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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI

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The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “First, do no harm” is a key M.O. in health care.

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Jasper, Scaling a Human Touch for People Dealing with Cancer, Now With Walgreens

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Walgreens launched Find Care Now in 2018. Then one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021, Walgreens expanded Find Care a year into the COVID-19 pandemic with additional health systems, virtual care providers, specialty care, and lab and diagnostics services. Now, Walgreens is enabling cancer patients to say, “Hello, Jasper.”.

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Listening to Osler Listening to the Patient – Liberating Health Care at Medecision Liberation 2019

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Dr. Osler had been a strong advocate for the physician-patient conversation to inform the doctor’s diagnostic acumen and improve patient outcomes. There’s a lot of artfulness baked into the agenda and flow of this event, I learned last year when I attended my first Liberation (2018).

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10 Technologies In Nursing That Is Transforming Patient Care

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The use of telehealth in nursing has grown significantly, with a 2020 survey by HIMSS finding that 79% of respondents reported using telehealth to deliver patient care, compared to just 22% in 2018. In this blog, we will explore the ways in which technology has impacted nursing and how it is being used to improve patient care.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

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Remember the bulky Holter monitors worn at the waist to gather data about The AT-Patch from ATsens won an honoree award at CES 2021 , transforming the form factor and streamlining the patient experience of collecting electrocardiogram data over time. Sleep-as-medicine for all ages.

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Care Gets Personal at Philips for Parents and Babies

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Here’s a snippet from a post he wrote as a new father of son Henry in January 2018. Perhaps that’s because the app provides, “a big hug around the mom,” Andrew believes. He should know. He used Philips UGrow app as a new Dad. At CES 2019, Philips launched new features in the Pregnancy+ app.

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CVS + Aetna: Inflection Point in US Healthcare, Merger Approved Update

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This year’s Temkin Experience Index ranked health insurance among the lowest consumer-facing experiences, and Interbrands’ released their 2018 Best Global Brands report this week — which names only a couple of health-focused companies.