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Innovation
New Technology Helps Intermountain Improve Liver Transplants
The OrganOx replicates conditions inside the human body to keep livers viable during the journey from the donor to the...
Technology
The Nation's 911 System Is on the Brink of Its Own Emergency
The outages illustrate the problems plaguing emergency communications due in part to wide disparities in the systems' age and capabilities.
Innovation
Rural RPM Program Is a Lifeline for Pregnant Women
Sanford Health?s remote patient monitoring program in northern Minnesota is giving pregnant women access to critical care services and resources
Innovation
Amazon Consolidates Telehealth, Primary Care Services on One Platform
The retail giant is folding its nearly two-year-old Amazon Clinic business into Amazon One Medical, saying the move makes things...
Technology
Can ECMO Help Rural Hospitals Save More Lives?
Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat...
Technology
Can AI Be Used to Triage ED Patients?
A UCSF study has found that a ChatGPT-4 LLM can prioritize Emergency Department patients for treatment with 89% accuracy
CMO
Lawmakers to CMS: Promote Urgent Care Centers to Address ER Crowding
Urgent care centers can treat many conditions commonly treated in emergency rooms, including sprains, fractures, lacerations, and urinary infections.
Innovation
A New Option to the Crowded ED: Concierge Care
Health systems and hospitals are facing competition from disruptors offering personalized urgent and emergency care. But is that a bad...
Innovation
Amazon Pharmacy Launches Drone Delivery Service
The retailer is using drones to delivery prescription medications to customer doorsteps in Texas within an hour, bypassing traffic and...
Innovation
Dartmouth Health Uses Telemedicine, Virtual Learning to Help With Difficult Births
The New Hampshire health system is using a virtual health program to train rural providers to handle difficult births, while...
Innovation
West Virginia Targets Crowded ERs With New Pediatric Behavioral Health Program
Coordinated by Community Care of West Virginia and Aetna Better Health for West Virginia, the program will provide on-demand emergency...
Marketing
Funyuns and Flu Shots? Gas Station Company Ventures Into Urgent Care
MedWise has opened 12 clinics so far, all in the Tulsa area.