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Enhancing hospital IT's speed-to-market capability

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As a result, healthcare providers will find it increasingly challenging for nursing manpower to keep pace with the demand growth." "In the years ahead, we are anticipating an increased demand for healthcare propelled by the ageing population in Asia, with Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan leading the pack.

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Roundup: Sun Pharma reports IT breach and more briefs

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Also as part of the partnership, patient monitors have been set up at the nurses' station and a patient information system has been running across the hospital. It has installed LifeSigns' integrated monitoring system which allows real-time monitoring of patients' vitals with an early warning alert mechanism.

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Orlando Health to launch Hospital Care at Home program

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The Hospital Care at Home progranm will use connected health and remote patient monitoring tools that will connect patients to the Orlando Health Patient Care Hub for 24/7 virtual care by nurses and providers, in addition to in-person nursing check-ins daily. 15 and 16 from noon-4 p.m.

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One of the Largest Health Systems in the US Is Diving into Home-Based Care

Home Health Care

Tampa General Hospital has thrown its hat into the home-based care ring. To pull this off, the hospital has formed a partnership with the Visiting Nurse Association of Florida (VNA), a home health agency. Tampa General Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center and one of the largest hospitals in the U.S.

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center boosts telehealth with $600K from the FCC

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" In the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center expanded its platform and developed an integrated nurse triage telehealth solution pilot to prevent critical care patients from ending up in the ER. " USING FCC AWARD FUNDS.

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WellBe Senior Medical CEO On Demonstrating Value To Payers In The Home

Home Health Care

For about 10 years, I was running a group practice, doing that, caring for people in nursing homes, in the home etc. The big difference, probably, in the last maybe 10 to 15 years is that Medicaid, state agencies, have actually started paying for it, as part of an effort to keep people out of nursing homes and in the home.

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Addressing Point-of-Care Ultrasound’s Shadow IT Problem

HIT Consultant

Multiple studies, from The Nurse Practitioner and the Annals of Medicine and Surgery , identify POCUS as a convenient tool that reduces the number of imaging tests required to achieve a diagnosis and is able to circumvent barriers that have prevented certain populations from being able to access medical imaging in the past.