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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? It is a strategic move away from a hospital-centric approach to a patient-centric approach.

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Where telemedicine is headed now that the PHE has ended

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This also happens to coincide with the World Health Organization declaring an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. What can be expected in healthcare and health IT now that the PHE has ended, and what does this mean for the future of telehealth? As any good hospital administrator knows, it starts with the patient.

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Better Health Care Tests, Faster

Healthcare IT Today

Virax Biolabs uses data from the World Health Organization and others to develop tests quickly. More Accurate Detection of Sepsis Sepsis is one of the most dreaded hospital-spawned conditions: It’s common and can quickly be fatal. Virax Biolabs is also exploring how to get rapid results in the home.

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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. Department of Defense awards Prenosis up to $4.3M

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Addressing Preventable Harm in Healthcare

Dossier

According to the World Health Organization , around 1 in every 10 patients is harmed in healthcare, and more than 3 million deaths occur annually due to unsafe care. Authored By: Geir Arnhoff CEO Linkedin The statistics regarding preventable harm are alarming.

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

HIT Consultant

The World Health Organization declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife to spotlight nurses’ impact on healthcare and recognize the 200 th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Enabling nurses to practice at the top of their licenses. But it also shined a light on nurses’ courage and heroism.

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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

This post follows up Part 1 of a two-part series I’ve prepared in advance of the AHIP 2024 conference where I’ll be brainstorming these scenarios with a panel of folks who know their stuff in technology, health care and hospital systems, retail health, and pharmacy, among other key issues.