SANANTONIO -- University Hospital has invested in some new technology to improve patient care. The Smart IV system includes sophisticated pumps that help reduce the ...

Hospital patients needing an intravenous injection in Saskatchewan will soon be hooked up to a new piece of technology. On Thursday, the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region unveiled new smart IV pumps.

An attack on a single IV infusion pump or digital smart pen can be leveraged to a widespread breach that exposes patient records, according to a Spirent SecurityLabs researcher. Saurabh Harit, ...

ICU Medical receives FDA clearance for Plum Duo infusion pump and LifeShield infusion safety software, part of the new ICU Medical IV performance platform ICU Medical Inc. wants hospitals to question ...

The following article is based on the knowledge gained from implementation of infusion system–electronic medical record (EMR) interoperability at more than 135 hospitals to date. Many considerations ...

Unfortunately, the majority of IV pumps are siloed, meaning they cannot access critical information like patient identity or drug libraries. 2 “This can lead to patient safety issues,” said Roberta ...

Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke’s Health System implemented Meditech’s smart pump infusion integration into its Baxter Spectrum IQ infusion system so that the health system’s medical records and IV pumps ...

Checking the 5 “rights” of infusion therapy safety has been nurses’ responsibility since the beginning of IV administrations in healthcare. Verifying that the right medication is delivered to the ...

This month marks the tenth anniversary of ISMP's very first newsletter article about a "new and emerging technology" we coined back then as "smart" infusion pumps ("Smart" infusion pumps join CPOE and ...

Hospitals must start using “smart” intravenous (IV) infusion technology to its full potential if they are to prevent dangerous drug errors, University of Manchester researchers have found. ‘Smart ...

The Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region is the first health region to pilot state-of-the-art intravenous pumps, which are expected to improve the safety of patients across Saskatchewan and the province’s ...