BIZ BUZZ: Local hospital named most wired

Ormond Beach Observer
Business

Also: Company plans growth.

For the second year in a row, Adventist Health System, which is comprised of 45 hospital campuses including the five Florida Hospitals in Volusia and Flagler counties, has made Hospitals and Health Networks list of Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems.

The publication conducted a nationwide survey of hospitals earlier this year regarding their information technology initiatives. Respondents completed 680 surveys, representing 1,900 hospitals, or more than 30% of all U.S. hospitals.

The publication reported that hospitals are utilizing information technology to better connect specialists and other care providers with patient information, evaluate workflow, improve quality of care and reduce cost

The story can be found on the publication’s website, hhnmag.com.

CO2Meter adds to staff

CO2Meter Inc., 131 Business Center Drive, has announced the addition of a sales representative and an operations manager. CO2Meter designs and manufactures gas detection and monitoring devices for scientists, colleges and universities, national laboratories, the defense department, agriculture, HVAC, pharmaceuticals and beverage dispensing.

Michele Ferioli, the new sales representative, has more than 12 years in sales and customer service experience. Stephen Mandarano, the new Operations Manager, has more than 20 years of operational expertise with large corporations.

“The addition of Michele and Stephen to our team is imperative to ensure that we are exceeding our customers’ expectations as well as our companies planned growth,” said Ray Hicks, president.