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Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

It seems obvious that an alert like this is going to help doctors provide better care to their patients. Many times a doctor may ignore the risk of the interaction given other clinical needs. Doctors get notified of important things they can address with the patient while they’re present with the patient.

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RTLS & AI: Solving the Riddle of Healthcare Inefficiency

Healthcare IT Today

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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With telehealth, one size won't fit all

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Many of us have gotten used to the idea that telehealth is just a new way to meet the doctor, only now it is through a video visit. As Anshul Pande, VP and CTO of Stanford Children's Health, puts it: "What happens when you go from twenty visits a week to thousands and thousands of visits happening a week?

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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

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It could be especially valuable for patients with long-standing medical issues who don't have a primary care doctor, or are uninsured. "Speed" is how quickly data can go from Point A to B. The ER doctor sends an email note via telehealth to the parents' home and later does a Zoom session to show huge X-ray files.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We can save so much money and time that's going into healthcare if we take full advantage of the telehealth and telemedicine tools. Thursday, you go to a library telehealth kiosk for the doctor appointment because the doctor wants to review large files from the lab work with you and your home Internet connection is too slow.

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Is healthcare too hard for Big Tech firms?

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The app allows Apple employees to log fitness goals, manage hypertension, and talk to clinicians and coaches at AC Wellness, the doctors' group that Apple works with. " It's not just that technology firms are trying to go it alone. Region Tag: Global Edition. There was no shortage of commentary on social media.

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Why voice recognition is the new competitive battleground in healthcare's digital transformation

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According to Stephanie Lahr, CIO and CMIO of Monument Health, voice recognition in a clinical context is complex, and Doctor-Patient encounters are hard to capture in voice recognition software. Region Tag: Global Edition. Big tech and voice-recognition in healthcare. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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