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RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

Healthcare IT Today

Imagine undergoing knee replacement surgery, coming into the emergency department for a cardiac arrest, or needing emergent imaging due to a stroke. Friend of the Pharmacist RFID relies on tiny tags smaller than postage stamps affixed to each medication container, kit, and tray.

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Broadband is the Achilles' heel of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Craig Settles Six years ago I had a stroke and telehealth saved my life. Saved from a stroke by telehealth, Craig Settles pays it forward by uniting community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth-broadband integration initiatives. Region Tag: Global Edition. Make no mistake, I am a believer!

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, and chronic wounds are seven diseases where technology has been used to manage care for patients with promising results. Preferred functionalities to manage remote care.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Saved from a stroke by telehealth, Craig Settles pays it forward by uniting community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth-broadband integration initiatives.

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Telehealth and community broadband, in sickness and in health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Saved from a stroke by telehealth, Craig Settles pays it forward by uniting community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth-broadband integration initiatives. Region Tag: Global Edition. where I answered questions about stronger broadband and telehealth proposals for federal grants.

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How communities can better prepare for post-emergency telehealth deployments

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" Saved from a stroke by telehealth, Craig Settles pays it forward by uniting community broadband teams and healthcare stakeholders through telehealth-broadband integration initiatives. Region Tag: Global Edition. Follow him on Twitter @cjsettles101.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Any abnormal responses or vital stats are tagged and reported to: a healthcare organization partnering with the employer, a clinician on the employer’s staff, or a human resources professional, for a referral to a COVID-19 testing site to confirm an infection and prevent spreading the virus in the workplace.

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