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Remembering The Forgotten Patients

Healthcare Leadership

In The Overlooked Danger of Delirium in Hospitals , Sandra Boodman shares: Researchers estimate that about 40 percent of delirium cases are preventable. “Emotional harm from disrespect: the neglected preventable harm” Lauge Sokol-Hessner, Patricia Henry Folcarelli, Kenneth E F Sands, BMJ Journals, 2015.

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Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care

HIT Consultant

NETCCN and its partners, including Avel eCare, worked quickly to connect remote community hospitals with skilled critical care clinicians using telemedicine technology. Looking to the future of virtual critical care for emergency situations. The results have been transformative.

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The Impact of India’s New Privacy Law on Healthcare

Triage Health Law

Duties and Challenges Under the Act, data fiduciaries are obliged to protect personal data in their possession or under their control, by taking reasonable security safeguards to prevent a personal data breach. This extends to where a data fiduciary engages a data processor to carry out processing of personal data on its behalf.

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Can the U.S. Improve Health System Performance with Digital Health Tools? Pondering A Big Question for #HIMSS21

Health Populi

The metrics compared were access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes. ranked number 11 out of 11 nations with the exception of care process, based on four pillars: preventive care, safe care, coordinated care, and engagement and patient preferences.