Care home residents will be able to spend time with loved ones in “low risk” visits without having to self-isolate on their return, the Government has said after being threatened with legal action. Residents leaving their home for a walk or to visit a loved one’s garden will no longer..
Day: May 1, 2021
UK doctors launch telemedicine support for Indian colleagues battling Covid
UK-based doctors of Indian heritage are deploying telemedicine to their colleagues in the coronavirus-stricken nation to help them battle the escalating crisis there. India is one of the worst-hit countries in the world, recording a new global record of 401,993 new cases on the 1st of May taking its total..
The Impact of Technology on Patient Safety
Healthcare information technology is defined as the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making. Patient safety is a subset of healthcare and is defined as..
Improving Communication in Health Care
As many employees in the healthcare field travel to various facilities and make home visits, real-time communication can be especially challenging. Healthcare workers don’t regularly check email as most of their time is spent on the go, working with patients, so it’s difficult to stay current on company updates..