The other morning I got a text from my husband. He sent a news headline along with the note, Help them. It was from the Washington Post and read: “Burned out by the pandemic, 3...
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Making Charting Easier with Speech-to-Text Technology
Usually the purpose of technology is to make life easier for human beings. Unfortunately, as hospitals went from 10% to 80% adopting electronic health records (EHR) over the last...
The Future of Vaccine Delivery
The wide-spread use of mRNA vaccines put a spotlight on new ways vaccines are being made and delivered. Even though decades of research went into creating these vaccines, most...
Touch-less Heart Monitoring: ‘Alexa, am I having a heart attack?’
When we hear the words ‘heart monitor,’ many of us picture the ECG machine at a doctor’s office. If you have had the pleasure of experiencing one of these machines, you likely...
Kidney Care Innovation – A Major Opportunity
No one expects to hear 'kidney care' + 'innovation' in the same sentence. But the kidneys have a pretty important job in the body - filtering out waste, toxins, and excess fluid...
(Slowly) Connecting EMS and Hospitals
Emergency medical service (EMS) providers have to make life-saving decisions in a split second. Every community offers this critical service, whether as a public, private, or...
MSN vs MBA: Which is Better for Nurses?
You may have noticed I have a bit of alphabet soup after my name: RN, MSN, MBA. This means I am a Registered Nurse (RN) with a Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) and a Masters...
Nursing Informatics vs Nurse Practitioner
A lot of nurses considering graduate school programs think their only option is to become a Nurse Practitioner. Half of the nurses I speak to do not even know what Nursing...
Healthcare Cyberattacks: Bigger & Bolder
With the increased vaccine supply and more appointments, it may seem like we can finally put 2020 behind us. But cyberattacks on healthcare organizations are an unfortunate...