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Shorter hospital stay post surgery and offloading healthcare personnel. smartQare enables that. Read below the details about benefits of vital sign monitoring. #vitalsign #wearables #healthcare #wearabletechnology #medtech

Inside Our Department of Hospital Medicine: A Collaborative Ecosystem At MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Department of Hospital Medicine is a cornerstone of excellence, embodying a comprehensive approach to patient care. Here's a glimpse into how our dedicated teams collaborate and contribute to our mission: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs): Our APPs, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, are at the forefront of patient management, ensuring high-quality care through acute and complex case management. Pharmacy: Integral to our team, our pharmacists bring in-depth pharmacological expertise, participating directly in patient care rounds to provide critical insights on medication management and safety. Faculty Members: Our esteemed faculty are committed to patient care and leaders in research and education, fostering a learning environment that keeps us at the cutting edge of medical advances. Administration: The backbone of our department, our administrative professionals ensure seamless operations and support our clinical teams in delivering the best possible care.  Collaboration Is Key: Our department thrives on a solid partnership with hospital staff and other departments. From nursing to specialties like surgery and cardiology, we work hand-in-hand to create a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare that promotes better outcomes for our patients. Together, we're more than just a department; we're a dynamic community dedicated to health and healing. Josiah Kwesi Halm and the esteemed DHM Team are proud of what we achieve together daily, and we strive for excellence in every aspect of our work. #DepartmentofHospitalMedicine #DHM #MDA #MDAnderson #Hospitalist #Teamwork #PatientCare #HealthcareExcellence #EndCancer #MakingCancerHistory

💙 EKGs 💙 🔸 Primary care NPs 🔹MUST🔹 have the skill of basic EKG interpretation. 🔹 Moving from nurses on the floor to providers in the office requires additional knowledge and skill. Most of us on the floor were most familiar with lead 2 monitoring and not genuine 12 lead EKG interpretation. 🔸 Opportunity to grow this skill varies in clinical training and not all NPs have a rotation in cardiology. 🔹 Courses, such as those at NP conferences, are helpful and should be considered! However, you can grow ur knowledge and skill independently as well!! 🔸 This Medscape articles is a foundational resource you can utilize to grow your knowledge. Truly understanding the story behind the tracing is critical to interpret what the tracing represents, and to then inform and guide your assessment and plan. 🔹 This article gives you a history of the evolution the ECG, from lead placement and identifying and understanding waveforms, to ground leads from Einthovem to precordial leads and axis determination from his student! And more….how to ensure proper execution of an EKG tracing, understanding contiguous leads and yielded anatomic information, to the initial review of the 12 lead ECG tracing…this article is a nice, concise review of the basics! 🔸It answers such questions as: - How was ECG developed? - How is an ECG read? - What are the contraindications for ECG? 💙 ARTICLE LINK: https://lnkd.in/d4JTcDvj 🔹 TEST YOUR SKILL WITH MEDSCAPE SLIDES: https://lnkd.in/dexAGegS 🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 #NursePractitioner #PrimaryCare #NP #NPStudent #nurse 💙 FOLLOW THE PAGE FOR MORE!!! 💙 🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 Join me on FB https://lnkd.in/dkWzXjR9

Wireless monitoring for premature babies This month, Maxima Medical Center (MMC) announced its implementation of Bambi Medical's Bambi Belt, making it the first hospital in the world to use wireless monitoring for premature babies. The Bambi Belt comes as a promising solution to traditional adhesive electrodes which can cause pain and stress to the baby, the parents, doctors and nurses. The Bambi Belt makes use of diaphragmatic electromyography to monitor breathing. This dEMG technology can be more accurate in detecting central apnea when used for respiratory monitoring in premature babies. More accurate respiratory monitoring means faster diagnosis. The difference between dEMG and and the current respiratory monitoring technique The Bambi Belt monitors the heart rate (ECG) and dEMG for apnea detection of babies with a single-use silicone belt that is placed below the ribcage of the neonatal patient. It sends the data to the patient monitor and the NICU alarm management system via the Bambi Bridge (attached to the belt) and the Bambi Interface (connected to the patient monitor). Therefore, this wireless solution is perfect for both single room care and open-bay NICUs. Kudos to Fabio Bambang Oetomo and team. I present such novel solutions in my #keynotes on the future of healthcare: https://lnkd.in/eQRVjtKV #mhealth #wirelesshealth #remotemonitoring #neonatalcare #medtech #medicaldevices #healthtech

We are pleased to announce the release of a new article in the International Journal of Nursing Studies by Gideon Johnson, PhD(c) and co-authors. The study focuses on using the Double Diamond model to co-design a digital intervention aimed at preventing and managing delirium in critically ill patients. Background 🔍 Co-design integrates end-users from the start, aiming to create interventions that truly meet their needs. Although promising, this approach is not yet common in intensive care settings. Objective 🎯 The research details how the Double Diamond model was applied to develop a digital family-led voice reorientation intervention for delirium. Methods 🛠️ Over 12 months, patients, family members, and clinical staff worked together in an iterative design process. Data from meetings and field notes guided the development of the intervention. Findings 🔎 Engagement: Participants with ICU experience and clinical experts were deeply involved, providing valuable feedback. 🔎 Challenges: Issues included differing interpretations of voice messages and maintaining focus through the complex design phases. Conclusions ✅ Involving those with ICU experience in the design process proved beneficial, despite some challenges. The Double Diamond model facilitated a collaborative and effective development process. For more information, read the full article: https://shorturl.at/RAUGC 📹 Watch the video to gain further insights! #HealthcareInnovation #CoDesign #CriticalCare #DeliriumPrevention #DoubleDiamondModel #NursingResearch #PatientCenteredCare Ian Norman, Peter Griffiths, Chiara Dall'Ora

I am thrilled to share my latest research publication, co-authored with Anna Krupp, PhD, MSHP, RN Kelly Potter, Linder Wendt, and Karen Dunn Lopez, PhD, MPH, RN, titled "Using electronic health records to classify risk for adverse safety events with ICU patient Mobility: A Cross-Sectional Study." This work is now published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. This study explored the integration of early ICU mobility (EM) expert consensus recommendations into an algorithm utilizing electronic health record (EHR) data. We found that while documented EM increased significantly each day in the ICU, a notable proportion of low-risk patients still did not participate in EM. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this publication. I look forward to the ongoing research focused on enhancing patient mobility and safety in the ICU! 👉 For those interested, you can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gSnRGA-y #ICU #EarlyMobility #ICURehab #NursingInformatics #NursingResearch #IowaNursing

The Joint Commission’s 2024 National Patient Safety Goals The Joint Commission recently released the 2024 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for specific programs. Specific program chapters include ambulatory health care, assisted living community, behavioral health care and human services, critical access hospital, hospital, home care, laboratory, nursing care center, and office-based surgery. The Joint Commission gathers information about emerging patient safety issues from widely recognized experts and stakeholders. The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) inform sentinel event alerts, performance measures, and educational materials. Pharmacists can utilize the NPSGs for specific programs such as the Ambulatory Health Care Chapter, Hospital Chapter, and Critical Access Hospital Chapter to guide and improve patient safety in each healthcare setting. View the 2024 National Patient Safety Goals here: https://lnkd.in/gX_cZHQp

Elsevier Shares Latest Nursing Simulation Technologies at IMSH 2024! Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gHuzrYht #HealthcareSimulation #ClinicalSimulation #MedicalSimulation #IMSH2024

Elsevier Shares Latest Nursing Simulation Technologies at IMSH 2024! Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gZnkr8fu #HealthcareSimulation #ClinicalSimulation #MedicalSimulation #IMSH2024

The value of #debriefing extends beyond the moment. Thoughtful article and valuable practice.