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Hospital at home: How healthcare orgs can set programs up for success

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Although telehealth is often thought of in the context of synchronous video visits, in reality, virtual care encompasses a wide range of opportunities to connect patients with medical care beyond brick-and-mortar facilities. Fuller noted that hospital at home care isn't simply a way to increase the number of beds available.

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Innovative app offers connection between inpatients and their families in Saudi Arabia

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The idea for Bynahm originated from a need to maintain emotional connections between patients and their families, particularly in cases where visiting hours were restricted (e.g., Healthcare administrators and IT teams recognized the mental and emotional benefits of keeping families connected, which drove the app’s conception.

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The Role of Digitally Savvy Clinical Leadership Ready for the Future in Healthcare

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Ali Morin, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at symplr As technological innovations, AI and challenges in healthcare continue to grow, it’s imperative for healthcare leaders – especially clinical ones – to be digitally competent and step into the forefront of change with skills and expertise to support a better future.

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The future of technology can make your hospital a model of care and efficiency

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By Martin Jones Current and emerging medtech change how hospitals, clinics, and medical practices deliver care. Yet, healthcare organizations face workforce and security challenges – ones that must be met while also appeasing the growing demands from patients. It can assist with many preventive-care measures.

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St. Luke's finds success with its Hospital In Your Home program

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Luke's Health System, an 11-hospital network based in Kansas City, Missouri, initiated its Hospital In Your Home care model in July 2022 to reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience. Luke's Health System. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Central Adelaide Local Health Network introduces digital 'pre-hab' for surgery patients

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The Central Adelaide Local Health Network has launched a new digital programme which aims to help make a patient fit for surgery. The surgical pre-rehabilitation programme dubbed My Prehab was developed in partnership with Health Translation SA, The Hospital Research Foundation, and healthcare tech company Personify Care.

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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

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OSF HealthCare, a health system that serves Illinois and Michigan, had a big challenge: Managing the high rate of patient readmissions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities and eventually to home care. THE PROBLEM This issue stemmed largely from gaps in continuous care during transitions between these settings.