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RedHeart study proves improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using the Coala groundbreaking digital technology
Coala Life today announced the results of the RedHeart Study where the Coala Heart Monitor (“Coala”) was used to evaluate 821 women with palpitation symptoms over 60 days. Goals were to determine to what degree direct feedback of the underlying heart rhythm, such as provided by the Coala through its instant ECG analysis could help to reduce symptoms caused by palpitations and increase ...
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UVD Robots Deploys Robot #200 donated by The European Commission to European hospitals
This week, Consorci Corporació Sanitari Parc Taulí hospital in Barcelona, Spain received the UVD Robot no. 200 donated via the European Commission’s Emergency Support Instruments. In the last couple of years, the corona virus has caused a huge impact all across Europe. UVD Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics - the manufacturer of the autonomous disinfecting robot equipped with ...
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Why is incident management so important in healthcare?
What is incident management? Put simply, incident management is the necessary actions and processes implemented by an organisation in order to identify, analyse and respond to problems or incidents, whilst taking relevant actions to prevent their reoccurrence. Within a healthcare organisation incidents are an adverse event such as medication errors, equipment failure, patient injury or ...
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UVD Robots Deploys Robot #200 donated by The European Commission to European hospitals
In the last couple of years, the corona virus has caused a huge impact all across Europe. UVD Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics - the manufacturer of the autonomous disinfecting robot equipped with UV-C light - was selected by the European Commission, as a supplier for its autonomous disinfection robots to European Union hospitals in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 known as Coronavirus. Each year ...
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How BioVigil Reduces Staff Absenteeism in Hospitals
Staff absences are a problem for any employer, but are particularly challenging in hospitals and other healthcare settings. Unplanned staff absences can leave supervisors struggling to fill shifts and overwork employees who have to cover for their peers. These drops in productivity or gaps in care can put patients at risk. To combat employee absenteeism and its effects, hospitals need to ...
By BioVigil
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Assessing Heart Function and Fluid Status with Cardiac Scales: Interview with John Lipman, CEO, and Corey Centen, Founder, Bodyport
Bodyport, a medtech company based in San Francisco, developed the Bodyport Cardiac Scale, a set of weighing scales that can non-invasively assess fluid status and heart function. The scales can detect these signals through the feet when a patient steps onto the device. The technology is intended to be convenient and requires only 20 seconds each morning, and should easily lend itself to ...
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Cedrec calls time on Working Time Directive
The European Commission's decision to review the Working Time Directive (WTD) has to be seen as a welcome opportunity to review legislation, conceived more than 20 years ago, in the light of fundamental changes to the economy, technology and working patterns says Neil Howe, senior legal author with online health and safety legislation specialists Cedrec. The WTD sets minimum standards on ...
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Protecting Patients and Staff from Healthcare-Associated Mold Outbreaks
Over the last several years there have been multiple hospitals in the United States that have had to halt operations and temporarily close portions of their facilities after the discovery of indoor mold growth. The closures were put in place to prevent exposure risks to staff and patients, especially for those vulnerable to fungal infections due to a weakened or suppressed immune system. A ...
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BOHS issues guidance on COVID-19 mutations
The British Occupational Hygiene Society, a scientific charity and the Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection is issuing the following guidance on the mutations emerging to COVID-19 virus. Surveillance on mutations occurring in the COVID-19 virus has reported a number of mutations Data – COG-UK Consortium (cogconsortium.uk). Over recent weeks, there has been particular concern over ...
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UVD Robots Deploys the #100 Robot Ordered by EU in Hospitals Across Europe
Bagdasar-Arsenie Hospital in Romania has received UVD Robot number 100 of the total of 200 fully autonomous disinfection robots the European Commission have purchased to its member states. As the second wave of Coronavirus cases surged across Europe in the fall of 2020, UVD Robots and Blue Ocean Robotics - the manufacturer of the autonomous disinfecting robot equipped with UV-C light - was ...
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Cedrec calls time on Working Time Directive
The European Commission's decision to review the Working Time Directive (WTD) has to be seen as a welcome opportunity to review legislation, conceived more than 20 years ago, in the light of fundamental changes to the economy, technology and working patterns says Neil Howe, senior legal author with online health and safety legislation specialists Cedrec. The WTD sets minimum standards on working ...
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Protecting Patients and Medical Staff from Healthcare-Associated Mold Outbreaks in Puerto Rico
Many patients treated in hospitals or staying in long-term care facilities have conditions that make them much more susceptible to infections due to microbial pathogens, including mold. Over the past last several years, a number of hospitals across the United States have had to temporarily close portions of their facilities due to the discovery of mold growth. In a high profile case in ...
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Pay is key to fixing staffing crisis and getting NHS waiting lists down
Commenting on the latest NHS England statistics regarding waiting lists and delays to be seen in A&E published today (Thursday), UNISON acting head of health Helga Pile said: “There may have been a slight dip in the number of people awaiting treatment, but the backlog is still enormous. “Having to wait months to be seen risks conditions worsening. Problems getting GP ...
By UNISON
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5 Benefits of Using Electronic Contact Tracing In Healthcare
Contact tracing is an important strategy for controlling disease. Hospitals that can quickly identify who was exposed, where they went, and who they interacted with can cut down on transmission and significantly slow the spread of costly infections. Unfortunately, many hospitals and healthcare settings still rely on manual efforts to contact trace, which can be time-intensive and prone to error. ...
By BioVigil
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AVTECH Is Named Among The 2023 Best HR Teams In America!
We are, once again, extremely proud of our team for being honored as having one of the 2023 Best HR Teams in America by the Best Companies Group. What makes this recognition even more meaningful is that it comes as a follow up to one of our other most recent achievements, when AVTECH Software ranked third place within the Small Business category during the 2023 Best Places To Work RI awards. We ...
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MiraDx Offering COVID-19 PCR Testing for California Skilled Nursing Facilities
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MiraDx, a Los Angeles-based molecular genetics company that transitioned its CLIA-certified laboratory to provide COVID-19 PCR testing, is further expanding access to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in California. This will help these facilities provide fast and accurate COVID-19 testing for health care personnel and residents in accordance with recently released ...
By MiraDx
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Ultrasound Technology Answers COVID-Era Medical Training Challenges
The disruptive impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on medical services has been a central concern across our industry. The global health strategy, backed by guidance from the National Institutes of Health and World Health Organization, has so far focused on flattening the epidemiological curve. By doing so, we’ll prevent healthcare services, resources, and medical staff from being overwhelmed. ...
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