, has more than doubled-to nearly 30-the number of paper charting forms that health care facilities can quickly and easily download in PDF or customizable Word formats, at no cost, from carstensfreeforms.com.
Among the reporting categories and activities covered by the new forms at are an adult daycare medical model; medication administration orientation; observation and assessment; monthly medication station review; venipuncture proficiency evaluation; recreation data; acknowledgement of receipt of privacy practices notice; authorization for treatment; consultation; history and physical examination; MRI patient questionnaire; multidisciplinary progress notes; physical restraint and physician's orders; physician's order DVT prophylaxis protocol; problem list; documentation, and general information.
All forms are formatted with margins for side- or top-opening chartholders and may be printed onto Carstens' Charting Paper.
PHILIPS, WINSCRIBE ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP
Royal Philips Electronics and the New Zealand based provider of dictation products WinScribe announce a global distribution partnership agreement. WinScribe will only integrate and promote Philips SpeechMagic in its digital dictation solutions and distribute it in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific region. With a sales partner network of more than 50 companies in North America, WinScribe is the fastest growing vendor of digital dictation systems in the United States. This partnership strengthens the positions of both companies in the American document creation market.
In the first stage, Philips will offer speech recognition for the medical and legal markets in the United States and will broaden its focus to other industries in the near future.
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