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University of Cincinnati researchers invent new telehealth drone

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A recent study found that the majority of participants in an online survey believed a robotic system would be useful for a variety of healthcare tasks, including facilitating telehealth interviews, acquiring vital signs and turning a patient in bed. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

THE PROBLEM Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) staff know that with limited health resources throughout Northwestern Ontario, it's very important they work together across all hospitals that provide surgical services to improve access to care for remote and rural patients. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

Healthcare IT Today

One Brooklyn Health employed CipherHealth to automate outreach for an Equity Index Survey, with the goal of advancing health equity by amplifying the patient’s voice and reducing health disparities. Dr. Sema Sgaier, founder of Surgo Health, points out that different factors are important for different conditions.

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Bonus Features – July 2, 2023 – Nuance and Epic integrate, 5 in 6 physicians say telemedicine improves continuity of care, news from HFMA, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Closing the Gap: Why Healthcare Needs More Gender Diversity in Leadership

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dr. Erica Barnell, MD, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Geneoscopy Women comprise 70% of the healthcare workforce and 59% of medical, biomedical, and health sciences graduates, yet are the minority at leadership levels — holding only 25% of senior executive roles.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

According to the hospital’s most recent employee engagement survey, the hospital’s overall employee engagement score was 89 percent and its employee retention rate is 92.6 Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas). Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison, N.J.). Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare (Memphis, Tenn.).