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Infection Control and Prevention: 10 Tips For Preventing Exposure and Contamination In Hospitals

Electronic Health Reporter

Sources of infections in hospitals include pathogens from patients, inanimate environments, and medical personnel. Hospital-acquired infections are a challenge to clinicians as they increase the mortality and morbidity rate. In any healthcare delivery setting, infection […].

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NFL's Damar Hamlin at HIMSS23: 'We have to keep doing the work'

Healthcare It News

Medical personnel worked for nearly 20 minutes on the field to resuscitate him before eventually restoring his heartbeat and transferring him to University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where he spent days in critical condition in the ICU, and the weeks after in slow recovery.

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Infection Control and Prevention: 10 Tips For Preventing Exposure and Contamination In Hospitals

Electronic Health Reporter

Sources of infections in hospitals include pathogens from patients, inanimate environments, and medical personnel. Hospital-acquired infections are a challenge to clinicians as they increase the mortality and morbidity rate. In any healthcare delivery setting, infection […].

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South Korean Health Ministry calls to make telemedicine permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"In the conduct of telemedicine, patients’ right to choose and access to medical care, as well as the professionalism of medical personnel, are respected. We have plans to allow the use of supplementary devices so that both patients and medical personnel can use telemedicine safely," he added.

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Deep Space Research Benefits Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the need for autonomous healthcare as frontline physicians and medical personnel struggle to handle overloaded hospitals and overflow facilities. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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VA offers $1B telehealth contract opportunity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Veterans use the RPM-HT technologies to upload vital signs, clinical question responses and other measurements that can help them self-manage their condition and alert caregivers or medical personnel to the need for active care/case management, including referral for clinic and/or hospital care," read the contract.

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Gates Foundation Donates $5M for 1,000 Butterfly Ultrasounds to Sub-Saharan Africa

HIT Consultant

In war-torn Yemen, medical personnel are being trained remotely by American and Canadian doctors to more quickly diagnose patients. It was key during the early days of the pandemic when we knew so very little about the virus.