Hospitals and universities have something in common: they often go beyond their campuses to help their communities. That’s especially true when they come together in an academic medical center (AMC),...
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A few years ago, former Bisbee, Arizona Mayor Jack Porter had a stroke that left him unable to talk or move his left leg or left arm. At Bisbee’s Copper Queen Community...
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Depending on where you live, healthcare is almost synonymous with high expenses. In the U.S. at least, we now expect that extensive medical treatment – whether that’s chemotherapy, ongoing dialysis...
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Today’s hospitals are under pressure. As community hubs of healthcare, they are tasked with delivering expert medical care across emergency departments, outpatient practices, surgical suites, labs, radiology departments, intensive care units and more. That in itself is a tall order. But consider that they’re also asked to: Provide an exceptional…
While most people associate telehealth services with clinical settings, telemedicine is revolutionizing an unexpected environment these days: schools. Virtual health solutions are becoming standard in both the traditional nurse’s office...
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Modern healthcare can spark furious debates when it comes to chronic disease treatment, congressional bills or care delivery models. But almost everyone agrees on one thing: our current system has...
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If you build a great telemedicine program, will they come? That’s the question at the heart of workplace telehealth. Just as Kevin Costner erected a baseball field that lured out...
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Imagine that you’re a surgeon in a large hospital network. A patient has presented to the emergency department with a ruptured ovarian cyst; before you operate, you use the surgical...
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One of every three patients are sent to a specialist each year in United States. Because specialists offer more advanced care than primary care doctors, they’re almost guaranteed to play a...
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It’s Friday evening. You’ve been feeling tired for the last few days and on your commute home today your throat began to feel swollen and painful. It’s time to make...
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