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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare It News

THE PROBLEM Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center (TBRHSC) staff know that with limited health resources throughout Northwestern Ontario, it's very important they work together across all hospitals that provide surgical services to improve access to care for remote and rural patients.

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[Radio] “Digital Therapeutics in Health Care” with Bob Gold & James J. Lewis III

GoMoHealth

Lewis III, Bob Gold discusses strategies for getting the most out of your doctor’s appointment, what to bring, how to prepare, engage, and follow up. Finally, Bob shares various digital solutions based on behavioral health science that can help us improve our habits and behaviors and ensure health long-term.

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[Podcast] “Getting the Most out of your Healthcare” with Bob Gold

GoMoHealth

In this conversation, hosted by Dr. Sharon Bergquist, Bob Gold discusses simple strategies for getting the most out of your doctor’s appointment, what to bring, how to prepare, engage, and follow up.

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NHS Deploys TytoCare’s Telehealth Solution to 14 Trusts Across UK

HIT Consultant

At Leeds Children’s Hospital, TytoCare’s solution is being used by the Cleft Lip & Palate Team, where cleft nurses can take high-quality images and videos of babies’ mouths in the maternity unit and when they visit the baby at home for follow-ups.

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Newsletter, April 2023

Patient Safety Movement

National Nurses Week: May 6-12, 2023 This Nurses Week, we salute all nurses around the world for the attention and care they provide to ensure safe and equitable healthcare for every patient. Nurses Day on May 6 (U.S.) The more than 3 million nurses working in the U.S.

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Newsletter, January 2023

Patient Safety Movement

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Of the seven resulting deaths, one was deemed preventable.

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Newsletter, October 2022

Patient Safety Movement

Of particular concern, according to the article, “even if doctors recommend genetic testing, they may lack the expertise to determine which tests people need and how to interpret the results. That’s the role of genetic counselors, but their ranks are stretched thin.”