Hospitals Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Care With Handheld Technologies.Business Editors/High Tech, Health and Medical Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 6, 2002 MercuryMD's MData(TM) enables clinicians to make better clinical decisions faster with its new ActiveLaunch feature MercuryMD, a company that integrates hospital data and delivers patient information to clinicians' handheld devices, today announced its ActiveLaunch feature. Developed from hospitals' need for a system that could serve as a data gateway to other handheld applications, ActiveLaunch enables clinicians to reduce medical errors and improve patient care by allowing access to information residing in multiple handheld applications, while remaining in the context of a specific patient. Brandy Hicks Hicks , Edward 1780-1849. American painter of primitive works, notably The Peaceable Kingdom, of which nearly 100 versions exist. , a clinical pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. using MData at a 1200-bed hospital system affirms, "I use MData in my clinical practice every day. While reviewing my patients' medication orders in MData, I can launch directly to a particular entry within my drug reference application. With this information at my fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. , I can identify any potentially harmful drug interactions more quickly - minimizing the chance of a serious medication error medication error Malpractice An error in the type of medication administered or dosage. See Adverse effect, Error. ." "MData creates a foundation by which specific patient data is securely delivered from a hospital's information system to multiple applications on a clinician's handheld device," commented Alan Ying, Chief Executive Officer of MercuryMD. "With this functionality, MData users can make more informed clinical decisions at the point-of-care - helping to decrease errors and improve care." In addition to helping in the prevention of adverse drug events, MData's ActiveLaunch feature assists clinicians in optimizing revenue by interoperating with charge-capture applications. "When I launch directly into my charge-capture application from a patient's record within MData, the patient's name, medical record number, and room number automatically populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. the appropriate fields in my charge-capture program. I save time by eliminating a lot of extra stylus stylus: see pen. (1) A pen-shaped instrument that is used to "draw" images or select from menus. Styli (the plural of stylus, pronounced "sty-lye") come with handheld devices that have touch screens, such as PDAs and video games. tapping - helping me to not only capture my CPT CPT See: Carriage Paid To codes, but to do it faster," commented Dr. Jay Wyatt, the Director of Trauma at a five-hospital system. William Lawson William Lawson (2 June1774 – 16 June1850) was an explorer of New South Wales, Australia who co-discovered a passage inland through the Blue Mountains from Sydney. , MercuryMD's Chief Technology Officer, explains, "Our ActiveLaunch technology allows MData to act as a neutral, impartial data-conduit. While providing secure and stable access to patients' clinical information, MData is now able to pass data to secure handheld applications - creating value for hospitals and end users." About MercuryMD MercuryMD's MData(TM) Enterprise System integrates hospital data and delivers patient information directly to clinicians' handheld devices enabling doctors, pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
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