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Northwell Health's ORs take cue from aviation industry
The New York health system’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center is piloting a new system that links video, audio and patient data to inform quality-improvement projects.
Spectrum Health leverages telehealth to treat patients with the flu
Spectrum Health is seeing an uptick in patients using its telehealth services this flu season. The system says the flu is an ideal way to use virtual visits, freeing up the ED and physician offices.
Venture capital and health system investors are bullish on tech startups
Investors poured more than $7 billion in venture capital into health technology startups last year, hinting at the next round of vendors health systems should be keeping their eyes on.
Screening behavioral health patients in ED reduces length of stay
A screening process that risk-stratifies behavioral health patients is reducing the length of stay at Amita Health’s St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago.
New AMA partnership links docs with early-stage startups, investors
The American Medical Association continues to build out its effort to encourage health tech companies to work with front-line medical staff.
Vaping-related cases lead to care guidelines from Intermountain
Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare have developed a treatment guide to quickly identify and treat patients who develop respiratory injury from vaping.
Telemedicine helps rural hospitals meet intensivist shortage
When Winchester Medical Center in Virginia was having trouble meeting patient demand in its ICU, the hospital decided to bring in teleICU services—reducing the need to recruit new specialists to the region.
Peer recovery helping patients with addiction seek treatment
The health system has hired individuals in long-term recovery from substance abuse disorder to talk with patients about seeking treatment for their disorder after they leave the hospital.
UNC Health Care trains staff to treat dementia patients
When individuals with dementia are admitted to the hospital, it can be a traumatic, confusing experience for them. UNC Health Care is training staff to help.
UPS to kick off drone delivery service with hospital campuses
With a first-of-its-kind certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, UPS has started flying a drone delivery service on the WakeMed Health & Hospitals' campus in North Carolina.
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