Three Key Benefits for Hospitals With Real-Time Operating Room Data
In conclusion, hospitals are challenged with keeping expenses in check and need to weigh the pros and cons of investing in the many innovative technology solutions available. Time, efficiency, staff satisfaction, and patient outcomes should all be considered. For real-time data and display, the measurable increases in efficiency and safety lead to capacity growth that results in a revenue increase that quickly exceeds the investment.
About Jeff Robbins
Chief Executive Officer Jeff Robbins has led LiveData and served as a strategic and technology visionary since founding the company in 1991. A passionate software innovator,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Data Confidence Improving Patient Safety Jeff Robbins KPI LiveData OR Data OR Scheduling OR Software Real-Time Data Real-Time Surgical Status Source Type: blogs
How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout
The following is a guest article by Anna Twomey, Senior Director, Healthcare Providers – Americas at SS&C Blue Prism
With rising staffing shortages and burnout among healthcare workers, digital transformation will be key to overcoming these challenges and protecting patient care. It’s estimated that the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033 and will need to hire at least 200,000 nurses per year to meet increased demand and to replace retiring nurses. The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency m...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Anna Twomey BPM Business Process Management Digital Transformation EHR Healthcare Automation Healthcare Burnout IA Intelligent Automa Source Type: blogs
Building a Digital Immune System
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Tomas Helikar.
The power of computer code has been a longtime fascination for Tomas Helikar, Ph.D., a professor of biochemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). In college, when he learned he could use that power to help researchers better understand biology and improve human health, Dr. Helikar knew he’d found his ideal career. Since then, he’s built a successful team of scientists studying the ways we can use mathematical models in biomedical research, such as creating a digital replica of the immune system that could predict how a patient will react to infectious microorganisms ...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 28, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Tools and Techniques Bioinformatics Computational Biology Cool Tools/Techniques Modeling Profiles Source Type: blogs
Thinking New Thoughts about the Human Brain | TAPP 139
In Episode 139, we explore anew discovery in nerve signaling in the brain called adendritic action potential (dCaAP), we look at a whackyproposed model of brain function, and we share some ideas about how we can help our students understand thecore concepts ofchemical signaling andsignal transduction in different contexts. Put on your thinking caps and jump into this fresh episode now.00:00 | Introduction00:50 | Dendritic Action Potentials12:16 | Transducer Model of the Brain21:43 | Chemical Signals& Signal Transduction35:09 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofess...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 28, 2023 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Young Man with Very Fast Regular Wide Complex Tachycardia
EMS was dispatched for a 30-something male who feels his heart is racing. Sudden onset.The patient had no previous medical history.Vitals were normal except for a heart rate of 226.A prehospital 12-lead was recorded:There is a regular wide complex tachycardia. The computer diagnosed this as Ventricular Tachycardia.Is it definitely VT??The patient was given 6mg, then 12 mg, of adenosine, without a change in the rhythm.He arrived in the ED and had an immediate bedside cardiac ultrasound while this ECG was being recorded.The bedside ultrasound (video not available) reportedly showed only a slightly reduced LV func...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - June 28, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Low Current Nanoelectrode for High Resolution Brain Stimulation
Scientists at Rice University have developed a highly flexible nanoelectrode that is designed for long-term implantation in the brain. The brain stimulation provided by the technology is incredibly fine-grained, thanks to the very low current it can deliver. This results in a very discrete area of neurostimulation, potentially allowing for much finer control of small groups of neurons. Pre-existing electrodes tend to be more rigid and larger, potentially causing issues such as tissue damage and scarring if left in place for long periods. However, the new electrode has been shown to remain in place for at least eight months...
Source: Medgadget - June 26, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Neurology Neurosurgery bci brain computer interface riceuniversity Source Type: blogs
Hyndman Area Health Centers Improves RCM Process with Help from eClinicalWorks Despite Key Personnel Departures
Despite the sudden and unexpected departure of financial leaders at Hyndman Area Health Centers, new management was able to quickly improve their revenue processes by collaborating with eClinicalWorks. The Hyndman team is now more efficient, streamlined, and able to deliver financial information in a timely manner.
Healthcare IT Today met with Dr. Brian Stratta, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Hyndman Area Health Centers (HAHC) to learn more.
Sudden Management Departures
The town of Hyndman, PA is located 20 minutes north of the Maryland and Pennsylvania border. It has a population of 800 peopl...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management claims denial rate Claims Processing Cloud EHR Dr. Brian Stratta eClinicalWorks eCW FQHC healthcare financial information healthcare financial reporting Source Type: blogs
Wide complex tachycardia and hypotension in a 50-something with h/o cardiomyopathy -- what is it?
A 50-something male with unspecified history of cardiomyopathy presented in diabetic ketoacidosis (without significant hyperkalemia) with a wide complex tachycardia and hypotension.Bedside echo showed " mildly reduced " LV EF.Here is the ED ECG:What do you think?Analysis: there is a wide complex tachycardia. It is regular. There are no P-waves. The morphology is of RBBB and LAFB. The initial part of the QRS is very fast, suggesting that it starts in conducting fibers and not in myocardium. Thus, it is probably SVT with aberrancy (RBBB + LAFB) or it is posterior fascicular VT (which starts in the pos...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - June 23, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Sr. Infrastructure Engineer
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Sr. Infrastructure Engineer position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is a hybrid position requiring one day a week in either the Albany, New York or Manhattan, New York office.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Engineering Jobs Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Sr. Infrastructure Engineer Source Type: blogs
Holy Crap
CNN is trying, really trying, to break through the wall of complacency and denialism. Yep, the global average atmospheric surface temperature is now the hottest it has been since record keeping began. What worries me more, as it should you, is that sea surface temperatures are even farther off the charts. Aside from the decimation of marine life, which maybe you don ' t care about, this means ever more powerful storms. In fact, a very unusual tropical cyclone has just formed from a tropical wave coming off the African coast, which normally does not happen until August. (Early season storms tend ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 19, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
ChatGPT Builds a Scan Server
Printers share attributes with fiberglass boats in that they do last a long time – especially if well cared for. We’ve had an HP Laserjet 1320 in the house for decades and it’s been quite reliable. Our challenge is that it’s a USB (or parallel port) printer and we’ve struggled with the network contraptions I’ve built to connect it to our home network – so when I found a printer that uses the same toner cartridges, low page count, embedded scanner and networking capability on eBay – I jumped and spent $80 to upgrade us to another (very) old printer.
So long...
Source: Docnotes - June 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jacob Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 19th 2023
In conclusion, among Swedish middle-aged subjects, nearly two-thirds showed complete fatty degeneration of thymus on CT.
Age-Related Dysfunction of Water Homeostasis
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/06/age-related-dysfunction-of-water-homeostasis/
Dehydration can be an issue in older people. As in every complex system in the body, the mechanisms by which hydration is regulated become dysfunctional with advancing age. Researchers here look at the brain region responsible for regulating some of the response to dehydration, cataloging altered gene expression in search of the more important mechan...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 18, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Fat Infiltration of Muscle Correlates with Age-Related Cognitive Decline
Researchers here show that great fat infiltration of skeletal muscle tissue correlates well with the progressive loss of cognitive function that occurs with advancing age. It is well demonstrated that greater visceral fat mass accelerates the declines of aging, but researchers here suggest that fat deposition in skeletal muscle correlated with cognitive decline independently of the degree to which study participants were overweight. The underlying reasons as to why two people of the same overall adiposity may have different degrees of intramuscular fat deposition are not well understood, but this manifestation of aging cor...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 15, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: IT Intern, Corporate Support Services
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the IT Intern, Corporate Support Services position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is a hybrid position requiring one day a week in the Albany, New York office.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health in...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 14, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Intern Position IT Intern Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Source Type: blogs
How to Stop Overthinking Everything: 22 Simple Tips
What is holding people back from the life that they truly want to live?
I’d say that one very common and destructive thing is that they don't know how to stop overthinking.
They overthink every little problem until it becomes bigger and scarier than it actually is. They overthink positive things until they don’t look so positive anymore (and as the anxiety starts to build).
Or overanalyze and deconstruct things and so the happiness that comes from just enjoying something in the moment disappears.
Now, thinking things through can be a great thing of course.
But getting lost in a sort of overthinking disorder ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - June 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Success Source Type: blogs
