Lancaster (Pa.) General Health integrated its Epic EHR system with its patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. Hospira’s LifeCare PCA 7.0 infusion system and Epic Systems powered the integration. PCA ...

Bryanne Patail, biomedical engineer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Patient Safety, discusses patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps and what the Veterans Health ...

Hospira announced its Symbiq and LifeCare PCA infusion pumps have been ranked as the top devices in their categories in the KLAS publication, “Smart Pumps 2012: Wireless Technology and EMR Integration ...

Remember that video we shared a few days ago of BlackBerry security experts showing how easy it was to hack a smart infusion pump? Two things about that: We were right that it was a LifeCare PCA pump ...

Hospira's infusion pumps have been a recall magnet in recent years. Now, FDA is warning that two of its infusion pumps are vulnerable to hackers. FDA has issued an alert to healthcare facilities that ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Infusion Pumps - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Infusion Pumps Market (2023 Edition): Analysis By Product Type (Volumetric, Ambulatory, Insulin, PCA, Syringe Pumps, Others), By Indication, End Use, By Region, By ...

It is possible that someone could remotely hack into the LifeCare PCA3 and PCA5 infusion pumps made by Hospira and alter the dose, leading to over- or under-infusion of medications, with potentially ...

The rapid development of pharmaceuticals and prescribed combinations has made administering intravenous drug therapy more involved than ever before, leading to a new generation of “smart pumps” ...