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Where is Innovation Happening in Healthcare?

Healthcare Leadership

We still go see the local doctor when we get sick. While I would argue that going to see the local “doctor” who might give you some unknown, untested tincture to drink with your mead isn’t quite the same as going to the local Urgent Care Clinic to get a blood test done, my friend’s comments got me thinking about innovation in healthcare.

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From Chaos to Calm: How ER Scheduling Could Help Fix Emergency Care Challenges

HIT Consultant

The main driver behind ER chaos and expense is a nationwide shortage of trained doctors and nurses. A single nurse often has to care for ten or more patients in the ED simultaneously, leading to treatment delays and deferred care.

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From Chaos to Calm: How ER Scheduling Could Help Fix Emergency Care Challenges

HIT Consultant

The main driver behind ER chaos and expense is a nationwide shortage of trained doctors and nurses. A single nurse often has to care for ten or more patients in the ED simultaneously, leading to treatment delays and deferred care.

Nursing 52
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Beyond The Four, Don’t Count Out the ”W’s” for Healthcare Innovation: Walgreens and Walmart

Health Populi

**While Amazon and Google get lots of positive PR and media attention as major healthcare industry disruptors, don’t forget about the two big “W’s,” Walgreens and Walmart, in the healthcare innovator mix. The complications of healthcare are, today, the opportunities to develop innovations and novel on-ramps for health care.