Introducing Care Canvas
Care Canvas is a thought leadership platform that features multiple perspectives on the ever-changing virtual care landscape from subject matter experts spanning across care areas, specialties and the broader healthcare ecosystem.
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Virtual Care in the New Normal
Working remote, grocery delivery, and telemedicine each existed prior to the COVID-19 global health pandemic. To ‘slow the spread’ and ‘flatten the curve’, social distancing programs and practices helped drive…
Christopher Berke
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After The Leap Into Telemedicine, Now What for Virtual Care?
Strategically implement comprehensive virtual care to evolve your care model, create resilient revenue streams, and reduce cost The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the healthcare sector and created financial and cultural…
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How the Virtual Hospital can help protect your staff
The Virtual Hospital can extend clinical capabilities while preserving PPE. An estimated number of 12 healthcare personnel / per day could be required to care for an unstable patient. Download this infographic…
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Snake Oil and Healthcare
The other day, my son sent me this link http://www.stgallenbusinessreview.com/data-is-the-new-snake-oil/ with a one-liner saying "What do you think?". Usually I would reply back with a sentence or two, or sometimes just an…
Vivek Bhatt
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Accurate, Rapid Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Reaches Emergency Department Point of Care
The specter of a "twindemic" of influenza and COVID-19 has emergency and urgent care treatment centers bracing for a busy respiratory virus season. Clinicians may see an increase in patients…
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What blood banks can teach us about fighting sepsis
Asking and Answering Questions with Patient Data Biomedical research requires large amounts of patient data to study links between risk factors and health outcomes and to gain insights into the…
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Innovation isn’t Enough When it Comes to Patient Deterioration
Sepsis continues to kill, in spite of the progress made by sepsis awareness and prevention campaigns. A 2018 data analysis found that the number of patients with hospital-associated sepsis most…
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Why Detecting Patient Deterioration is So Challenging
In 2019, General Electric invested in the development of a new platform to transform how teams of medical professionals deliver patient care. Much of this investment can be credited to…
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In Vivo and In Vitro – Why They Matter In The Early Detection Of Sepsis
Unmet Needs in Sepsis Over the past decade, significant progress has been made in reducing sepsis mortality due to improvements in ICU technology, as well as numerous initiatives such as…
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Tackling the Economic Burden of Sepsis on Hospitals
Sepsis is the most expensive hospital condition to treat and the leading cause of hospital deaths.1 Timely recognition of the signs and symptoms is critical to halting the life-threatening deterioration of…
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When Every Hour of Delay in Treatment Matters
There are many clinical studies and outcomes published every month, and for me the interesting ones get filed away for future reference. However, once in a while there are studies…
Vivek Bhatt
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Clinicians Hear the “First Whispers” of Sepsis
Enabling clinician clinical thinking with AI and machine learning Numerous studies have found that physicians spend almost as much time on “desktop medicine” as they do with patients1. The growing…
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The Vital Role of Sepsis Coordinator in Healthcare
Defining Sepsis Coordinators Sepsis – a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body's response to an infection – is a leading cause of mortality and critical illness worldwide. The Sepsis…
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The Economics of Sepsis
The Economics of Sepsis The toll of sepsis expands further than human life. There’s a significant economic impact, as well. Here’s what one expert says is the shocking truth about…
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The Relationship Between Clinician Burnout and Sepsis
Burnout and Healthcare Professionals In today's rapidly changing, high-pressure healthcare system, burnout syndrome is increasingly widespread among both physicians and nurses.1 Characterized by emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment,…
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Sepsis and COVID-19: Perspectives From a Sepsis Coordinator
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought difficulties and disruptions to all corners of the world. As a sepsis coordinator, I can attest that the scientific and healthcare community in the…
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Virtual Care: It’s More Than Facetiming
COVID-19 turned telehealth mainstream, making a once niche means for patients to receive care into a household term. Not only are more providers offering care virtually, more patients are requesting…