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SWAT RNs: Supporting Bedside Leaders with Clinical Judgment

Minority Nurse

Having identified an early condition decline, bedside nurse leaders working in various clinical settings collaboratively work with SWAT RNs to promptly stabilize and prevent patient injury and death. The triage nurse obtains his vital signs: blood pressure 134/82 mm Hg, respirations 30 breaths per minute, heart rate 102 bpm, temperature 99.8

Triage 105
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GoodRx Finds Optimistic Outlook for Telehealth Among Both Providers and Patients

Health Populi

GoodRx collaborated with the ATA on the 624 U.S. The pandemic has also grown the types of services providers were offering via telehealth beyond traditional triage or real-time consults for urgent medical issues when doctor’s offices were closed. As Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the ATA, says: #TelehealthIsHealth.

Triage 77
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Who Needs Humans, Anyway?

The Healthcare Blog

In essence, “Resident Agents” randomly contract a disease, seek care at the Agent Hospital, where they are triaged and treated by Medical Professional Agents, who include 14 doctors and 4 nurses (that’s how you can tell this is only a simulacrum; in the real world, you’d be lucky to have 4 doctors and 14 nurses).

Hospital 118
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Hershaw Davis, Jr. Talks About Emergency Nursing

Minority Nurse

” The emergency department at Johns Hopkins, all 10,000 square feet of it, is exceptionally busy and includes urgent care, triage, and one of only two Level 1 trauma units in the state. . “It gives me a wide variety of experiences and helps me give back to the state and city I grew up in.” “You just form a connection.”

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How to Get Better Care to More People? Address Burnout, Bridge Insights, Embed Sustainability – the Philips Future Health Index 2024

Health Populi

Least-used yet but most-likely to implement in the next 3 years is automation for workflow prioritization — thing triage for workflow. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Achieving these calls-to-action will require collaboration and collective action in health care organizations’ communities.

Triage 71
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The Consumerization of AI in Healthcare – The Early Days of AI-Trust

Health Populi

Medtronic collaborated with Morning Consult to poll 2,213 U.S. These concerns may be tempering some patients’ preferences in collaborating with a doctor using AI: only 1 in 3 consumers told Medtronic they would prefer to work with an AI-using physician.

Triage 77
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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

In one case, the company has been collaborating with a health system operating 23 hospitals. The company has also responded to requests for specific modules, such as supporting patient engagement solutions that enable consumers to ask questions, triage and diagnose severity of an illness.

Hospital 149