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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI

Health Populi

First, do no harm” is a key M.O. The patient experience of safety is illustrated in the first chart, showing sharp differences in how health consumers perceive safety in ambulatory care settings compared with inpatient hospital environments. times wider than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 on the X-axis).

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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare organizations are "greatly interested" in innovations that can modernize nursing and solve the challenge, according to Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS, the parent company of Healthcare IT News.

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Selected tech trends from upcoming 2021 Market Overview

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Much creativit y and stopgap solutions were the signs of the Covid-19 times. Innovators in 2020 helped mitigate social isolation, enable in-home strength training for seniors, provided the tech mechanics (regardless of infrastructure) to connect older adults to families? Voice first technology – in everything.

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AccessHealth uses telemedicine to boost mental health visits by 10% during COVID-19

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 spurred Houston-based AccessHealth to quickly scale up its telemedicine offerings, just as it did with most other health systems nationwide. And just like those other health systems, AccessHealth faced numerous challenges at first, in trying to adapt to this new normal. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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How UCHealth's Virtual Health Center has enabled innovation, scaled capability and capacity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Colorado Health had been developing multiple virtual care systems over several years. " Telehealth was the solution to many of these emerging issues and the health system was fortunate to have the infrastructure and trained resources in place to meet the needs. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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Like banks, healthcare will become digital-first in 2022, Zoom healthcare lead says

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Some forward-looking professionals are even talking about digital-first healthcare – meaning caregivers and patients will turn to the digital channel before any other option. Healthcare IT News interviewed Emerson to have him expand upon his predictions for the year. How will this transformation occur?

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What facilitated telehealth can do to improve care for high-need groups

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

For example, one study found that Black patients were four times more likely to seek in-person care rather than use telehealth relative to white patients for similar COVID-19 related urgent care complaints. Follow Bill's HIT coverage on LinkedIn: Bill Siwicki Email him: bsiwicki@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.