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Will 2024 see a reboot of Google Glass-style headsets in Healthcare?

Lloyd Price

Pristine is a tech start-up at the forefront of developing Glass apps for surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists for use before, during and after surgery. With thousands of patients falling ill each year through viruses picked up in hospitals, it is vital that each healthcare professional keeps their hands as clean as possible.

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Ambulatory surgery center's virtual care platform helps boost productivity and patient satisfaction

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"The platform also captures patient input and makes real-time adjustments to care paths as necessary, such as changing the type of exercise video presented based on patient feedback regarding the difficulty level of the last video. We've hired more nurse navigators to enable the greater volume.

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Revolutionizing Postoperative Care at Home with Remote Patient Monitoring

DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

For example, they can coordinate home health services, such as physical therapy and nursing care, and help patients make appointments for follow-up visits with their doctor. Pain management may involve over-the-counter or prescription medication, as well as non-medical methods such as ice packs and deep breathing exercises.

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10 Famous Celebrities Living with Type 1 Diabetes

Insulin Nation

Today she relies on exercise, eating right, and frequent blood sugar checks to keep herself healthy. Nick was diagnosed at the age of 13 after extreme weight loss landed him in the hospital. In fact, she had to beg the network to let her stay on the show after she was hospitalized. She is an avid supporter of the JDRF and ADA.

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Keith Algozzine, Founder and CEO of UCM Health

Digital Health Today

The ER is the worst place in the world from a consumer standpoint: you have to drive there, it’s around the four walls of a hospital, it’s a huge wait, and it’s often really expensive. I am an emergency medicine physician’s assistant and my co-founder is an emergency nurse paramedic. Step two is treatment.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Advocate Health Care, one of Chicagoland’s largest employers, has more than 35,000 associates, including 11,000 nurses and nearly 6,300 affiliated physicians. Anna Jaques Hospital is a 123-bed independent, nonprofit community hospital based in Massachusetts. Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.).