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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

PROPOSAL " Asynchronous video technology is important to improving patient care, supporting equitable access to care, and to our hospital moving forward our strategic enabler, called 'Sustainable Future – Advance Digital Health to Improve Patient and Staff Experiences,'" said Cindy Fedell, CIO at TBRHSC.

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TikTok: doctors and nurses are the most popular professions

Digital Health Global

According to a recent study by Registered Nursing , healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses, and dentists, are among the most popular professions on TikTok. After doctors, teachers, and nurses, chefs, dentists, pilots, chiropractors, and electricians were the next most popular professions on the platform.

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HIMSSCast: Taking telehealth beyond the video chat

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the gas pedal on the use of virtual care, particularly synchronous video chats. The use cases of telehealth beyond synchronous video calls. Nurse unions slam Kaiser's advanced care at home strategy. Using acute-level hospital services as inspiration. Looking at different disease processes.

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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Femtech company Advantia Health acquires maternal, infant video chat platform Pacify

Mobi Health News

As part of the deal Advantia Health will now be able to offer its members video chats with lactation specialists and registered nurses.

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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nurse and virtual doc triage To make this happen, the health system implemented a virtual nurse and virtual physician triage program designed to get patients moving through the ED process sooner rather than later. The tests included physicians, nurses, technicians, scribes, EKG techs, etc.,

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Vital Advances Precision Patient Education with the Introduction of the Industry’s First AI-Powered Video Education Feature

Digital Health Global

.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vital , a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital health company, announced today that it has introduced the industry’s first AI-Powered Video Education feature, designed to auto-prescribe precise education to patients in the emergency department (ED) and inpatient settings.

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