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Hospital IT leaders talk lessons learned from a tough pandemic year

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"Meaning that health IT can partner with clinicians and frame the use of digital tools – like video visits within an app or the electronic health record – as very much part of the mastery of their clinical field and not reduced to obligatory training," he explained. "There are miles between training and mastery.

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In a nutshell: technology and progress in health IT

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We have a new electronic medical health record system at our hospital. It was introduced with what I believe is a short and ineffective training program for physicians followed by a far too short on-location use of experts to help the doctors and nurses learn the new system.

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Budget 2024: Private hospitals tapped to provide psychiatric telehealth amid crisis

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The Australian government claims it has been committed to addressing the supply and demand crisis in the sector by pursuing reforms and making significant investments in both workforce training and retention and filling gaps in and raising mental healthcare access. It will be implemented initially over the next two years starting in November.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" This forced Chase to retain patients longer than normal, requiring a higher level of care not typically seen in the critical access hospital. "Avel installed secure, interactive, high-definition video and audio equipment and trained our staff. Make sure the vendor provides training."

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TikTok Owner Buys China Hospital Chain

Healthcare IT Today

While it’s interesting to see ByteDance acquire a hospital, it’s likely not connected to TikTok at all (Side Note: Be sure to follow @healthcareittoday on TikTok ). It’s even more powerful when connected to a trained professional. If you want to address healthcare challenges, you need more than just an app.

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NTIA hands over $45B to state broadband offices

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

billion to communities to help residents with training, digital literacy, and fighting the digital divide. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities. Complementing BEAD is the Digital Equity Act program that is granting $2.5

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Measures You Should be Implementing in Your Organization to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity and Protect Your Patient Data

Healthcare IT Today

Mark Dill, Chief Information Security Officer at MedAllies Having good policies and procedures in place is important – and having a yearly role-based training plan is even better. Employee training, data backup, and access control are prioritized, along with network segmentation and vendor risk management.