August 1, 2009
Roseville,
CA
Tillamook County General Hospital Enhances Birthing Services
As part of its commitment to excellence in community health care, Tillamook County General Hospital has enhanced its birthing services. In addition to the recent purchase of a new Panda infant warmer used to resuscitate and stabilize newborns in distress, the hospital has installed a new state-of-the-art fetal monitoring system in its Family Birth Place.
The OBIX Perinatal Data System provides staff and physicians with improved monitoring capability by digitally recording and automatically transferring vital information about an unborn baby’s health directly into an electronic medical record and providing additional safety “alerts” about abnormal situations that may be developing.
Funding for the new system was made possible by a three-way partnership of generous donations from local community members, grants from regional foundations including the Collins Foundation, the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund and the CHS Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, as well as capital equipment funds from the hospital.
