The L&D App: Remote Monitoring Connects OB Teams and Patients
Nov. 6, 2009 - If you are a busy obstetrician, nurse midwife or L&D nurse, monitoring patients in labor while providing other essential patient care services can be a challenge. Now, as the commercials say, “There’s an app for that.”
The HIV Post-Exposure Widget: Providing Help in a New York Minute
Oct. 16, 2009 - You, or your patient, have just been exposed to HIV. Quick! What do you do?
GPS Now Tracking More Patients with Alzheimer’s, Dementia
In today’s GPS-guided society, many of us would be completely turned around without technology telling us where to go. It directs us in our cars and even comes programmed into our cell phones. With this ever-present need to avoid being lost, it is no wonder that GPS technology is also being used to help us keep track of our loved ones—particularly those whose aging minds prevent them from keeping track of themselves.
Telemonitoring Systems Bring Health Care Home
In his blog, Jon Linkous, chief executive officer of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), cited studies indicating that home-based telemonitoring using mobile phones and other remote monitoring improves outcomes, while reducing hospital admissions and total days of care.
Infection-Catchers: New Technology Combats HAIs, Tracks Potential Outbreaks
New regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) eliminating reimbursements for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) have health care facilities across the country cracking down on the costly—and potentially deadly—infections harbored within their walls. Thanks to new technology tools that help track infection patterns and prevent HAIs, infection control practitioners (ICPs) have extra weapons in their arsenal against infection.
Harnessing Technology to Better Care for Older Patients
Technological advances and new devices are helping nurses to better care for older patients and allowing those elders to potentially live independently longer. And from noninvasive scanning devices to smarter homes, the field is growing rapidly ― impacting nurses specializing in geriatrics, rehabilitation, home health and many other areas.