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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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Overcoming digital barriers in the nursing profession

Digital Leaders HealthTech

At the time, all nursing documentation was done on paper. We used whiteboards and clipboards to document our patient’s status and manage patient flow around the hospital. It’s important for nurses, midwives and other health care professionals to have a voice in this space. More thought leadership. There’s no turning back.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"While we had invested in an app to deliver this information to patients in written form, most of the pre-surgical information was delivered verbally by doctors, nurses and staff, in addition to a paper packet," she continued. "The verbal repetition was incredibly time-consuming for our clinical staff.

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

Lloyd Price

Corporate Development for Healthcare Technology companies in EMEA Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors – Market Insights, Analysis & Predictions. Pristine is a tech start-up at the forefront of developing Glass apps for surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists for use before, during and after surgery.

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4 reasons why the healthcare industry is vulnerable to cyber attacks

Digital Leaders HealthTech

Doctors and nurses rely on these machines to monitor patient health and to serve as a partner in diagnosis. In the already overstretched world of hospitals, it is no wonder that cyber security is not top of mind for most workers. More thought leadership. Each connected device offers another potential entry point for hackers.

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Clinical Messaging Apps: What is the right business model?

Lloyd Price

For example, an app might partner with a hospital to offer patients a way to message their doctors and nurses directly. HealthTech Thought Leadership from Nelson Advisors - Industry Insights & Analysis for Founders, Owners & Investors. Subscribe today! This can help to improve the efficiency of patient care.

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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Rather, our patients, physicians and nurses have grown accustomed to digital health over years of incremental and foundational work, and all came rushing to make this the new normal." Partnering with senior leadership at the hospital, we were able to roll out systems that kept us on the cutting edge of technology."