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RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

Healthcare IT Today

Imagine undergoing knee replacement surgery, coming into the emergency department for a cardiac arrest, or needing emergent imaging due to a stroke. Friend of the Pharmacist RFID relies on tiny tags smaller than postage stamps affixed to each medication container, kit, and tray.

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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. Just a few telehealth sessions and exchanging pictures or digital images can wreck a data cap. Region Tag: Global Edition. Make no mistake, I am a believer! However, as wonderful as telehealth is, it has a serious Achilles' heel. Let's get it done!

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Store-and-forward telehealth is collecting medical data, digital images, etc. Saved from a stroke by telehealth, Craig Settles pays it forward by uniting community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth-broadband integration initiatives. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

history, as these images show. " Saved from a stroke by telehealth, Craig Settles pays it forward by uniting community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth-broadband integration initiatives. Region Tag: Global Edition. Urban low-income residents seem to be easily forgotten when disaster strikes.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.