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The perfect storm for a pilot shortage: Part III
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe declining number of retired military pilots entering civil aviation, coupled with the potentially-crippling proposed limits on the use of Veterans Administration educational benefits for civil flight training, promises to place more pressure than ever on civilian-track students to fill an emerging pilot shortage, including for helicopter EMS. But given the high cost of helicopter training — up to $300,000 — and a lack of affordable student loans to finance it, will enough young men and women choose helicopter flying as a career?
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Do we listen enough to our nurses?
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurses walk this earth as the holders of specialized knowledge. They are educators, researchers, caregivers, leaders, healthcare providers, managers and entrepreneurs. The nursing process instills in nurses the practice of critical thinking, as well as the ability to reassess an outcome, deeply examine an entrenched way of thinking, or re-evaluate a previously-agreed-upon course of action. These are profoundly useful skills.
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Beyond tech: The human side of remote monitoring and health call centers
Karen R. Thomas Healthcare AdministrationWhat comes to mind when you think about remote patient monitoring? The first thing most people think of are the various technologies that make this transfer of health data possible. They envision the remote monitoring devices that collect data such as weight, pulse, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, blood glucose readings and so on, and transmit that data back to a technology hub.
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Doctors: EHRs have not improved productivity
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe Physicians Alliance of America has found that EHRs increase physicians' administrative burdens and decrease their productivity. The PAA survey of 250 pediatric, family medicine and internal medicine physicians aimed to substantiate anecdotal evidence that EHRs were adversely affecting physicians' business and workflow.
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Tablets and portals may not be a hit, but wearables show promise
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIt seems patient engagement efforts may require more work if the latest survey holds true. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, giving patients access to portals and tablets "does not have a great impact on their understanding of their care and treatment."
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Is America’s broadband infrastructure ready for the Silver Tsunami?
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationA couple of weeks ago, the cable guy came out to my house due to slow connections. What I learned from him was that the wire between the street and the house was not capable of handling the current wireless and Internet requirements of my family.
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A world without identity and access management
Dean Wiech Healthcare AdministrationIt seems that every week the news is reporting on yet another story of hackers accessing sensitive information, compromising credit card systems or bringing websites to a crawl. One thing you seldom, if ever, read about is employees accessing information on the company's network they really should not be able to access.
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Anesthesiologist found guilty after verbally abusing patient
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationMost healthcare providers show patients a high level of respect, regardless of whether a patient is under sedation or wide awake. In fact, most patients hold healthcare providers with high regard and expect superior service when in their care. Unfortunately, a jury recently found an anesthesiologist guilty of defamation and medical malpractice after a patient recorded her vicious remarks made toward him.
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The perfect storm for a pilot shortage: Part I
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveFor years, we’ve heard much about the coming helicopter pilot shortage, brought on in no small part by the unwinding of the U.S. military to its smallest size since before World War II. Evidence now suggests that this shortage is now upon us and that it will hit the helicopter EMS industry disproportionately. Consider the following factors.
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Sen. Lamar Alexander identifying strategies for better EHR program
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationSenate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has been busy, and remains so. Earlier this month, he announced that he would conduct a series of hearings intended to solve problems with the federal government’s six-year-old, $30 billion program meant to encourage adoption of electronic health records at medical offices and hospitals. The hearings come after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services claimed in December 2014 that a quarter of a million physicians had not been able to comply with the program’s second phase and have begun losing 1 percent of their Medicare payments.
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