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Innovative app offers connection between inpatients and their families in Saudi Arabia

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

So when MNGHA started developing a new virtual reality-enabled application – designed in alignment with Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Strategy (2023-2030) – that sought to help connect hospitalized inpatients with their distanced loved ones, "Bynahm" felt like the right name to choose for the app.

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International Nurses Week 2020: Compassion, Expertise, and Trust

Digital Health Today

WHO designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Two additional events, National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2020) and International Nurses Day (May 12, 2020), provide even more opportunity to recognize the nurses working at the front lines, and how this important group of professionals hold the key to shaping the future of healthcare.

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Falling short on solving the care crisis, now and in the future

Aging in Place Technology Watch

It is true that job openings are expected to increase 33% by 2030. The PHI analysis also looks at the demographics of aides who work in nursing homes, residential care (aka senior living) and home care – noting the biggest labor growth projection (and likely shortfall) in home care aides.

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The Care Crisis – Robots Won’t Save Us

Health Populi

Most commonly, these are child daycare service jobs, followed by nursing and residential care and individual and family services, hospital and ambulatory services, and education. had a supply shortage of nurses and some physician specialties. Even before the coronavirus emerged in early 2020, the U.S.

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Rising Nursing Shortages are Causing a Nationwide Healthcare Crisis – How Using a Well-Designed Mobile Employment App Can Help

Healthcare IT Today

With large-scale nursing strikes happening across the nation, o ne thing is for certain: nurses feel overworked. By 2030, one million nurses are expected to retire. With nursing shortages looming, rapid onboarding has become a major focus for the healthcare industry to help hire and retain nurses.

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One aged care provider’s solution to meet rural service demand amid staff shortage

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Australia is facing a shortfall of at least 110,000 aged care workers by 2030 , according to a projection by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. It provides 24/7 access to a registered nurse and seven-day access to a multidisciplinary allied health team led by a nurse practitioner.

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The Thematic Roadmap for AHIP 2024: What the Health Insurance Conference Will Cover

Health Populi

I’ll be leading 2 panels covering the huge and growing challenge of trust in health care, and then the future of the health consumer looking to 2030, as well as doing a book signing for my look at HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , addressing growing consumerization in health care.