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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

Bill Of Health

Hospitals concentrate people who, as reflected in the conditions that bring them to the hospital, are both more prone to infection and more likely to face serious consequences if infected. Moreover, both healthcare providers and patients are known vectors of transmission in healthcare institutions. As the U.S.

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Roundup: Royal Melbourne Hospital enables remote heart device interrogations, Mater adopts QuestManager, and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Royal Melbourne Hospital introduces remote heart device interrogation amid lockdowns. The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), a public hospital in Victoria has turned to remote interrogations of cardiac implanted electronic devices (CIED) to continue checking up on patients amid COVID-19 lockdowns.

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mPharma & TytoCare Integrate to Offer Telehealth to Pharmacies in Africa

HIT Consultant

By using TytoCare, mPharma’s mutti pharmacy network has been able to reduce costs, improve community members’ access to doctors and specialists, and save patients the long wait times that are common in hospitals and clinics. On average patients can wait two to three hours to see a doctor at public hospitals and one hour in private hospitals.

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FCC Awards Additional $42.7M in Round 2 of COVID-19 Telehealth Program

HIT Consultant

The FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program supports the efforts of health care providers to continue serving their patients by providing reimbursement for telecommunications services, information services, and connected devices necessary to enable telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Round 2 is a $249.95 – Compass Health in St.

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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.

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Newsletter, November 2022

Patient Safety Movement

The report details the unique vulnerabilities faced by the healthcare sector to cybersecurity and ransomware attacks, which are on the rise, and the risks they pose to patient safety. A new Patient Safety Bill in Ireland will make it mandatory for all private hospitals and health service providers to report serious patient safety incidents.

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Getting the basics of digitalisation down with webPAS

Healthcare It News

At Dedalus, we remain dedicated to empowering healthcare providers in Australia and New Zealand with cutting-edge solutions that streamline patient administration, promote better outcomes, and drive the industry forward.