HIMSS HONORS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR USING THERADOC? DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY TO ACHIEVE 97 PERCENT COMPLIANCE WITH PEDIATRIC ASTHMA QUALITY MEASURES
ATLANTA, GA, March 1, 2010 — Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, today announced that Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) was honored as a finalist in the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) inaugural "Stories of Success! Leveraging HIT, Improving Quality & Safety" program. Memorial Healthcare System of South Florida, one of 16 applicants selected for recognition, used Hospira's TheraDoc clinical surveillance platform to achieve 97 percent compliance with Joint Commission pediatric asthma core measures. The case study and TheraDoc technology will be demonstrated at booth number 6249 at the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta through March 4.
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HOSPIRA ACQUIRES THERADOC, ENHANCES MEDICATION SAFETY AND INFECTION MANAGEMENT OFFERINGS
LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, December 2, 2009 — Hospira, Inc. (NYSE: HSP), a leading provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, announced today that it has acquired Salt Lake City-based TheraDoc, a clinical informatics company that develops hospital surveillance systems. TheraDoc's two leading products, Infection Control AssistantTM and Antibiotic AssistantTM, join Hospira's expanding portfolio of medication safety and infection management products. Hospira will demonstrate both products at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) 21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (Dec. 6 - 9 in Orlando) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Mid-Year Clinical Meeting and Exhibition (Dec. 6 - 10 in Las Vegas).
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