How to save $40 billion in health care costs…
“Electronic health records (EHRs) broaden access to patient data and provide the platform for pushing evidence-based decision support to clinicians at the point-of-care. This promotes optimal care for patients, reduces medical errors, optimizes the use of labor, reduces duplication of tests, and by the way, improves patient outcomes. When done in aggregate across all health providers, a team from McKinsey estimates that $40 billion of costs... [Read More...]
Louisville Metro EMS – Nurse Teletriage: Dr. Clawson, “The time is here for this.”
EMS system to shift low-priority calls Patients will talk with nurse, may avoid ambulance, ERHoping to ease overcrowded emergency rooms and trim ambulance runs, Louisville Metro EMS is launching a program to screen low-priority 911 calls and divert some patients from hospitals to more appropriate care. Starting Monday, dispatchers will turn a small number of the lowest priority calls — such as an earache or stomachache — over to a nurse, who... [Read More...]
EHR · EMR · ePCR Decision Support Software (DSS)
The first step in building patient records is triage or teletriage. This is the start of initializing the whole process of managing electronic patient records. EHR (Electronic Health Record), EMR (Electronic Medical Record), and ePCR (electronic Patient Care Record) all need to be merged, but currently lack data interoperability or compatibility, particularly between hospital and prehospital based systems. Look to LifeBot® to be the first to fully... [Read More...]
LifeBot Introduces Armored Rack Systems for Emergency Preparedness
Instant Roll-in-Place deployment Up to 50% savings on electricity or power costs Up to 75% floor area savings 50-80% more efficient .. Green Inside outside air never mix Indoor, outdoor, or vehicular deploymentPatented closed loop cooling system Fire-Proof and Water-Proof Patented suspension eliminates shock and vibration No raised floor requirements Lost cost instant relocation or redeployment High-tech Cyber-Lock securitySPEAR is... [Read More...]
LifeBot® Signs Agreement with Plain Healthcare to Distribute Proven Teletriage Software That May Save EMS Millions
LifeBot® has signed an Agreement with Plain Healthcare to distribute the proven Teletriage software, Odyssey, that way save EMS millions. Odyssey is clinical decision support software. Odyssey is fast, user friendly, clinically thorough and safe; it also improves record keeping. Odyssey products are proven for many years to improve the efficiency of clinical resources, reduce risk and ultimately save money. It enables rapid accurate decisions... [Read More...]
LifeBot® EMS Communications and Telemedicine Workstation for Emergency Preparedness Now Available
TelePresence: Video conferencing, video recording, instant messaging and data transfers may all be performed between hospital facilities, hospital departments, and ambulances. P25 700MHz: Add wireless broadband capacity and redundancy to 700 MHz P25 deployments enabling EMS telemedicine. Ambulance Telemedicine: Fully deployable with LifeBot® prehospital ambulance based telemedicine systems. STEMI 12-lead ECG: High capacity broadband compatible... [Read More...]
Free Stimulus Grants Assistance for Telemedicine and Telehealth
While dollars for infrastructure and construction lead the current economic stimulus rhetoric, it is quickly becoming known that nearly $198 billion in stimulus funds will soon be available to improve health care services delivery across the nation. As the federal government works to determine how specific money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will be allocated, R. Lee Heath is offering free assistance to the emergency healthcare... [Read More...]
