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Telemedicine racks up big cost savings and enhanced care for Nebraska hospital

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Not only was this costly and not sustainable long-term, it was difficult to find physicians to cover, creating additional stress and pressure on our one physician along with the leadership and staff to figure out this coverage," said Abby Cyboron, CEO of Chase County Community Hospital.

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Nurses: The Force for Change

Mobile Health Matters

Frequently the organizers of hospitals’ better practice and outcomes teams, nurses are often the source of innovative ideas that improve workflows and internal processes. It is vital that nurses feel empowered to influence leadership and help implement large-scale changes that will improve patient care.

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Overcoming digital barriers in the nursing profession

Digital Leaders HealthTech

At the time, all nursing documentation was done on paper. We used whiteboards and clipboards to document our patient’s status and manage patient flow around the hospital. More thought leadership. It was incredibly time-consuming, walking around the wards making notes and compiling bed occupancy. There’s no turning back.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

This type of document will require not only top-notch billing tools but also new levels of contractual collaboration between separate provider entities. The AHA’s aim was to reduce unnecessary documentation and streamline the coding process.

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Lessons From a Ransomware Attack: The Importance of Partnership & Collaboration

Healthcare IT Today

Now imagine that business is a hospital. Alongside 3M, Sectra, and Abbadox, we designed, built, tested, documented and validated a fully functional Diagnostic Imaging network (RIS, PACS, Reporting) in 20 days. It serves 80,000 people and it’s the only one within 10,000 square miles.

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

One challenge is extensive nomenclature differences across physician practices, hospitals, and pharmacies. While those are the right macro buckets, the clinical operational improvements are focused almost solely on physician/provider workflow optimizations (patient documentation, AI to improve diagnosis and treatment pathways, etc.).

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Connected Medical Devices—the Next Target for Ransomware Attacks

Healthcare IT Today

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recognized the problem and issued multiple guidance documents over the years—as recently as this March —to ensure the cybersecurity of medical devices. These types of vulnerable clinical systems also add another pathway for launching a ransomware attack on a hospital.