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

Lloyd Price

These improvements could address some of the previous limitations of Glass and make it more viable for healthcare applications. Growing interest in AR/VR in healthcare: Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have gained traction in various medical fields like surgery, training, and rehabilitation.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Reporting to the CEO, instead of the CFO, changes the role of technology and the digital transformation of AGH." " Technology plays a big role in healthcare – in rural healthcare, technology can have an even bigger impact on an organization, he added.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Many hospitals, health systems, and health plans still don’t have employees trained and don’t have the proper policies, procedures, and tech tools in place to be compliant, even with the two years of runway that was provided by legislators. The No Surprises Act was signed into law in 2020 and took effect last year.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

5Star Urgent Response is an emergency service exclusive to GreatCall products that immediately connects device users to a trained, certified IAED 5Star Agent in the event of an emergency. iRhythm Technologies. Providers need minimal training to efficiently use the clinical dashboard, the company contended.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Fortune and Great Place to Work listed BayCare Health System as one of the country’s Best Workplaces in Healthcare, Best Workplaces for Millennials and Best Workplaces for Women. In 2016, BayCare spent $346 million on community benefits, including pet insurance, personal training services and child care. Jamestown (N.D.)