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Healthcare Keyboards . The Problem. Hospital-acquired infections rank as the fourth leading cause of death in America.
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The Problem • Hospital-acquired infections rank as the fourth leading cause of death in America. • The numbers are staggering: according to the CDC, two million patients fall ill to infections in hospitals each year. More than 100,000 patients die annually as a result, which is as many as those who die from breast cancer, AIDS and motor vehicle accidents — combined. • As of October 2008, Medicare no longer reimburses hospitals for the cost of treating a number of preventable infections acquired there (called nosocomial infections). The hospitals must take a loss, since they also are not allowed to charge the sick patients for the cost of treatment. • Infections acquired through contamination are the most difficult to treat, because they are often antibiotic-resistant. www.patientsafetyfocus.com
Keyboards in Healthcare • Researchers at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital say computer keyboards can harbor dangerous germs for as long as 24 hours. • Research teams at the hospital contaminated keyboards with three types of bacteria that can cause life-threatening infections in severely ill hospital patients. They found that the bacteria known as VRE and MRSA survived for at least 24 hours, while PSAE bacteria survived for an hour. • When volunteers tapped a key contaminated with MRSA, the bacteria spread to their hands 92 percent of the time. Contamination rates are lower for the other two bacteria -- 50 percent for VRE and 18 percent for PSAE.
Costs of HAI • The average charges for Medicare patients with a hospital- acquired infection were about $160,000, compared to $32,000 for Medicare patients who did not contract an infection. • For Medicaid patients, the average charges were approximately $391,000 for patients who contracted an infection while hospitalized, compared to an average of $29,700 where an infection did not occur. • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a widely publicized type of antibiotic-resistant hospital-acquired infection, can cost hospitals roughly $30,000 per case.
Healthcare Providers • Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN’s) • Cover large geographical areas through a network of care delivery systems • May Also be referred to as an Integrated Delivery System (IDS) • Academic Health Systems • Drive the new visions and standards of care delivery • Community and Regional • Usually 100 beds or less. They tend to be more frugal because of limited resources • Specialty Hospitals • Tend to set the standard for care in select specialties • Usually get marketed as most innovative • Clinics and Centers • Can be independent or part of an IDN • Usually for profit so competition drives purchasing • Specialty • Practices • Physician and Dental Offices • Senior Care • Skilled Nursing • Assisted Living • Home Health • Visiting Nurses • CNA’s • Telehealth • Rehab
Hardware Solutions for Healthcare • Office Solutions • Used for Practice Management, EMR and EHR and Electronic Prescribing • Document Management • PACS/RIS/CR • Picture Archiving System/Radiology Information System/ Computed Radiography • The digitization and manipulation of Digital Images for diagnosis • Includes 3-D imaging and analysis • HIS Hospital Information System • Usually describes Hospital or IDN Network deployment • Hospital Mobility or Patient Care • Point of Care Systems • Usually refers to devices that help track data at point of care • Patient Infotainment • Security and Environmental • Access Control • Patient Safety Systems • Wayfinding • Digital Signage
Who Should You Be Talking To? • OEM’s and ISV’s • Engage as you would currently • IDN’s and Hospitals • Purchasing Department • IT Department • Infection Control • Clinics and Centers • Office Manager • Business Manager • IT Staff • Clinic Ownership • Practices • Office Manager • Business Manager • IT Staff • Practice Ownership • Senior Care • Administrator • Facility Maintenance Manager • IT • Purchasing • May Need to Engage Corporate if it’s Multi Facility Entity • Home Health • No Current Market
Healthcare Computer Manufacturers • Advantech • Amrel • Arbor • Cybernetman • Dedicated Computing • Dell • HP • JAO Tech (Netherlands) • Medix (Tangent) • Motion Computing • Panasonic Toughbook • Tangent • WinComm
Healthcare ISV’s • Accusoft Pegasus • Allscripts • Athena Health • Eclypsis • Epic • GE Centricity (IDX) • McKesson • Merge • Misys • Sage
Healthcare Grade Televisions • PDI • HCI • Philips • LG (Zenith) • Sharp
Healthcare Television Distributors • HealthCare Media Technologies • TB&A (HospitalTV.com)
Pharmacy Solutions • SwissLog • AllScripts • McKesson • Amerisource Bergin • QS/1
Beds and Accessories • Curbell Electronics • Stryker Medical • Hill-Rom
Patient Infotainment Systems • Skylight Healthcare Systems • Vigo • TeleHealth Services (iKey keyboard) • Lodgenet • GetWell Network • myStation • eVideon • Medivista (Lincor Solutions) • Thinix
Healthcare Office Products • J82-16001 • G83-6104 or G83-6105 • G86-71401 • G83-14501
Healthcare Kiosk and Wayfinding • J86-4400 • G86-62401 • G84-5500 • G84-4400
Point of Care • J84-4300 • J84-2120
Strong Authentication G83-14600/14700 AuthenTec Swipe Keyboard
Strong Authentication ST-1503 eHealth Terminal G87-1504 eHealth Smart Card Keyboard ST-2062 eHealth Terminal
Mice • M4200 • M2800