Defibrillators

The ability to transfer device data from Merlin.net PCN to an EHR system, where a patient’s comprehensive medical history is stored, may enhance patient safety by providing physicians with all pertinent medical information in one location to aid their decision making.

The Merlin.net system adheres to the patient privacy standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of health information, as set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

At the clinic, only assigned users have access to password-protected patient data, which is encrypted during transmission and backing-up of data.

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Jude Medical is the first cardiac rhythm management company to complete a testing process established by the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise), an initiative promoting the adoption of standards that enable healthcare information to be shared seamlessly across clinical settings.

“With Merlin.net PCN, St.

Jude Medical offers a comprehensive patient care network that can be made available to any of our U.S.-based Atlas and Epic family ICD and CRT-D patients and their physicians,” said Michael J.

Coyle, president of St.

Jude Medical's Cardiac Rhythm Management Division....

The new machines will cost about $1,400 each.

The expense will come out of the police budget for the current fiscal year.

Goodenough also suggested looking at ordering two more machines in the next budget c...

"Until I have people kind of tapping me on the shoulder requesting that we open, right now, I have not." Viviano relies on a security system of cameras, and overnight members can only gain access through one door.

Viviano said there haven't been any problems and he isn't worried someone will steal his weights.

"Well, not unless they've got a hydraulic lift to lift all of this heavy equipment here," he said.

"They can only go in and out one door.

Otherwise, the alarm goes off and there are surveillance cameras." A state statute, The Physical Fitness Medical Emergency Preparedness Act, requires that those fitness centers that staff employees for 24 hours a day must also have training in CPR and automated electronic But according to Illinois Department of Public Health spokesman Melaney Arnold, Viviano's business is exempt from the statute because his business doesn't staff someone around the clock.

Contact reporter Will Buss at wbuss@bnd.com or 345-7822, ext.

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