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 Singapore General Hospital shifts to gamified VR nurse training
Healthcare IT news - (Thursday February 9, 2023) The Singapore General Hospital has started training its nurses in IV cannulation using VR technology.A team of SGH nurses, together with Serious Games Asia and sensor solutions developer Microtube Technologies, developed an immersive gamified training module called IV NIMBLE (Nursing Innovation in Mobility-based Learning) to enhance nurses’ training.  How Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Reduces Clinician Burnout, Improves Patient Care
HealthTech Magazine - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) Burnout is taking its toll on healthcare. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy notes that half of healthcare workers report symptoms of burnout that range from insomnia to anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. A Bain survey found that 25 percent of clinicians are considering switching careers, with burnout the No. 1 factor in those feelings. One strategy for combatting burnout is wider adoption of technology, particularly for automating routine and time-consuming tasks such as documentation. Bringing automation to clinicians isn’t without challenges, however. It takes time to identify the right solutions, implement… |
 Hands-on cardiac education pays dividends for patients and others, says Abiomed
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) At a Heart Recovery Advocate Day held on February 3 at Abiomed’s Danvers, Massachusetts, headquarters, patients shared their stories of heart recovery, toured the facility, participated in lab demonstrations and had the opportunity to meet the operators who made their left ventricular assist devices, right ventricular assist devices and lung-assist devices.Connecting patients with each other, and with technologists  Regenstrief Institute names new president and CEO
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) Indiana University School of Medicine this week announced that Rachel E. Patzer, an expert in epidemiology and health services research, has been appointed to be president and chief executive officer of the school-affiliated Regenstrief Institute.WHY IT MATTERSPatzer, who holds degrees including a masters in public health and a doctorate in epidemiology, will begin the new role on May 1. She currently works at Emory University School of Medicine, where she serves as the founding director of its Health Services Research Center and is a tenured professor there in the school’s department of surgery. |
 Merchandising healthcare access: adopting e-commerce techniques
Healthcare IT news - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) As the consumerization of healthcare continues to take shape, the next frontier of healthcare access may well be merchandising healthcare inventory, contended Derek Streat, cofounder and CEO of DexCare, a digital transformation platform vendor.By combining healthcare and e-commerce technologies and strategies, healthcare provider organizations can dramatically improve the digital discovery of care and access to it for patients, he said.  Delivering connected health and care
AuDigitalHealth - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) FacilitatorDr Robert Herkes MBBS FRACP FCICM, Chief Medical Officer, Ramsay Health Care AustraliaSpeakersDr Nathan Pinskier, Former Melbourne General Practitioner and Board Member Peninsula Health Brigadier Isaac Seidl, Director-General Operational Health, Department of DefenceDr Helen… |
 Lessons in clinical governance for a post-pandemic world where digital health is health
AuDigitalHealth - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) Dr Louise Schaper CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital HealthIn this thought-provoking address, Dr Schaper asked the question, 'If clinical governance is so important and so aligned to the core of health and care, why…  Setting the Scene. C3.0 Connect. Care. Confidence. A Summit on Clinical Governance in Digital Health
AuDigitalHealth - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) Amanda Cattermole PSM CEO Australian Digital Health Agency and Chris Leahy Acting CEO Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care explored the increasing focus on clinical governance for frontline organisations as they… |
 Digitally enabled continuity of care
AuDigitalHealth - (Wednesday February 8, 2023) Facilitator:Dr Danielle McMullen, Vice President of the Australian Medical Association and a General PractitionerSpeakers:Professor Erwin Loh MBBS, LLB(Hons), MHSM, MBA, PhD, FRACMAChief Medical Officer and Group General Manager Clinical Governance, St Vincent’s Health Australia;…  How to Live a Deliberate Life
eHealth Radio Network - (Tuesday February 7, 2023) Chris Jankulovski, author of “Near Death Lessons: A Dream. A Terminal Illness. An Extraordinary Life Gained From 8 Near Death Experiences joins eHealth Radio and the Personal Development and Health News Channels. |