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Health Tech / HCIT
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See the Skin Patch That Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatment and Vaccine Adherence
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a fast-acting skin patch that efficiently delivers medication to attack melanoma cells.
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Real Talk
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What I Want Nurses to Know
Can a poem really consolidate all the emotions that go into being a nurse innovator? Our opinion is yes!
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Health Tech / HCIT
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Moxi: The Not-A-Nurse Robot Created to Help Nurses Love Their Jobs
If you want to create a robot to anticipate a nurse’s needs, you must dig deep to understand how a nurse thinks. That’s exactly what Andrea Thomaz did when she created Moxi.
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Health Tech / HCIT
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This Tool Helps Minimize Medication Name Mix-Ups
Currently, there’s no tool to help prescribers avoid mixing up drugs, but researchers have created a model to address the all-too-common mix-up of medications because they sound or look alike (SALA).
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Health Tech / HCIT
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Results from a Pilot Program for Monitoring Covid-19 Patients at Home
Here's how one health system tracked and offered support to Covid-19 patients who didn't require hospitalization.
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Community
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Researchers Developing Novel, Reusable PPE Solutions
The PPE supply crisis is clearly not going away any time soon, prompting scientists working across the globe to find innovative solutions.
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Patient Safety
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Relax — And Listen to the Melodic Medical Alarms of the Future
Mix medical alarms with vomiting, coughing, telephones and blaring intercoms and you’ve got a sonic torture chamber, AKA a hospital.
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Quality & Performance Improvement
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Meet the Team of Nurses Who Revolutionized Their Hospital’s EHR System
This multi-year undertaking called Project Joy has allowed nurses at the UCHealth system to spend more time at the bedside than they’d done in a year.
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Health Tech / HCIT
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New Vaccine Technology Eliminates the Need for Syringes—and EMRs
Researchers at MIT have devised an innovative way to record a patient’s vaccination history that doesn’t require traditional documentation.
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New Hope for Patients with “Frozen Shoulder”
A new nonsurgical treatment may help reduce pain and improve function in patients with adhesive capsulitis, also known as “frozen shoulder.”
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Health Tech / HCIT
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Nursing Simulations Benefit From ‘Two Heads Are Better Than One’ Strategy
A new strategy for role assignment in simulation uses the concept of “two heads are better than one.”
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Healthcare News
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How One Doctor Invented a Better Nebulizer
One clinician knew there had to be a more effective way to deliver medication to patients with asthma and COPD. Here’s how he created a new type of nebulizer.
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Health Tech / HCIT
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How Advances in AI and Robotic Surgery Will Affect Nurses and APPs
Robotics and AI can assist with a large portion of typical nursing and APP tasks — but that doesn’t mean these roles will become obsolete. Here’s why.
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Health Tech / HCIT
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For Healing Injuries, A New Wound Dressing Design Feels Like Embryonic Skin
The latest innovation in wound dressings does more than maintain moisture and prevent infection, like traditional cotton and gauze treatments.
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Education
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Extraordinary Nurse Trailblazers to Know
As Nurses Week continues, we’re continuing to bring you mini portraits of remarkable nurses throughout history.
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Health Tech / HCIT
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Estimate Diabetes Patients Risk of Complications Over the Next 10 Years with This New Tool
The decision whether to have weight-loss surgery can be stressful, but a new tool has potential to make this process simpler.
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New Treatment Offers Hope to Mesothelioma Patients
New treatment for advanced mesothelioma may improve the quality of life for patients who have few options
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Education
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The Five Reasons Why You Should Consider a Degree in Health Care Innovation from the University of Pennsylvania
If you’re passionate about improving our complex healthcare ecosystem, then consider this degree.
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Community
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Five Female Nurses That Will Go Down in Herstory
These five nurses will go down in herstory as some of the leaders that have spearheaded equality and empowerment in the field of nursing.
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Tips for Work
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Be More Innovative: The Mind Trick that Helps Spark Ideas
The world of nursing is changing and the best way for you to participate in this brave new world is to set your brain up to think differently.
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Patient Safety
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A New Method of Detecting Consciousness in Patients with Severe Brain Injury
This research has the potential to change standard practices around brain injuries and inform new treatments.
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Entrepreneurship
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Looking to Leave the Bedside for Entrepreneurship?
Here are 5 things you should consider before you make your decision.
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Community
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Dancing Till I Drop
This year I am skipping scarcity and embracing abundance by acknowledging and accepting all the ways I am enough in my perfectly imperfect humanity.
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Lifestyle
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6 Podcasts for Nurses and PAs That Are Relaxing AND Educational
Subscribing to podcasts is a low-lift way to keep up with current events in healthcare and to brush up on best practices.
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Quality & Performance Improvement
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A Money Lesson From a Vet
My grandfather was also the first person to really teach me about investing.
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Scientists Begin to Explore Impact of Chemical Combinations on Human Health
Five trillion plastic bags, that’s 160,000 bags every second, will be used this year.
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Health Tech / HCIT
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4 Talking Points to Share with Patients Using Wearable, Health Tech
As wearable health tech explodes in the market, questions remain about its accuracy and safety. Here’s what to tell patients.
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4 Ways Healthcare Systems Will Evolve to Become More Consumer-Centric
As millennials gain more and more power over the healthcare system, the way services have been provided will change. Consumer-centric models are inevitable.
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