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COVID-19: How Hospitals Can Create Better Inpatient Bed Capacity through Math

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Dr. Pallabi Sanyal-Dey, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF & Director of Client Services at LeanTaaS Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, key elements of hospital operations such as managing inpatient bed capacity, and access to ventilators and PPE have taken center stage. The general public got a crash course on what hospitals need …

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Hospitals Hit with Low Volumes, High Expenses, Poor Margins as COVID-19 Cases Mount

Coronavirus (COVID-19), Health IT, Health Systems, HIT, Kaufman Hall, operating room, public health / November 30, 2020 November 30, 2020

What You Should Know: – October was a challenging month for hospitals and health systems nationwide amid ongoing instability spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest Hospital Flash Report. – Margins and volumes fell, revenues flattened, and expenses rose as COVID metrics continued to climb and some states moved to retighten social …

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GE Healthcare Unveils First X-Ray AI Algorithm to Assess ETT Placement for COVID-19 Patients

AI, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, GE healthcare, Health IT, Lung, operating room, PACS, Radiologist, radiology, RNSA, SAN FRANCISCO, University Hospital / November 24, 2020 November 24, 2020

What You Should Know: – GE Healthcare announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help clinicians assess Endotracheal Tube (ETT) placements, a necessary and important step when ventilating critically ill COVID-19 patients. – The AI solution is one of five included in GE Healthcare’s Critical Care Suite 2.0, an industry-first collection of AI algorithms …

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Sony Updates NUCLeUS Medical Imaging Platform to Support Remote Patient Observation

algorithms, CMS, Diagnostic Imaging, Endoscopy, Health IT, Medical Imaging Cloud, OBSTETRICS, operating room, Patient Care, Patient Monitoring, remote patient monitoring, Surgical Analytics Platform, surgical management, urology, video / November 5, 2020 November 5, 2020

What You Should Know: – Today, Sony announced an update to our NUCLeUS medical imaging platform, which improves support for remote patient observation. – NUCLeUS has added new functionality and features, including powerful bi-directional telestration capabilities allowing multiple remote users to simultaneously annotate, draw or highlight areas of interest in a live stream video or …

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FundamentalVR Expands VR Surgical Capabilities to Ophthalmology

Data Analytics, digital health, FundamentalVR, Medical Device, operating room, Surgery Platform, Surgical Analytics Platform, Virtual Reality / October 20, 2020 October 20, 2020

What You Should Know: – Today, FundamentalVR, global pioneers in immersive VR surgical skills training and skills data analytics, announced the expansion of its surgical specialty capabilities with the addition of ophthalmology. The new capabilities allow it to support medical device and life science companies in improving the way they bring new tools and procedures …

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4 Areas Driving AI Adoption in Hospital Operations and Patient Safety

AI, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, behavior, Chatbot in Healthcare, Coronavirus (COVID-19), digital health, Drug Discovery, Genomics, global healthcare, healthcare startups, Machine Learning, medical records, operating room, Opinion, Patient Monitoring, patient safety, patient satisfaction, risk, sensors, Tele, Telehealth, telemonitoring, urgent care, video, virtual care, Virtual Nurse, Virtual Visits / September 30, 2020 September 30, 2020

Renee Yao, Global Healthcare AI Startups Lead at NVIDIA COVID-19 has put a tremendous burden on hospitals, and the clinicians, nurses, and medical staff who make them run. Many hospitals have suffered financially as they did not anticipate the severity of the disease. The extended duration of patient stays in ICUs, the need for more …

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