MEDI+SIGN Signed the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Open Data Pledge

May 26, 2017 - Smithsburg, Maryland MEDI+SIGN announced today that they signed the Patient Safety Movement’s Open Data Pledge, a public pledge to share their data to promote patient safety.

The Open Data Pledge is designed to foster a marketplace of data analytics to encourage entrepreneurs to develop novel uses of health data that will improve patient safety and reduce preventable deaths. If enough medical technology companies share the data their products are purchased for, it allows engineers and researchers to develop predictive algorithms that notify clinicians and patients of dangerous trends. The pledge does not ask any company to share protected or proprietary data or not follow all the privacy laws. To date, 78 companies have made the pledge.

More than 3,000,000 people worldwide, and 200,000+ people in the United States die every year in hospitals in ways that could have been prevented. It is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US and the cost is close to $1.44 Trillion.

“At MEDI+SIGN, we understand the power of data to save lives,” said Andrew Hoffman, President of MEDI+SIGN. “We look forward to working closely with the Patient Safety Movement Foundation in eliminating preventable patient deaths.”

Further details about MEDI+SIGN and its patient monitoring and digital whiteboard solutions are available on the company’s website: www.medisigndisplays.com. Questions or opportunities may be addressed through the website, or by phone (301-790-0103).

MEDI+SIGN is a registered trademark.

About MEDI+SIGN
MEDI+SIGN provides hospital and healthcare organizations with a connected health platform that includes patient monitoring and digital whiteboard display solutions. MEDI+SIGN integrates with electronic health records and remote monitoring systems to collect and communicate updated and accurate patient health and status information to care teams and patients. MEDI+SIGN was established to leverage its proprietary visual communication technology to improve hospital and healthcare provider’s performance in patient safety and satisfaction, as well as the overall quality and delivery of healthcare. For more information, please contact us at www.medisigndisplays.com.

About The Patient Safety Movement Foundation
The Patient Safety Movement Foundation is a non-profit that is working with all stakeholders, including patients, healthcare providers, medical technology companies, government, employers, and private payers. Their mission and public commitment is to eliminate preventable patient deaths by the year 2020 (0x2020). Their annual World Patient Safety, Science and Technology summit presents specific, actionable solutions to meet patient safety challenges and highlights the hospitals’ commitments to implement Actionable Patient Safety Solutions and medical technology companies that have pledged to share data. http://patientsafetymovement.org/commitments/medical-technology-company-pledges.

MEDI+SIGN
20940 Twin Springs Drive
Smithsburg, MD 21783

Press Contact: Judy Hoffman, judyh@noventri.com, 301-790-0103 or 240-527-9756 cell

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