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 ...

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 ...

Facility-Level Disparities in Radiation Use for Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) has been considered for managing cancer pain; however, limited research has been ...

A 63-year-old, 109 kg, opioid-naïve patient was admitted to a hospital with fractures sustained in a fall. She was given two doses of morphine 4 mg and one dose of HYDROmorphone 1 mg in the emergency ...

Purpose: This article systematically characterizes aspects of all Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) reports associated with i.v. patient-controlled ...

Pfizer Inc PFE's Hospira unveiled the LifeCare PCA 7.0 Infusion System. According to the company, as the first patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusion pump to provide electronic medical record ...

(Patient-Controlled Analgesia) When the infusion rate is lower than 10 ml/h, P.C.A. Function can be enabled. Each P.C.A. is 1/4 of current hourly volume, with 30 min locking interval.

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 ...

The Department of Homeland Security warned that due to a cybersecurity flaw, a low-skilled remote hacker could alter the configurations of Hospira's ($HSP) LifeCare ...

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” ...