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International Nurses Week 2020: Compassion, Expertise, and Trust

Digital Health Today

WHO designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Two additional events, National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2020) and International Nurses Day (May 12, 2020), provide even more opportunity to recognize the nurses working at the front lines, and how this important group of professionals hold the key to shaping the future of healthcare.

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“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon

Health Populi

While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally. Whether working in rural America, urban Britain, central Mumbai or suburban Auckland, the nursing profession s in a world of hurt.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

Neither of these explanations satisfies my current view of where I see the industry at this moment, and especially as I work through my forecast to 2030. Like speaking “American,” health insurance in the U.S. has evolved in a unique way, as health insurers continue to re-define just what a “health plan” is.

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Virtua Navigates Orthopedic Patients Pre- & Post-Surgery with Improved Patient Engagement and Care Coordination

Consumer eHealth Engagement

A study in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery estimates by 2030 “demand for total hip arthroplasties to grow by 174% to 572,000 and demand for primary total knee arthroplasties by 673% to 3.48 concerns, pain levels) and informing Nurse Navigators when patients fall off track.

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