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A new COVID-19 wave is coming – how can health systems prepare?

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Tagging drugs with RFID, he argued, would address problems with medication flow around the hospital and allow providers to tie distributions directly to a patient's electronic health record. "If you can tag a nail clipper with RFID technology," as many big-box stores do, "you can do it for medication," he said.

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COVID-19 and digital transformation

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Similar progress has been made in secondary care, with widespread moves towards digital-first outpatient appointments and some hospitals supplying iPads to enable loved ones to ‘visit’ their relatives who have been hospitalised with coronavirus, without risk of infection. It's not all plain sailing, of course.

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