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Hospitals and health systems post-pandemic, and how to prepare for future outbreaks

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's been more than a year since the World Health Organization officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Q: Will hospitals' infrastructure and healthcare delivery design needs change post-COVID-19? Q: What needs to be done in existing hospitals and health systems in the U.S.

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Better Health Care Tests, Faster

Healthcare IT Today

Speeding up Test Development We’ve seen with COVID-19 how quickly a virus can evolve and how hard it is to design both tests and vaccinations that accommodate different variants. Virax Biolabs uses data from the World Health Organization and others to develop tests quickly.

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Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 public health emergency came to an end on May 11. This also happens to coincide with the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. The end of the PHE means different things for so many different sectors of the healthcare system.

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Dept. of Defense Awards Prenosis $4.3M Contract for Early Sepsis Detection

HIT Consultant

. – According to the World Health Organization, more than 11 million people die from sepsis worldwide annually, more than the deaths caused by all cancers combined. hospitals with annual costs of treatment and rehabilitation estimated at $62 billion. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 1.7

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COVID-19: An integrated healthcare system is the way forward

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Government & Policy Network Infrastructure Telehealth Workflow With dozens of healthcare facilities across the UAE, the country’s healthcare system is evolving faster than elsewhere in the world says Christian Schuhmacher, CEO of King’s College Hospital London in Dubai. Coordinated efforts in the face of COVID-19.

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A Blueprint for Solving the U.S. Nursing Shortage Crisis

HIT Consultant

A nursing shortage, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, has been fueled largely by high levels of moral distress, politicization, and lack of support. Enabling nurses to practice at the top of their licenses. The effort resulted in safer staffing ratios, 170+ new job positions, and a 19% wage increase.

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Health Provider News – September 23, 2022

Hall Render

Amazon PillPack Founders to Leave in Latest Health-Care Shakeup. Congress presses Meta about health data privacy after hospitals remove Facebook tracker. Healthcare Compliance Will Be a Challenge in Post-PHE World. Health systems grow apprenticeships to tackle shortages. Alabama hospital CEO resigns.