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Healthcare IT News
Several years ago, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee experienced a theft of hardware. Although it has no evidence that any information was accessed or used, like other healthcare organizations, BCBST recognizes its vulnerability to similar incidents or cyberattacks.
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Health IT Outcomes
Training surgeons is becoming more high-tech every day. From using 3-D printed rib cages to train pediatric surgeons or using augmented reality in the operating room, new technologies are enhancing the abilities and capabilities of surgeons. Now, HARMAN has announced it is developing an enterprise software solution for simulation-based training management with HelpMeSee, the global campaign to end cataract blindness.
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Texas Public Radio
There are thousands of U.S. military medics, corpsmen and technicians deployed around the world, from war zones like Afghanistan to battalion aid stations, hospitals and clinics. In the last five years, almost all of them were trained in San Antonio, where updated technology is helping save lives.
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Healthcare Business & Technology
Establishing a dress code for nurses may not be top priority for your hospital. But it can go a long way toward creating a sense of professionalism, and patients also appreciate it because it’s easier to identify staff. For these reasons, one big name health system decided to create a standard dress code for its nurses.
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University of Virginia via Medical Xpress
Patients who walk into Dr. Jose Gurrola II's otolaryngology clinic at the University of Virginia Health System are seeking relief from a wide range of nasal issues, from nosebleeds and chronic sinusitis to brain fluid leaks. To assess the patients and determine the best course of action, Gurrola or a member of his team may perform an endoscopy – a procedure that involves taking a camera with a long scope on the end and inserting it into a patient's nasal cavity.
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Health IT Outcomes
As the threat of ransomware escalates, two legislators are pushing for ransomware attack guidance for provider organizations that would require patient notification in the wake of an incident. The lawmakers are supporting guidance that would require patient notification if a ransomware attack prevents a healthcare provider from accessing electronic medical records or if it loses the ability to provide medical services.
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Blended Learning with vSim® for Nursing and Scenarios from the National League for Nursing.
When students experience the same patient encounter through different technologies, it allows them to reinforce their knowledge and gradually build confidence and competence.
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid via Medical Xpress
Researchers from Centre for Biomedical Technology at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have shown that the abnormal pattern of functional connectivity in patients with mild cognitive impairment can be considered an indicator of the alterations in the functioning of neurons due to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The number of people suffering from age-related neurodegenerative diseases has grown due to an increase of life expectancy.
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Rice University
Team training of healthcare employees can reduce patient mortality by 15 percent, according to a new study from Rice University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the University of Central Florida, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
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Healthcare IT News
Digital health executives and professors testified about the ways they think federal regulation needs to change to create a robust digital health industry while still protecting the safety and wellbeing of patients. The conversation spanned various regulatory bodies and federal programs including HIPAA, the FDA, FTC and Medicare.
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Pocket Nurse helps thousands of health education programs operate efficiently with an extensive catalog of products that provide everything an educator needs. For more information visit pocketnurse.com, call 1-800-225-1600, or email cs@pocketnurse.com.
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Healthcare Business & Technology
Medical errors have been getting a great deal of attention lately, mostly because of claims that they’re one of the top causes of death in the country. Some professionals doubt the truth of this viewpoint. But regardless of its accuracy, hospitals still need to reduce their rates of preventable errors – and improving teamwork may make a big difference.
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Simulation now includes the same patient monitors used in clinical practice. Simply connect the VitalsBridge with your manikin and any clinical patient monitor and your participants can interact with the same patient monitors used in their clinical practice. It works with Standardized patients too! Learn more now or call 801-484-3820.
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The Associated Press via Journal of Emergency Medical Services
In all of last year, there were only 22 days when someone wasn't shot in Philadelphia. Nearly 1 in 5 victims died. Now, in a bold effort to stem the bloodshed, several Philadelphia hospitals are about to conduct a citywide experiment that will ask: When gunshot or stabbing victims are being rushed to the emergency room by ambulance, could paramedics do more to save them by doing less?
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HealthData Management
Fueled by three important trends, the time has come for healthcare to embrace telehealth as a technology platform for achieving increased industry efficiencies and providing greater patient access to care.
So argue Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, California, and Dr. Ray Dorsey, director of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York.
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