Quality and Safety
With the RTLS hardware and software system in place, the medical group also has seen a 50 percent increase in face-to-face time with care teams and a 60 percent reduction in the number of steps taken by medical assistants daily.
A new survey of hospital clinicians finds that care teams "pervasively" use electronic health record workarounds at critical points of care.
Look for creative and curious people who like to solve problems and want to know that what they’ve done is actually working, says Neil Gomes, Chief Digital Officer at Jefferson Health.
The endpoint safeguard tech is finding multiple unusual issues, such as a suspicious executable from China in a common Windows app used by physicians.
After two governance attempts that stalled, the University of Vermont Health Network finally finds success after bringing in a tech and consulting firm for some unbiased, third-party help.
Further, gaining the ability to accelerate physical therapy sped up recovery time and decreased length of stay, which freed beds, brought in more patients and increased surgical volume to drive revenue.
The industry has to use metrics to move the needle on quality measures, says Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Chief Healthcare and Innovation Officer at Femwell Group.
Medical equipment now can be easily located and maintained. And rental and repair costs are way down thanks to the RTLS.
Kalibrate Blockchain, Boehringer Ingelheim and IBM Canada all are working with blockchain-based technologies designed to improve and secure healthcare processes, including clinical trials.
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