HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2025

There is a lot of chatter about patients getting to choose if their doctor uses ambient listening or not. No longer will they be able to simply see a patient if they have to check individual patient preferences for what AI augmentation technologies can and cannot be used.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2024

The table from Deloitte’s report details workflows for nurses with the opportunity for automation – and time saving. That’s just a quick snapshot of a nurse-patient encounter. The report calls out the link between staffing shortages, workforce burnout, and lack of trust in leadership.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2019

On the pure tech side, say for AI and 5G, the technology is falling into place soon; but that’s easier compared with everything that’s needed to commercialize and scale adoption. . “Trust is the most sacred asset that any organization has,” he called out. Our health care human capital are trusted citizens in the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2018

Consumers-patients highly trust their doctors, their nurses, their pharmacists, above all professions in the U.S. Making those connections via telehealth and virtual health technology, from a pure technical standpoint, is do-able today.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The family of Jodie Simpson, who spent four years in a PVS between 2012 and 2016, was forced to apply to the Court of Protection to seek permission for doctors to withdraw feeding, to allow their daughter to die. After spending 10 weeks in intensive care, she was moved to a nursing home.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 27, 2023

Medical technology companies are developing new devices to assist us. National Nurses Week: May 6-12, 2023 This Nurses Week, we salute all nurses around the world for the attention and care they provide to ensure safe and equitable healthcare for every patient. Nurses Day on May 6 (U.S.)

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Of particular concern, according to the article, “even if doctors recommend genetic testing, they may lack the expertise to determine which tests people need and how to interpret the results. That’s the role of genetic counselors, but their ranks are stretched thin.”

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

20:30 The importance of data in making treatment decisions Lauren said the data supporting HeartFlow helps to ensure doctors don’t put stents into people who don’t need them. ‘’A And there is a risk, there really is a risk of doctors putting stents in people who don’t need them. Two, fun fact, I drove a 1985 Chevette in 2005.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. Of the seven resulting deaths, one was deemed preventable.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Ramsay, MD, FRCA, Chief Executive Officer, PSMF Doctor’s Day, March 30 This Doctors’ Day we want to recognize all the safe care given by the medical professional community. The AHRQ report concludes that misdiagnosis-related harm rates in the ED are consistent with what has been found in other clinical settings.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Your doctor can check your blood pressure, weight, A1C and cholesterol blood levels, foot complications, and other warning signs of risk factors for prediabetes or the development of worsening related symptoms for those with an existing diabetes diagnosis. Get Routine Care to Stay Healthy : Regular checkups are paramount.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 28, 2023

He identified the integration of innovative medical technology and devices as crucial for effecting change. During Men’s Health Month, it is worth highlighting that many diseases that disproportionately impact men, like heart disease and cancer, are preventable through regular doctor visits and healthier lifestyle choices.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

ECRI builds this report of the Top 10 patient safety issues leveraging its long-time expertise in this field: their staff are expert across the health care landscape including people in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, risk management, and of course patient safety and quality.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 25, 2023

An NBC News report described the stages of heatstroke and heat exhaustion, medications that can block early warning signs, and what ER doctors are doing to quickly lower body temperature, amid the rising number of ER visits in areas experiencing triple-digit heatwaves.

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Patient Safety Movement

OCTOBER 1, 2022

This statistic includes doctors and nurses who are not privy to this data for their own hospitals. The Foundation’s annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit brings together all stakeholders, including patients, healthcare providers, medical technology companies, government employers, and private payers.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The American Lung Association urges adults to ask their doctor if they are up to date on their CDC-recommended adult vaccinations and take a personal risk assessment at Lung.org/pneumococcal. Andrews Kwabena Nyantakyi, a US Navy veteran and registered nurse, founded Elijeko Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in 2016.

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Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 29, 2023

We have had a bad time this last week affecting the NHS in England, as the case of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse in Chester, was concluded. I am extremely grateful to those nurses, doctors, and other caregivers that took the time and have the commitment and dedication to “getting things right.”

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I would especially like to recognize those physicians and nurses who have made a point of coming to these battle areas from the safety of their homes. This international humanitarian organization was created in France by doctors and journalists in 1971.

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 31, 2024

UChicago Medicine nurses say “a strike is not off the table” over patient safety concerns and hold an informational picket and rally on MLK Day, according to National Nurses United. The PSMF was established through the support of the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation, and Competition in Healthcare.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The APSF president, Daniel Cole, MD, chose to focus this year on “Emerging Medical Technologies—A Patient Safety Perspective on Wearables, Big Data and Remote Care.” It’s best to see your doctor right away if you experience any of these: New lump in the breast or underarm (armpit). Thickening or swelling of part of the breast.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Ivor Campbell, CEO of Snedden Campbell The global landscape for medical technology, biotechnology, and life sciences is on the cusp of seismic change. The strategy is aimed at keeping the sector competitive in a country that has recently been struggling to maintain relevance in the global medical device and clinical trials scenes.

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