At the 5th Annual Patient Safety, Science and Technology Summit in Dana Point, Calif., the Patient Safety Movement Foundation recognized the winners of the organization's 2016 Innovation Award.
The summit gathers hundreds of medical professionals, hospital administrators, medical technology executives and patient safety advocates to discuss challenges to patient safety and strategies to achieve the PSMF's goal of zero preventable deaths in the healthcare setting by 2020.
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Below are the winners.
• The $50,000 first place prize went to ReavillMED for its infusion inserted central lines procedure, which makes central lines simpler, safer and quicker to insert.
• Second place honors and $25,000 was awarded to eBroselow for the company's SafeDose Scan, which allows clinicians to accurately and safely determine life-saving medication doses for acutely ill and injured children.
• WISER Systems received third place honors and $10,000 for the company's Systematic Expert Risk Assessment of Suicide, which evaluates a patient's risk for suicide and suggests possible interventions providers can take to protect the patient from suicide.
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