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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

My Zoom invitation to Stacy was a very convenient excuse for me to catch up with a friend in the field: we have known each other since Stacy started to grow her health-social media presence on Twitter. And that involvement in social media is intimately woven with Stacy’s patient advocacy journey….for

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A new COVID-19 wave is coming – how can health systems prepare?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Tagging drugs with RFID, he argued, would address problems with medication flow around the hospital and allow providers to tie distributions directly to a patient's electronic health record. "If you can tag a nail clipper with RFID technology," as many big-box stores do, "you can do it for medication," he said.

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Patient experience: new perspectives on person-focused care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By HIMSS Media | December 01, 2021. Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Patient Engagement Sign Up for our daily or weekly newsletters. News The future of healthcare: What 2022 could bring A look ahead at what the uptick in interest and usage of digital health will mean for the future of.

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Nursing community collaboration on the European COVID-19 front-lines

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The webinar, organised by the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community, was chaired by Mette Maria Skjoeth from Odense University Hospital, Denmark, featured registered nurse experts Ann Gregory, clinical nurse advisor to NHSX in the UK and Luis Encinas, emergency coordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières, Spain.

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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many stakeholders have noted the importance of expanding access to broadband as a fundamental necessity – an endeavor that may run up, as Federal Office of Rural Health Senior Adviser for Telehealth William England put it , a "hundreds-of-billion-dollar" price tag. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.

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Health IT implementation best practices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We at HIMSS Media in November will delve into the ways AI and machine learning have already taken root in healthcare, we’ll interview experts about what’s coming next and examine the promise and threats of AI.

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Four Technology and Aging Blog Posts from November 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

And much more will be different for an older population – the real seniors, aged 75+, perhaps previously unnoticed by media. Instead of continuing with business and event travel into March, HIMSS was canceled at the last minute and converted to a virtual event. Here are four blog posts from November: Filling in the Tech Basics.