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ECRI Unveils Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – ECRI , an independent healthcare safety organization, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2024 , highlighting critical safety concerns for healthcare providers and the medical device industry. With each advance in technology, cybercriminals sharpen their tools.

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Changi General Hospital developing AI algorithms to predict patient deterioration

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Changi General Hospital in Singapore is now developing and validating AI algorithms to predict the likelihood of patient deterioration as part of its smart remote health monitoring system. The hospital has been collaborating with A*STAR medtech spinoff Respiree to develop a remote patient monitoring (RPM) system.

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China Medical University Hospital ranks global third in 2022 HIMSS Digital Health Indicator

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China Medical University Hospital in Taichung, Taiwan has proven its capability in digital health by scoring well above the global average in the latest HIMSS Digital Health Indicator. Since applying this technology, it has reduced its near-miss rate in antibiotic prescriptions from 12.1%

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How Digital Health Technology Can Combat Elderly Abuse

HIT Consultant

However, thanks to digital health technology , new innovations are now available to help seniors learn to identify abuse while providing them with a means to self-report being victimized. Raphael Campus at the Yale New Haven Hospital. This may be the first step in health technology that goes beyond anything we have seen before.

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Manipal Hospitals installs Isansys' RPM system to monitor critical patients out of ICU

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Manipal Hospitals in India has adopted a remote patient monitoring system by UK-based Isansys Lifecare. Manipal Hospitals will use the Isansys PSE devices to continuously track the conditions of critical patients out of the ICU. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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5 Key Trends in Women’s Health Technology for 2023 to Watch

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And with the recent attacks and laws on women’s reproductive rights, it’s critical to explore what is happening in women’s health technology. Education and conversation around women’s healthcare are evolving, however, women’s health technology is still, by far, an emerging industry.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note. Hospitals are not logisticians (with apologies to the materials management folks working hard out there in health systems).

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