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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. The HIYH model provided an opportunity to expand capacity without construction of new hospital beds.

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Maimonides Medical Center completes massive digital health initiative in two years

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It is Brooklyn's largest hospital, with more than 600 beds, 6,500 staff, 43,000 annual inpatient discharges and 600,000 annual outpatient encounters. It is Brooklyn's tertiary care hub serving diverse communities with large Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations.

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Cardiologs’ AI Dramatically Reduces Inconclusive Apple Watch ECGs

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– The study included 101 patients in a typical tertiary care hospital who were assessed for atrial arrhythmia (AA). while maintaining performance (sensitivity and specificity). It was conducted using simultaneous ECGs: one 12-lead ECG along with single lead smartwatch ECGs taken from the wrist.

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Coping with Crises: Using Telemedicine to Deliver Effective Virtual Critical Care

HIT Consultant

NETCCN and its partners, including Avel eCare, worked quickly to connect remote community hospitals with skilled critical care clinicians using telemedicine technology. Hospitals without ICUs lack trained critical care clinicians. During the coronavirus crisis, we saw the impact this had on care.

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Remembering The Forgotten Patients

Healthcare Leadership

In The Overlooked Danger of Delirium in Hospitals , Sandra Boodman shares: Researchers estimate that about 40 percent of delirium cases are preventable. The Overlooked Danger of Delirium in Hospitals” Sandra Boodman, Atlantic, June 7, 2015. We can’t make a hash of our humanity by overlooking the archetypes I listed. Image Credit.

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Q/A: LookDeep Health CEO Talks AI Adoption & Tackling Clinical Staff Skepticism

HIT Consultant

When it comes to very sick patients in the hospital, the data grows exponentially. If you are a large healthcare system, and you want to reduce hospital admissions, you may want to know which of your patients are most likely to visit an emergency room in the next 30 days so care teams can pay more attention to them.

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Union Budget (2025-26) and comprehensive primary healthcare system: Another lost opportunity?

BMJ Leader

The notable budgetary announcement in healthcare includes reducing import duty on essential medicines, including online platform workers under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) scheme, establishing day care cancer centers at District hospitals, and committing to broadband connectivity at the primary healthcare centers.