Can Screen Glare be a Health Issue? (And its Solution)
November 17, 2022
Suffering a headache? Neck and shoulder pain? And your colleagues are complaining of similar issues as well? Before you grab that bottle of aspirin, you may want to call IT about screen glare from your computer monitor or flat screen. That’s what we will talk about today, from its causes, how…
What is a Patient Kiosk?
October 20, 2022
Have you been to the hospital or seen your doctor in the last couple of years? Then instead of checking in at the front desk, you were most likely directed to a patient kiosk: a touchscreen device either mounted on the wall or a small standalone booth or table. What is this device? Why are you…
Nutrition in Hospitals: The How and Why
October 4, 2022
Did you know the first vitamin, thiamine, was isolated and chemically defined in 1926? From that singular event emerged the science of nutrition and its every expanding role in human health and well-being. Let’s take a deeper look into nutrition in today’s setting, especially how it’s…
Nursing Station: What It Is and Why It’s Important
September 29, 2022
Ever been hospitalized? Or know someone who has? Chances are you have. You’ve probably then spoken to a nurse’s station at one point. There you watched the nurses running about non-stop, performing essential and important tasks which included answering your questions and concerns. We’re covering…
Aquaculture: Solution to World’s Future Food Demands
September 27, 2022
How do you feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? That’s the question on people’s minds as the current global population of 8 billion continues to grow. Many nations are looking to the world’s oceans for answers. We’ll be covering their efforts in aquaculture from what it is, the various forms, to…
A Few Problems Medical Professionals Face with EHR Compatibility
January 30, 2020
According to HealthIt, more than 95% of hospitals and office-based physicians have started utilizing EHR software. It’s clear use of EHR software has become the majority standard in a decade. Medical professionals stick by this method of health IT and information monitoring because it reduces…
4 Common Reasons for Industrial Computer Failure and How to Combat Them
April 18, 2019
Technology seems to be more of a slave to Murphy’s Law than any other human endeavor; if it can fail, it will. One moment you’re knee-deep in a spreadsheet working on data, and the next you’re staring at a crashed screen, cursing your bad luck, and pondering how much one-way…
3 of the Most Common Patient Complaints and Ways to Reduce Them
May 9, 2018
Patient satisfaction isn't an easy task to handle within a hospital; people are already in places they don't want to be, and the smallest gesture in improving a stay can travel miles for a patient's well-being. It's up to staff to perform those small gestures and take advantage of them for the…
3 Problems in Customer Service Solvable by Technology
April 6, 2018
The tech landscape has changed for the better in business. Places as common as grocery stores, bars, pizza parlors, online ordering warehouses, you name it—the computer is there, improving the business operations on a customer-by-customer basis. The newest technological craze on the horizon to…
EHR and it’s Evolution into CHR: A Critical Look at Cutting-Edge Technology in Healthcare
January 11, 2018
Epic CEO, Judy Faulker, recently expressed her view how Electronic Health Records are evolving into Comprehensive Health Records—a term that evaluates more than just a specific window of sampling an individual's health from doctor visits. CHR is a term that may be invented as the new EHR,…
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