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Deep dive: A tour of all-digital Oklahoma Heart Hospital, where automation is the norm

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Oklahoma Heart Hospital was founded in 2002 with the idea of being something truly different – an all-digital hospital with a heavy focus on the patient experience and the latest automation that would change the way healthcare is delivered. Patients are happy. Patients' families are happy.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

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"It is vital the patient not only understands the information but also retains it and then takes appropriate action. " MEETING THE CHALLENGE TBRHSC automated the pre-op messaging for all surgeries across Northwestern Ontario surgical hospitals. "That's an A+ in patient experience.

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O.R. Optimization Process Improvement for Implant Management | EP. 32

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Jim Ferch ( 09:36 ): So you know, when a case is completed, a circulating nurse takes those stickers who runs over to the computer and in the OR, that was… The case was just completed, and documents the charting information for those implants for that patient account.

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Optimizing Healthcare for Heart Disease with HeartFlow | E. 62

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HeartFlow’s non-invasive, cutting edge technology aims to improve the patient experience and make cardiovascular care easier for physicians. 13:30 Invasive treatments impact the patient experience Lauren said that over half of patients undergo diagnostic cardiac catheterization unnecessarily.

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End of Life Care with Seung Eli Oh | E. 92

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Do I envision me going in the ICU bed with a nurse putting lines at me….how You know, we promise to do no harm in medicine in nursing as well. ….There’s There’s a lot of futility, when these patients are so sick.’’ This is Jim Cagliostro, and you’re listening to Healthcare Leadership Experience.

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Taking Back The Business of Healthcare with Preston Alexander| E. 67

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Episode Introduction Preston explains that the principal issue with US healthcare is its profit-driven approach, why healthcare must be a forward-thinking Netflix, rather than an obsolete Blockbuster, and why the nursing shortage is the result of a broken system. Today, we’re 300,000 nurses short. What goes into all that?”

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Medical Device Warranty Credits With Al Brander| Episode 55

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So this is just money that the hospital gets to keep. And I can tell you as a bedside nurse, there was a huge reliance on the vendor rep and just asking them, “Hey, do we need to send this back for warranty?”, Al said that the software solution allows hospitals to see revenue received and fines avoided. Absolutely.