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Healthcare IoT market heats up to improve patient care
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareAnyone following the world of health IT continues to come across the seemingly never-ending alphabet soup of innovation and investment — HITECH, HIPAA, BYOD and even one of the most popular today: IoT. The Internet of Things, a concept of connected performance for everything from televisions and coffeemakers to refrigerators and condoms, IoT continues to gain an ever more impressive foothold into the world of healthcare.
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The party may soon be over for air medical companies
Mark Huber Healthcare AdministrationIf you couldn't tell by the score, you could tell by the song. On the old television broadcasts of "Monday Night Football," during garbage time in the fourth quarter — that point when the game's outcome was settled beyond all doubt — announcer Don Meredith, drawling off-key and without accompaniment, would croak out the old Willie Nelson country western standard, "Turn out the lights, the par-ty's o-o-ver ..."
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Medical errors: Are they really the third‑leading cause of death?
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report "To Err is Human" focused national attention on patient safety and preventable medical errors. The report, based upon an analysis of prior research, estimated that 44,000 to 98,000 deaths annually were due to medical error.
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Nurses must embrace our place in healthcare
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurses are highly respected professionals — the annual Gallup poll has demonstrated this time and again. Since we nurses may not always be able or willing to verbalize our own importance and value, it is crucial for us to find ways to empower ourselves to own our expertise and acknowledge our central role within the healthcare industry.
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Senior population health: National data and state rankings
Christina Thielst Medical & Allied HealthcareAmerica's Health Rankings has released their 2016 Senior Report, an analysis of the 65-plus population's health on a state-by-state and national basis across 35 core and supplemental measures of health and wellness. The report is a resource for provider and communitywide planning and improvement activities — especially since the number of seniors is projected to increase by 49.5 percent by 2030 (from 49.4 million currently to approximately 73.8 million).
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Why the upcoming nursing shortage is so unhealthy
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationGeorgetown University researchers say that a nursing shortage, a constant point of contention for at least the last decade, will see a lack of more than 190,000 nurses in less than four years. They predict that the shortage will be a result of several factors, including an aging population, the number of nurses who are nearing retirement and a shortage of nursing faculty to train new nurses. Here's why this is important.
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Applying aviation risk factors to medicine
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareAviation and medicine have a lot in common. They both require the ability to master a body of knowledge and apply it in a disciplined way, to keep cool while working under pressure, and sometimes rapidly adapt to a changing environment. But can other lessons learned about behavior and performance in aviation be applied to medicine as a way to drive down incidences of malpractice? The answer appears to be yes.
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Report: Health data breaches are surging with no end in sight
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAttacks on our health data continue — that's no secret — but where these breaches come from is still a matter of question. Whether they come from within or without, the number of these breaches remains consistently high.
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Nurses honor guards pay tribute to those who serve
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationEach Memorial Day, time is taken to remember those who have given their lives for our country. Services are held at memorial parks in which special attention and honor is given to those who paid the ultimate price while serving our country. At many of these services, honor guards from various military branches will ceremoniously provide funeral honors for fallen soldiers. These volunteers will bring dignity, respect and a ceremonial reverence to those they attend.
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Workplace safety in healthcare: Strategies and resources
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationWorkplace injuries and illness are expensive — both in terms of the organization's bottom line and the morale of employees. As the healthcare delivery system continues to evolve, new workflows and ways of accomplishing the work to be done will change, necessitating updates to policy, plans and training.
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