WHY IT MATTERS. But as the new realities of staffing challenges and value-based care become apparent – and regulatory and reimbursement policies evolve to accommodate it – more and more healthcare organizations are embracing telehealth. hospital or health system where they work, 64% said they offer inpatient specialist consultation, and 61% said they offer remote patient monitoring. It's going to be the emergency department for heart attacks or strokes. MORE

It is believed that Robinson had diabetes. Contributors to posts on two family member’s social media pages and a newly-launched crowdfunding page allude to a blood glucose level exceeding 2,000 mg/dL at time of hospitalization. It’s not yet clear whether Mr. Robinson died while in the jail, or in transit to one of two hospitals, or after arrival. MORE

Zesty for Hospitals It seems incredible, but today, the vast majority of NHS trusts still post paper letters to their patients. In fact, the average UK hospital sends over 1M paper letters to patients each year. Patients are informed of their appointments in a letter and have to call the hospital to make appointment changes. It's an expensive and frustratingly inefficient system. Patients love to use it, with adoption rates by specialty of more than 50%. MORE

China's leading one-stop healthcare ecosystem platform Ping An Good Doctor (01833.HK) announced that the first commercially operational unmanned clinic in China, which it researched and developed, "One-minute Clinics" has been formally revealed in a scenic area in Wuzhen. It will provide a high-speed, convenient, one-stop shop for medical and healthcare services for nearby residents, visitors to the scenic area and guests of the 2018 World Internet Conference. MORE

The hospital should be where you go to feel better, but too many people with diabetes are put at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis during their hospital stay because their blood sugar levels are poorly controlled by hospital staff. This is the finding of an audit of hospitals in the United Kingdom. of cases of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) occurred with in-patients already under hospital care, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine. MORE

For hospitals, it highlights a difficult vulnerability within the imaging suite and broader concerns about medical device cybersecurity A hacker group known as Orangeworm is launching targeted attacks against the healthcare industry focusing on well-known vulnerabilities within legacy devices to gain access to systems. MORE

It’s of little surprise, then, to learn that the benefits offered by remote care also extend to employee health plans. Most employers who can embrace these benefits are already doing so: Healthcare IT News ’ Bill Siwicki points to a survey finding that “virtually all employers (96 percent)” are offering some form of telehealth in 2018 if allowed to do so by state law. Keeping hospital admissions to a minimum. MORE

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. It is frankly a pain in the neck to access the computer from outside the hospital due to the multiple layers of. Tech Health IT MORE

Community Health Systems reported a $2 billion loss for the fourth quarter of 2017, and while it continues to sell hospitals, it has provided few details for its future beyond more such sales. CEO Wayne Smith said that the company was “strategically expanding outpatient services,” but did not provide any specifics in its earnings release or its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission MORE

It was confusing to navigate. The concept of social determinants of health is suddenly popular, but for hospitals, it often just means having a place to record the patient’s self-reported information. It used to be called poverty and poverty alleviation. The hospital system can do some things in many cases, but in a lot of them, they don’t have much control. We have 175 customers, of which a good chunk are hospital systems. It is a challenge. MORE

The hospital, along with appointment reminder vendor Relatient, will present at HIMSS20 about lessons learned from a successful implementation MORE

As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies, hospitals are struggling valiantly to keep up with the influx of infected patients. Hospital IT departments, meanwhile, are undergoing stresses of their own as they work to support the rapidly escalating needs of clinicians. One look at these efforts comes courtesy of FierceHealthcare, which spoke with health IT leaders at […]. MORE

It’s my second project working together with the technology team that started the company. It’s designed for acute care and affiliated ambulatory facilities of hospitals. It runs on IOS and Android smartphones and is available both on-premise, with servers inside the hospital’s data room, or a cloud offering via our cloud partner, Parallon Technology Solutions. It’s much more valuable. It was, I want to do everything on it. MORE

The hospital should be where you go to feel better, but too many people with diabetes are put at risk of diabetic ketoacidosis during their hospital stay because their blood sugar levels are poorly controlled by hospital staff. This is the finding of an audit of hospitals in the United Kingdom. of cases of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) occurred with in-patients already under hospital care, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine. MORE

IT as consultants, not owners Lack of ROI in HIEs Patient engagement obstacles “We never intended to chase the dollar.” Thoughts on MU – “I don’t think it achieved near what they thought it would.” And so IT stood on the sideline and offered support instead of running the show, and it paid off. She also talks about business continuity planning versus disaster prevention, why culture plays such a huge role in engagement, and when she got bit by the health IT bug. MORE

It’s 2018, and We Still Have No Idea If Mobile Healthcare Apps Work by Milos Mudric (1 6 Oct 2018). This goal has not been achieved and is not happening how we thought it would” I think we all know that a google search on your mobile is now the first thing Patients and Carers do so I think it’s important to realise that everyday mHealth keeps Patients out of hospitals it’s just that you can’t obviously measure people who don’t present at admissions. MORE

New research from the ONC has found that a meaningful percentage of hospitals are engaged in data sharing, with a growing number making patient health information available from outside sources. Though the data goes back a couple of years, it’s still a worthwhile look at where data sharing trends are among hospitals. It will also […]. MORE

Although some steps entail engaging with care staff at a hospital or clinic, most of the time patients are challenged with managing their disease on a daily basis away from the health system. This patient information can guide the care team to intervene, reducing hospitalizations and costs. We felt it would be valuable to extend TapCloud to our general oncology patients because we had seen such a positive response using it for those with high symptom burden and advance disease. MORE

Hospital IT executives in Europe share many of the same priorities and face many similar challenges as CIOs in other regions of the globe, including the United States, according to the HIMSS Analytics Annual European eHealth Survey 2018 released on Wednesday. MORE

It was an experience that opened my eyes to the changing world of a disease formerly known as “juvenile diabetes.” It is considered common for type 1 to be diagnosed anytime before the age of 40 nowadays. and “Isn’t it type 2 because your an adult?” Still, thinking about the different influences that bring certain people to the group also made me consider the influences on T1D that are causing it to be more frequently diagnosed later in life. MORE

ONC spotlights acute care hospital ITDoes HHS get a cut of opioid bill’s PDMP grants? — MORE

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. While technology will ultimately help provide better care, it will undoubtedly change the day-to-day roles and responsibilities of IT teams, executives, and clinicians. Hospital IT: Driving change. They will not only drive innovation, but help put it into practice. . MORE

IT outsourcing by hospitals has been booming the last couple of months, due in part to the pandemic. Effective outsourcing enables hospital IT staff to […]. Editorial Kevin Torf T2 Tech Group Things Hospitals Look For In IT Consulting Firm Partners MORE

For the study, researchers with the University of British Columbia and British Columbia Children’s Hospital reviewed the medical records of 165 children with Type 1 diabetes who had been hospitalized for DKA. Learn more about DKA by reading the article “ How DKA Happens and What to Do About it.”. To do this, though, the injury must be properly diagnosed at the time it occurs. An audit found the risk of DKA during hospitalization was too high. MORE

The coronavirus pandemic is throwing a new factor into hospitals' calculations about how to proceed with current and future healthcare IT implementations. As provider organizations face a surge of new cases, or anticipate capacity challenges in the near future, they're reconsidering the speed with which they can conduct current implementations because of limitations in IT-staff capacity and the heavy demands that high patient loads are placing on clinical staff. MORE

Even the air in the waiting room of a hospital feels uncertain. It feels like you are walking in a foreign land without a guide. The hospital’s care team rightly centers on caring for the patient. After all, it’s their lives that will be most affected by the outcome of the decisions made in the hospital. It’s their emotional turmoil that is most palpable in those waiting rooms. Some know they are heading there, while for others, it is a surprise. MORE

Emory Healthcare said it learned of the hack on Jan. It’s the same reason why MedStar Health in the Washington-Baltimore areas has not spoken to the press about its ransomware attack last March and April. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles did confirm that it paid about $17,000 ransom a year ago, but as I wrote at the time , the hospital doesn’t seem to have much of a clue about a lot of things, including patient safety and public ratings. MORE

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against West Virginia-based Wheeling Hospital, its CEO Ronald Violi and R&V Associates, the managing consultant contracted to operate the hospital MORE

Additionally, hospital floors are a collaborative environment and mentors often not only train and inspire new colleagues, but also serve as advocates for their peers and participate in focus groups to initiate evidence-based nursing practice in their patient units. Nurses also play a big role in solving problems plaguing hospitals, as their firsthand experience offers a good sense of patient safety needs and areas for efficiency improvements. MORE

The former health IT employee at a New York hospital was charged with compromising dozens of coworkers email accounts and stealing their confidential information, the Department of Justice announced on Friday. MORE

Not surprisingly, the hospital of the future will require technology solutions like telehealth to meet growing patient demands for remote access to health information and providers. While technology will ultimately help provide better care, it will undoubtedly change the day-to-day roles and responsibilities of IT teams, executives, and clinicians. Hospital IT: Driving change. They will not only drive innovation, but help put it into practice. MORE

When it comes to waste management in hospitals, it’s easy to imagine old needles, bags of toxic organic waste, and a broad range of other disturbing materials. However, many hospitals also have other issues when it comes to effective waste management. The article How New Technology Is Helping Hospitals To Reduce and Manage Waste appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. MORE

Consistent with the direction of work done at DRI ( link — see the video in article), Seraxis places its islets on the omentum, a highly vascularized curtain of fatty tissue that seems to interact in complex and significant ways with the abdominal organs that make up our digestive system. ??. The biocompatible materials of the device, coupled with its size, shape, and placement enable engraftment without stimulating a foreign body response and subsequent fibrosis.??. MORE

On days like that, it’s nice to have a reminder that diabetes doesn’t define you. It doesn’t control you. Diabetes is a part of you, but it’s the part that makes you stronger and forces you to be better. . It wasn’t until 2008, at the age of 25, that he finally received his diagnosis. But it wasn’t until she became pregnant at the age of 36 that the importance of managing her blood sugars really hit home. MORE

While they are an inspiration, it’s important to remember that they are human, too, and they have had their shares of troubles with blood sugar management. It’s been a few years since I have had to be in hospital. It still sucks.”. Yes, we imagine it does. The Type 1 community often looks to those who have had Type 1 diabetes for decades to find pearls of wisdom for how to stay healthy long-term with the condition. MORE

Hospitals usually prefer to buy second-hand goods in categories that have a long life, high cost, or low expected usage (if they are not used often, why buy a new one). In some cases, if the orthopaedic case load is expected to be low, the hospital will purchase a used C-arm. Most small hospitals and diagnostic centres are looking for reasonable options for high-end imaging equipment. This refurbished medical equipment is also used in many hospitals. MORE

It’s also an easy way to say something – or imply something – that you didn’t quite mean, or didn’t get to explain deeply enough. I experimented (beginning in 1999) with the medium and found that it was a good way for me to communicate with people, provoke thought, and offer insight into the work I was doing. I wrote something provocative and it worked out for the better. ” I asked if flu shots deliberately harmed hospitals too. MORE

and executive vice president at HIMSS, discusses the value in bridging the gap between the start-up community and European hospital IT leaders Indu Subaiya, co-founder of Health 2.0 MORE