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Hoana Medical, Inc. Adds Clinical Talent to Management Team With Hiring of Heather Herdman, Ph.D., RN
HONOLULU, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Hoana announced today that Heather
Herdman, Ph.D., RN, has joined the company as Vice President of Nursing,
Research, and Patient Safety. Heather has more than 20 years experience in
nursing and healthcare and recently served as the executive vice president of
Matousek and Associates, where she led the medFOCUS Research division. Prior
to Matousek and Associations, Herdman was on faculty at Bellin College of
Nursing inGreen Bay, WI, and was an adjunct faculty member in the graduate
program. In addition to receiving her Ph.D. in nursing science from Boston
College inChestnut Hill, MA, she has developed a specialty in quality outcome
measurement in health care organizations. She is also the president of
NANDA-International, a nursing organization committed to development,
implementation and research related to standardized nursing languages to
improve the quality of patient care.
"We are very fortunate to have Dr. Herdman join our executive team. She
brings a wealth of experience in several facets of healthcare from her
experience as a registered nurse to her clinical research background," stated
Dr. Patrick Sullivan, chief executive officer of Hoana Medical, Inc. "Dr.
Herdman hit the ground running and was able to coalesce Hoana's experiences in
numerous hospitals around the country to produce significant clinical findings
about how the LifeBed(TM) System benefits both patients and nurses. It
validates how something as simple as 'vigilance' makes a big difference in
patient safety. We are excited about these clinical findings as we see it
accelerate adoption."
"I'm thrilled to be joining the Hoana Medical team," said Herdman. "The
technology developed is already helping nurses save lives by finding hospital
patients that would have otherwise been missed between vital sign checks or
'rounding' -- when the nurses typically check on patients every two to six
hours. Hoana's experience on more than 12,000 individual patients aroundthe
United States proves to me that we can make a big difference in the lives of
patients and nurses. Each week we hear new stories of nurses intervening to
change a patient outcome. As far as opportunities go, it does not get much
better than this."
About Hoana Medical, Inc.
Launched in 2002, Hoana Medical, Inc. is the world's leading healthcare
company focused on "Intelligent Medical Vigilance" in acute care hospitals
where approximately 200,000 people die from errors and mistakes. It's first
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared offering, the LifeBed(TM)
Patient Vigilance System ("LifeBed"), transforms any hospital bed into a
LifeBed(TM) System by tracking a patient's vital signs without any wires or
connections to the patient. At the intersection between information
technology and medical devices, the LifeBed(TM) System acts like another set
of eyes for the nurse and alerts if a patient is in trouble. It delivers
"Vigilance" in an un-tethered and invisible manner, however, if the patient is
in trouble, the LifeBed(TM) System calls for help. Experience on more than
12,000 individual hospital patients around the U.S. has yielded dramatic
stories of nurses intervening to save a patient's life. Hoana is
headquartered inHonolulu, Hawaii. For more information, please visit
http://www.hoana.com.
SOURCE Hoana Medical, Inc.
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