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Top Healthcare Industry IssuesPatient Safety
» Medical errors are the 5th leading cause of death » FDA Bar Code Regulation now in effect» 48,000-98,000 preventable deaths caused by errors each year (IOM
Report)
Staffing Issues» Nursing shortage / pharmacist shortage
Demographics» Baby boomers place more demand on the system
Skyrocketing Costs» In US, 40% paid for by Medicare / Medicaid and growing » Increased drug prices and newest medical devices have substantial
price tags
Compliance» JCAHO, HIPAA, Legislative
Electronic Medical Records» Realization that EMRs may be able to reduce costs
by eliminating duplicate tests» Only 15% of hospitals have full electronic medical records; RHIOs
starting to allow sharing of information
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Top HealthcareTechnology TrendsWireless more widely adapted in hospitals
Desktop clinical systems moving from nurse’s station to bedside for point-of-care
Acceptance of “Smart” infusion pumps improve safety and reduce human intervention
IT systems more pervasive in patient monitoring
Technology managers included in decision support
IT viewed as an area to help with cost containment
RHIO’s and HIE’s continue to grow
Bar code scanning widely accepted means of reducing human error and improving records management
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Top Healthcare Application TrendsBarcoded Medication Administration
» Typical hospital spends $5.6 Million annually to treat med mistakes
» Typical malpractice award: $363,000 to $668,000
Barcoded Specimen Collection & Phlebotomy» Hospitals with rushed or inexperienced staff performing
specimen collection can have error rates >10%
» Barcoding can reduce and nearly eliminate errors
Remote Patient Monitoring
Mobile Physician Rounding
Hospital & Nurse Communications
Mobile Asset Management» Hospitals often carry twice the inventory they need because
they cannot find what they are looking for (or clean, maintain or charge for it)
Blood Transfusion Verification
Salesforce Automation for Pharmaceutical Sales
RFID Tracking
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Motorola Wireless Healthcare Solutions
•Motorola Enterprise WLAN is the core platform for complete mobility solutions that improve patient care and increase
productivity.
Secure, Reliable Enterprise Wireless LAN
Staff Communicationsand Nurse Call
Point-of-Care Applications
Asset, Staff and Patient Tracking
Guest Access
Equipment and Patient Monitoring
Motorola in Healthcare Today
Physician Practices
Out-Patient Clinics
EMT / EMS / Emergency Response Teams
Long-Term Care Facilities
Hospitals
Home Health Visiting Nurses
Nursing Orders
Nurse Call
Wireless VoIP Communications
Breast Milk Tracking
Dietary
Infusion/Syringe Pump Programming
Pharmacy Orders by Physicians
24 ways mobility helps hospitalsPositive Patient ID
Medication Administration
Vital Signs and I&O
Medication Reconciliation
Charge Capture
Clinical Documentation
Pharma Profile Review
Transfusion Verification
Bedside Patient Testing
Laboratory Specimen Collection
Review of Lab Results
Supply Management
Asset Management
Medical Record Tracking
X-ray Tracking
Asset Tracking
Patient Tracking
BioMedical Engineering
R F I D / R T L S
Motorola Partners in Healthcare: Barcode scanning solutions
John Muir Medical Center -- 2005 (Walnut Creek, CA)
• 321 bed acute care trauma center• “We didn’t focus on the individual, but rather on the processes
and systems that allowed a medication error to occur.” • – Beverly Jones, VP, Patient Care Services
• med error & near miss reporting: 39%39%
• errors causing harm: 33%33%
McKesson Provider Technologies Case Study
VoIP MC70 Soft Client
Nurse Call
Patient Monitoring
Event Notification System
