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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"We learned how fragile the supply chain is, particularly for critical items like personal protective equipment and ventilators," Krass continued. Now, Krass said, many hospital executives are looking toward medication supply chains as other potential weak points. "It doesn't have a strong infrastructure.

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Healthcare's new equation = technology + operations

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Below are several initiatives that organizations have indicated they are embarking upon in order to enable improved operational efficiency and patient care: Patient access. Introduce advanced medical equipment to enable monitoring and alerting services Robotic process automation.

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Three Ways Enterprise Visibility and Automation Benefit Staff and the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

The IoT technology and location sensors behind RTLS feature active-radio frequency identification (RFID) badges and tags to offer immediate enterprise visibility into the precise location of equipment, colleagues, or patients, while increasing workflow efficiencies.

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Frost & Sullivan's Top 10 predictions for healthcare in 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Up to 75% of hospitals' capital equipment budgets will be diverted to other immediate needs, with flexible pricing models becoming the norm. Hence, the already reduced capital budgets due to lower revenues in 2020, will see an even smaller share dedicated to capital equipment procurement in 2021. The road ahead.

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

” That could include such data tags as cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and IP addresses. Health is made as much outside of medical care providers’ sites as it is at home, at work, at play, at school. Note that 3 in 4 Washingtonians supported the law when polled in March 2023, with only 17% of people opposing it.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 3 of 5, Letters “K” through “O”

Health Populi

State Governors, particularly those trying to manage the pandemic in states located on the two coasts, had issued shelter-in-place orders. Naval Hospital Ship “Comfort,” which was re-purposed to provide medical services to patients in Manhattan’s over-stressed hospital system.

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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Cloud Computing Connected Health Network Infrastructure Population Health Telehealth Before disasters such as tornadoes or wildfires, they should consider designating municipal buildings as "generator and telehealth zones" where equipment and virtual care kiosks can be moved. Expanding first responders' reach.