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ChatGPT's potential impact on preventative care and emergency visits

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Many providers and patients are reporting the artificial intelligence helping with preventative care and preventing non-emergent emergency department visits. ", "What doctor can help me with my foot pain?", ", "Should I go to the emergency room or urgent care or my doctor?"

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Celebrated healthcare heroes are workplace violence victims

Health Care Dive

Violence prevents nurses, doctors and other professionals from providing uninterrupted, quality patient care, argues Andrew Thum, the director of nursing workforce operations at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia.

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How telehealth can help inpatient care, and what a hybrid future looks like

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There has been a public perception that telehealth and virtual care consist solely of having a virtual doctor’s visit when you feel ill or following up on a routine treatment. Telehealth solutions also can be used to share knowledge from experienced nurses. And while that is a part of it, it is not the complete telehealth story.

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Cerner CEO pledges to zero-out 'noise' from EHRs, population health and revenue cycle

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That noise she referred to as having to know when your last colonoscopy was instead of your doctor having that at their fingertips. " For too many patients, "healthcare is still broken: unaffordable, biased – and largely still based on acute care rather than prevention," he said.

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Patients want healthcare's use of AI to be clear

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Snowdon holds a doctorate in nursing. From a doctor's perspective, "It's hard to really personalize all the information and context and content for every single patient." "From that perspective, it's starting to redefine and rethink care," Snowdon, the panel's moderator, said.

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“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon

Health Populi

While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally. Whether working in rural America, urban Britain, central Mumbai or suburban Auckland, the nursing profession s in a world of hurt. And this hurts Everyone.

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CIOs looking to expand telehealth and make it part of the permanent workflow

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And I think many are starting to recognize that successful, integrated telehealth solutions are more than just a doctor on a screen – when deployed holistically, they serve as a digital front door to the health system, provide a positive patient and clinician experience, and ultimately improve patient engagement.