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How AI can ease the burden of stressed-out teletriage nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Teletriage nurses often face intense pressure as they work in fast-paced situations while assessing patients, employing critical thinking and delivering high-quality care. We interviewed Dean to get an in-depth look at nurse teletriage. What is a typical teletriage nurse call like? What contributes to pressure and burnout?

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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

HCA Healthcare , one of the leading providers of care in 20 states and in the United Kingdom, has smartly been investing to improve the quality of the health data they collect. But poor quality data also happens when every facility uses a different term for a social security number.

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New Year, New Health Goals – Keep Patients Engaged with RPM

Clear Arch Health

A home health nurse assisted in identifying participants for the study and explained how to use the devices. A simple call or reminder prompt from the overseeing nurse, asking, “How are you doing with taking your readings daily?” ” can be just what’s needed.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

Furthermore, this week Google made news about how it will absorb the DeepMind AI business into the larger Google Health unit. Some analysts and privacy lawyers question how Google will handle patients’ (assumed private) health data, a volatile question for the UK’s National Health Service as I draft this post.

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What is Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)?

Beyond Telehealth

RPM uses digital technologies to collect medical and other forms of health data from individuals in one location and electronically transmit that information securely to health care providers in a different location for assessment and recommendations. How to make your RPM program sustainable and successful?

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You Can’t Afford Not To: 3 Ways to Win an Argument with Your CFO About Investing in Digital Health

Xealth

While our discussion covered a lot of ground, we kept coming back to the idea of how to articulate the value of digital health amid the financial pressure health systems are going through. . 2: Clinician productivity, especially for nurses! Digital Health is a Business Imperative.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

According to vice president Ted Hill, it can modernize how public health agencies serve today’s needs. Casetivity can ingest, standardize, and share health data. The variety of organizations that provide data (clinical settings, labs, community-based organizations, etc.)