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Digital from the start: New medical campus to rise in Singapore's east

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

To be located next to the downtown line of the Bedok North MRT station, the Eastern General Hospital (EGH) Campus comprises the Eastern General Hospital and Eastern Community Hospital. Enterprise Taxonomy: Telehealth Population and Public Health Patient Access Care

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Telestroke service reaches rural NSW faster than the metro

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This life-saving service connects patients with a network of specialist stroke doctors via video consultation, managed by Prince of Wales Hospital. The service has so far delivered treatment to over 3,000 stroke patients at 23 rural and regional hospitals in the state. It provides rapid 24/7 access to stroke diagnosis and treatment.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This feature story is the first in a series that will highlight how IT leaders managed the myriad challenges of 2020 – and how they plan to build from those lessons toward a better and more resilient future, this year and beyond. Eric Jimenez, CIO at Artesia General Hospital in Artesia, New Mexico.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

The No Surprises Act was signed into law in 2020 and took effect last year. Many hospitals, health systems, and health plans still don’t have employees trained and don’t have the proper policies, procedures, and tech tools in place to be compliant, even with the two years of runway that was provided by legislators.

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Automation In Rural Health: It Should No Longer Be An Afterthought

Healthcare IT Today

In Q1 2022, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond found that hospitals across the nation have 105,000 fewer workers than in February 2020, a roughly 2% decline. Rural providers especially feel the pinch, as medical centers often have trouble attracting the talent they need, and many hospitals are increasingly closing their doors.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

These exceptional benefits landed the hospital on Best Companies AZ ‘s 100 Best Arizona Companies list for healthcare, and Phoenix Business Journal gave the hospital its HealthCare Leadership Award in 2017. The company offers a competitive benefits package including life insurance and telehealth visits. Pinehurst (N.C.)