Background: In emergency departments (EDs), triage nurses are under tremendous daily pressure to rapidly assess the acuity level of patients and log the collected information into computers. With self-service technologies, patients could complete data…
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Teletherapy company Talkspace announced the launch of a Behavioral Health Consortium, an offering allowing clinicians to refer insured members with high-acuity needs to in-network specialty care providers for alcoholism, substance use and eating disorder…
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The charge nurse is responsible for creating daily nurse/patient assignments, which are informed by the location of the patient within a unit and the clinical judgment of the charge nurse.THE PROBLEM
Assignments typically do not…
Two Chairs, a San Francisco-based company offering hybrid behavioral health care, announced the close of a $72 million Series C funding round on Tuesday. The financing round, led by Amplo and Fifth Down Capital,…
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Hospital patients with conditions like pneumonia, dehydration and heart failure have been shown to experience shorter recovery times with fewer complications when they receive more cost-effective healthcare at home – and many health systems have…
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For the past 20 years or so, I’ve volunteered to work on Super Bowl Sunday so that my colleagues who are die-hard football fans or longstanding party hosts can do their thing. If I’m…
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Visibly, a leading healthcare technology company, is thrilled to announce the merger of Visibly and EyecareLive. As the developer of the world’s first FDA-cleared online visual acuity test, Visibly is committed to growing convenient access…
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By Hannah Nelson
January 31, 2024 – Access to outside health data is associated with a reduced risk of code blue events in the emergency department (ED), according to an Epic Research study.
ED clinicians triage patients…
2024 forecasts a surge in virtual healthcare with predictions spotlighting substantial growth in hybrid care models, chronic care management, workplace health initiatives, and asynchronous telemedicine. Jon Salon, President of MDLive, anticipates a transformative shift…
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Virtual psychiatric care company Talkiatry is partnering with Charlie Health, a digital high-acuity mental health provider, to support children and young adults, the two companies shared with MedCity News exclusively.
New York City-based Talkiatry contracts…
