Hurley Medical Center is Going Fully Automated Through the Rees Environmental Monitoring System

May 26, 2009 - PRLog -- Founded in 1908, Hurley is a 443-bed, public, non-profit, teaching medical center located in Flint, Michigan.  It is the largest medical center in Genesee County and the region’s only Level 1 trauma center.  Hurley offers a wide variety of hospital and health services. From mid Michigan’s most comprehensive health care offerings for children, to specialized critical care centers, Hurley has the dedicated professionals, advanced technology and convenient facilities to meet the complex health needs of the region.

Hurley is the first hospital in the Genesee County that’s going to be fully automated, which helps fulfill its mission of “Clinical Excellence. Service to People”.  A fully automated system is reliable, cost-effective and easy to manage.   Rees Scientific’s Environmental Monitoring System will be monitoring temperature on 171 pieces of Hurley’s equipment throughout the facility including the lab and the pharmacy. The Rees system allows centralized Alarm Notification and Data Collection with wired/wireless sensors. It also helps Hurley meet today’s toughest standards with compliance in Joint Commission.    

“This new state of the art system increases accuracy due to continuous monitoring, centralized data collection, and simplified reporting. Equipment will be monitored in the entire medical facility including the laboratory and pharmacy. This new monitoring system is fully automated, and showcases our continuous dedication to providing the most advanced technology for our staff, patients, and community as a whole,” says Valerie Petrich, RN, MSN, Nursing Quality and Patient Safety Director.  


About Rees Scientific
Rees Scientific has been providing automated temperature monitoring solutions for over 25 years.  Their systems are designed with loss prevention and compliance in mind.  Rees Scientifics’ Centron Environmental Monitoring Systems answer the critical equipment monitoring and alarming challenges faced by today’s Health Care Facilities.  Rees helps clients meet critical USP797, Joint Commission, CAP, FDA, GxP, HACCP and other regulatory requirements.  Their new V.2 wireless introduces the next generation of Wireless Environmental Monitoring, which offers flexibility and reliability unmatched by any other company in the industry.  

About Hurley Medical Center
As Genesee County's regional safety net health care provider, Hurley Medical Center reaches out to provide care to many people in eastern Michigan. Since opening on December 19, 1908, Hurley has grown to become the regional provider of advanced specialty care including burn medicine, kidney transplantation, pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, high-risk pregnancy care, and bariatric surgery. Hurley is a Level 1 trauma center, and is the area's premier children's hospital

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Rees Scientific Corp. (RSC) develops and markets environmental and temperature monitoring systems. The company offers alarm, environmental monitoring, networking, integrated control, and reporting systems. Also, it provides wired &/or wireless sensors.