Here are some recent items of interest for skilled nursing facilities:
- Telemedicine will play a much larger role in healthcare during 2012, according to a recent report from Euro RSCG.
- Jeron Electronic Systems has announced the release of its Provider 790 line of nurse call systems. This networked solution makes it possible to reach every corner of a facility, according to the firm.
- The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society recently unveiled an updated version of its ICD-10 PlayBook. Among its new features: free access to its VitalVendors, which helps providers know which software firms have the resources to support an ICD-10 transition.
- Stock prices for Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc. recently surged by 25% to 78 cents. This came after the Food and Drug Administration's Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee conditionally backed the drugmaker's plan to sell an inhaled antipsychotic drug.
- A study of Paracetamol (a commonly-used pain medication) could pave the way to less harmful pain drugs in the future, according to investigators at King's College London.
