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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

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These new ideas and technologies are only successful, however, if enough people collectively take notice and talk about it in order to make it trend. This then results in certain topics being neglected – regardless of their quality and how much you would personally like to see them trend. FHIR, HL7).

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Digital from the start: New medical campus to rise in Singapore's east

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To be located next to the downtown line of the Bedok North MRT station, the Eastern General Hospital (EGH) Campus comprises the Eastern General Hospital and Eastern Community Hospital. It will provide a range of emergency, inpatient, and outpatient care services, as well as continuing and rehabilitative care services.

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Telestroke service reaches rural NSW faster than the metro

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This life-saving service connects patients with a network of specialist stroke doctors via video consultation, managed by Prince of Wales Hospital. The service has so far delivered treatment to over 3,000 stroke patients at 23 rural and regional hospitals in the state. It provides rapid 24/7 access to stroke diagnosis and treatment.

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More Hospitals Achieving Interoperability Goals

Healthcare IT Today

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.

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Health systems, care delivery groups, Amazon launch hospital-at-home initiative

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THE LARGER TREND. Patients using home-based care services within 14 days of discharge from hospital are about 25% more likely to avoid readmission within 30 days of discharge. Many healthcare leaders have seen the trend moving in this direction for some time. Advocate for a bundled-payment model for extended care in the home.

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

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THE LARGER TREND. Given impressive achievements in quality and cost efficiencies at early pioneers such as Johns Hopkins , Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente , more and more hospitals and health systems are launching care-at home programs for both acute and chronic conditions, some tailored to specific clinical use cases.

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5 Ways to Close the Cloud Security Gaps in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Its survey of hospital IT and security leaders found that significantly more respondents said that ransomware attacks increased complications from medical procedures. This provides an overall broader view of patient data and makes it possible to gain insights on trends that can be used to improve service and care.