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Telehealth integrated into EHR is the way to go for CarDon & Associates

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. THE PROBLEM. " Brandy Armstrong, RN, CarDon & Associates. MARKETPLACE.

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Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

With that, here are my tips for patients: Think twice before inputting PII or PHI into unknown mobile apps without knowing the practices they follow. What if the computer on wheels (COW) that nurses roll over to the patient’s room to track vitals, administer the medicines, and record their observations can’t connect to the network?

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Weekly Roundup – October 28, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Tips include improving legacy systems before moving them to the cloud, ensuring what gets moved to the cloud is optimized for scalability and flexibility, and weighing the appetite to maintain on-premises and cloud infrastructure in the interim. They also discussed the all-important topic of EHR integration.

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Evolving patient portals, remote workforce challenges and tech at the bedside

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Kerry Barker, RN, manager, Epic services, at consulting firm CereCore, and a former ICU nurse and nursing instructor at Brigham Young University, left the bedside for the IT side. Now our nurses carry mobile phones where they can chart. How have changes in the tech space affected the bedside? So much is changing.

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6 Crucial Considerations for Integrating Telemedicine with your Healthcare Practice

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The healthcare industry is already at the tipping point. 2) HIPAA Privacy and Security. Nurse Practitioners, physician partners, and allied staff affected by the protocols will need to receive training particular to their role in the process. billion in 2019 and is expected to reach $123 billion by the end of 2030.

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mHealth Guide to HIMSS19

mHealth Insight

We specialize in rugged barcode sleds/cases and pocket-sized mobile batteries/chargers for nursing care, hospitals, and more. The company’s TempTraq Connect HIPAA-compliant cloud service supported by the Google Healthcare Cloud Platform allows hospitals and caregivers to monitor body temperature from anywhere.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare facilities will use AI from an administrative point of view because it’s very difficult to hire in healthcare – there’s a physician shortage, a nursing shortage, and a pharmacist shortage. 2023 was a tipping point for telehealth treatment. Personalized medicine–i.e., Digital health is here to stay.