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In a nutshell: technology and progress in health IT

KevinMD

We have a new electronic medical health record system at our hospital. It was introduced with what I believe is a short and ineffective training program for physicians followed by a far too short on-location use of experts to help the doctors and nurses learn the new system.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. What should be trending right now in health IT? One challenge is extensive nomenclature differences across physician practices, hospitals, and pharmacies.

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How COVID-19 is impacting hospitals' IT purchasing decisions

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Clinical informaticists "are being overwhelmed" Health IT vendors face their own challenges in supplying personnel to support implementations, with some of them making corporate decisions to have their employees work from home, or facing state governments' stay-at-home orders.

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Nurses: The Force for Change

Mobile Health Matters

This week marks National Nurses Week in the U.S., both a celebration of the profession and an opportunity to educate the public about the role nurses play in healthcare and their communities. Nurses Driving Change. Nurses’ primary focus is on the quality of care, comfort and safety of their patients.

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How a Sepsis Project Helped HCA Be Better Prepared for Hurricanes

Healthcare IT Today

With 185 hospitals, it takes effort for HCA to maintain good quality health data across their entire organization. As part of the sepsis project, HCA worked to streamline nurse documentation because some of the information needed for sepsis detection was collected manually by nurses.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" In the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center expanded its platform and developed an integrated nurse triage telehealth solution pilot to prevent critical care patients from ending up in the ER. There are numerous vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today.

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Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

Regulations now require primary care doctors be notified if their patients have an ED visit or are admitted to a hospital. Far too often the primary care doctor never learns about these health issues that are addressed at hospitals. It’s basically HIPAA secure email for doctors.

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