AI Healthcare and Surgery: A Match Made in Heaven?
May 23, 2023
The healthcare sector is always striving to minimize risks for staff and patients. Medical computers are used throughout most clinics and hospitals since they’ve been built from ground up not to interfere with the numerous medical devices. Staff receive special training to handle urgent situations…
How the FDA’s New Rules Made Cybersecurity for Medical Devices a Top Priority
May 18, 2023
Medical equipment like medical tablets do many things besides display patient medical records (EMR) or real-time patient vitals like heart rate. Many also provide limited protection from cyber attacks. This extended to medical devices, many of which are vulnerable to hackers. New federal government…
How to Choose the Right EMR System for Your Practice
May 4, 2023
You’ve been tasked by your healthcare group to submit recommendations for its electronic medical records (EMR) platform. You know the right (or wrong) EMR systems will have an impact for years to come, affecting medical staff productivity and the choice of medical computer to display patient…
Fall Prevention Programs in Hospitals and the Role of Technology
April 4, 2023
Medical dramas should consider adding patient falls alongside Code Blue and other hospital emergencies. Even a simple tumble from the bed can suddenly have a patient being whisked to the OR. We cover three reasons why falls have such an effect, and go in-depth on how fall prevention programs in…
Chatbot for Healthcare: A New Era in Patient Care
March 30, 2023
Chatbots, or programs designed to simulate human conversation especially online, have been sweeping the news feeds for the past few weeks. Much of the interest is driven by ChatGPT, which has wowed users with its abilities to answer questions ranging from how to bottle-feed a colicky baby to…
What a Code Red Means to Hospital Safety and Patient Lives
March 14, 2023
Hospitals are busy places. Yet many activities are tightly controlled to allow patients to rest and heal. How do they achieve this almost eerie calm especially in emergencies? One way is through special hospital codes like the well-known Code Blue, which is used for patients in respiratory or…
How Hotels and Hospitals Benefit from Smart Room Technologies
November 15, 2022
The Internet of Things (IoT) and smart devices are already finding their way in manufacturing through smart factories and industrial computers. Service-oriented industries like hospitality and healthcare have taken notice and look to apply the technology to their businesses. We cover a specific…
4 Things to Consider When Selecting a Computer for EHR
October 27, 2022
Electronic health records (EHR), also known as electronic medical records (EMR), have had a major impact on the healthcare system. You and your healthcare IT department (HIT) know how it allows your providers to create, update, and share patients’ health records quickly. This helps immensely…
What Are the 4 Types of Nursing
October 25, 2022
Did you know there are over four million registered nurses in the US alone? That far outstrips the one million physicians licensed in the country. It’s unsurprising that nurses are considered the backbone to the healthcare system. We’ll be covering the different types of nurses, why so many can be…
10 Reasons to Become a Nurse
October 13, 2022
You can’t miss nurses. In fact, you’ve probably encountered them at least once in your life from the school nurse putting a band aid on your cut to waking you up after surgery to check your vitals to input into the hospital computer systems. Along with doctors, registered nurses (RNs) are an…
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