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HIMSSCast: The nursing shortage – how health IT helps and harms

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most healthcare professionals are well aware of the nurse shortage that America faces today. In this HIMSSCast podcast, we'll be digging into this crisis and the role played, both good and bad, by healthcare information technology. Talking points: What's at the heart of the nurse shortage today?

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The IT strategy behind a groundbreaking new $2B pediatric hospital

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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. It was built from the ground up with the very latest healthcare information technology. These amenities are sure to improve the quality of experience, but they also bring technology implications, such as increased network load. It cost more than $2 billion.

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A Gartner expert points to AI and hospital-at-home as the biggest emerging technologies at HIMSS24

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's been a long week at HIMSS24, filled with educational sessions and an exhibit hall packed with the latest and greatest in healthcare information technology. Veronica Walk is senior director analyst, healthcare and life sciences, at consulting firm Gartner, where she specializes in emerging clinical technologies.

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How Students Can Master Healthcare Information Technology Skills

HIT Consultant

Healthcare Information Technology, or HIT, is a field where gaining knowledge is particularly challenging. So, how can students master healthcare information technology skills? It is also essential that in a field where technology is changing quickly, people can learn and learn new tools continually.

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How Patient Interactive Systems Minimizes Nurse Burnout & Facilitates Patient Education

HIT Consultant

How interactive patient systems help hospitals support their nurses – ultimately allowing them to provide better patient care and work at the top of their licensure, while also educating patient in their care plans, and enhancing the overall patient experience with no expense to the nursing staff.

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AI-powered RPM can help address the rural neonatal care crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Coupled with a worsening nursing shortage , this is a huge problem for rural American families. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported the number of women experiencing severe issues while giving birth in U.S. How else can healthcare information technology play a role in buttressing rural maternity and neonatal care?

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Piedmont Appoints Mary Kane as First Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

HIT Consultant

Mary Kane, MS, RN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Piedmont What You Should Know: – Piedmont Healthcare, a leading health system announced the creation of a new executive position: Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO). Kane started as CNIO at Piedmont in December. Bio/Background Ms.

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