viernes, 9 de septiembre de 2016

General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital demonstrates new era of virtual Army Medicine | Health.mil

General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital demonstrates new era of virtual Army Medicine | Health.mil

Health.mil

General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital demonstrates new era of virtual Army Medicine

Sonja Lawson, a registered nurse at Baptist Health hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, waves at the monitor to Kristen Davis and Thomas Hedrick, registered nurses in General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital's Intensive Care Unit.

Sonja Lawson, a registered nurse at Baptist Health hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, waves at the monitor to Kristen Davis and Thomas Hedrick, registered nurses in General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. The success of GLWACH's eICU pilot program that went live Jan. 7, 2014, has virtually changed the course of Army Medicine (U.S. Army photo)





FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — A connection between General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital's Intensive Care Unit and the electronic ICU at Arkansas' Baptist Health hospital continues to virtually change the course of Army Medicine. 
On Jan. 7, 2014, officials from Baptist Health hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, battled the final throws of a bitterly cold winter storm, driving through snow and ice on winding, isolated back roads for hours to attend the initial virtual connection ceremony of the GLWACH eICU with the Arkansas' Baptist Health eICU.  
As flurries swirled outside, the touch of a button spun up a warm, high-resolution smile from Dr. Jack Griebel, Baptist Health's eICU medical director, who greeted the team of GLWACH staff and Little Rock travellers in GLWACH's ICU.  
Since then, GLWACH's ICU staff has simply pushed the big red button in each eICU-equipped room here to meet with Baptist Health's board certified physicians and critical care nurses. No more battling dangerous storms – and this first-of-its-kind military-civilian eICU partnership pilot program continues to save lives. 
"The eICU has definitely increased our capability for retaining patients within our hospital system. It has definitely increased the ability of our staff to care for those patients by providing collaboration with additional board certified physicians and critical care nurses located at Baptist Health in Little Rock," said Shawn Matherly, officer in charge of GLWACH's ICU. 
High-speed data lines connect experienced critical care physicians and nurses more than 200 miles away using real-time video sent by cameras that can zoom in and out with high-definition clarity. Computer monitors at both locations display patients' vital signs, medications, blood test results, X-rays and other diagnostic information.  
"The eICU provides a constant patient monitoring safety net, additional provider and nurse rounding, plus expert second medical opinion consultation," said John Ingersoll, GLWACH's chief of Clinical Operations. "The Baptist Health eICU care team can speak directly into our ICU rooms with nurses and physicians here." 
"The eICU is a very safe, highly integrated and choreographed system that establishes a long-distance, high-functioning and secure telemedicine connection with our critical care partners at Baptist Health," Ingersoll said.  
In addition to its value to patients and staff here, the eICU demonstrates highly effective healthcare at a great value to the taxpayer, Ingersoll said. "This service is truly value added for our patients and in line with Army Medicine's patient-centered care and team-based protocols.” 
Family members and patients in an ICU want to be together and GLWACH's eICU capability allows family members to go home at night and sleep in their own bed. If something happens they can drive back to the hospital in just a few minutes instead of making a two-and-a-half hour drive to Columbia, Missouri, for example. 
This cutting edge technology translates new meaning from Army Medicine's "System for Health" and "patient-centered" care concepts. It brings new life and understanding to terms like "Army Medical Home," "Community-Based Medical Home," and "Soldier-Centered Medical Home."
Disclaimer: Re-published content may have been edited for length and clarity. Read original post.




Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's simulation center celebrates 10 years of training

Article
9/7/2016
Patrick Gravel speaks to visitors about the combat simulators that train healthcare providers to respond to battlefield trauma. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rebecca Perron)
The Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth celebrated their 10th anniversary
Related Topics: Technology

MHS officials delay MHS GENESIS release to improve user experience

Article
9/6/2016
Genesis Logo
Military Health System officials cited an aggressive schedule and a need to ensure best solution for a slight delay in the rollout of MHS GENESIS
Related Topics: Technology | Military Health System Electronic Health Record | MHS GENESIS | Electronic Health Record Modernization & Interoperability

Airmen practice Ebola safety during Exercise Mobility Solace

Article
8/24/2016
A Transportation Isolation System is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during Exercise Mobilty Solace at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.
Airmen flew an aeromedical evacuation of a simulated Ebola patient from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, during Exercise Mobility Solace
Related Topics: Technology | Health Readiness | Ebola

MHS GENESIS Brand Style Guide, Version 10.0

Publication
8/15/2016
The purpose of this style guide is to establish the MHS GENESIS brand guidelines and educate its users to observe the brand standards. Branding is a key supporting element for communication, training and deployment activities.
Related Topics: Military Health System Electronic Health Record | Technology | MHS GENESIS Branding

Enterprise Intelligence Branch/MHS Population Health Portal

Presentation
8/9/2016
The first part of this presentation discusses the Enterprise Intelligence Branch, which supports the MHS strategic goals through delivery of timely, relevant, and actionable information toa ll levels of the organization. The second part describes the MHS Poulation Health Portal and shows examples.
Related Topics: Technology | Research and Innovation

Keeping IT budgets under control part of discussion at DHITS

Article
8/3/2016
Tricia Cantu (standing), chief of the Defense Health Agency’s Health IT Investment Branch, discussed standardizing health IT processes to improve efficiency and save money.
Keeping IT budgets under control part of discussion at DHITS
Related Topics: Technology

DHITS: IT provides solutions for access to care

Article
8/3/2016
Col. Daniel Kral, director of the Telehealth & Advanced Technology Research Center for the Army’s Medical Research & Material Command, Ft. Detrick, Maryland, discussed how health information technology improves access to care.
Attendees told to look to the future when planning for it
Related Topics: Technology

Informatics is the new normal in health care delivery

Article
8/3/2016
Lt. Col. Eli Seeley (right), chief health information officer for the Regional Health Command Europe, discussed the critical role of informatics in health care.
Informatics big part of finding better patient outcomes
Related Topics: Technology

Cyber Awareness Campaign stresses importance of protecting electronic health information

Article
8/1/2016
Are you cyberfit? Empower Yourself to Protect Your Information
The Department of Defense is launching the Empower the Patient Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign in August to share ways Military Health System beneficiaries can protect their personal health information
Related Topics: Technology

Long Range Technical Architecture Strategy Accessible Version

Technical Document
7/28/2016
The Long Range Technical Architecture (LRTA) Strategy is a dynamic technology investment roadmap to help guide and optimize the MHS’ investments over the next decade, based on data-driven analyses. The LRTA links business needs to technical solutions and provides enterprise 'knowledge' through data democratization.
Related Topics: Technology | Health IT Research and Innovation | Addressing Near-Term Needs through Advanced Technology Research | Health IT Challenge | Leaning Forward with Innovative Health Technologies | Joint Integrated Test and Evaluation Center

Long Range Technical Architecture Strategy Interactive Version

Technical Document
7/28/2016
The Long Range Technical Architecture (LRTA) Strategy is a dynamic technology investment roadmap to help guide and optimize the MHS’ investments over the next decade, based on data-driven analyses. The LRTA links business needs to technical solutions and provides enterprise 'knowledge' through data democratization.
Related Topics: Technology | Health IT Research and Innovation | Addressing Near-Term Needs through Advanced Technology Research | Health IT Challenge | Leaning Forward with Innovative Health Technologies | Joint Integrated Test and Evaluation Center

Vendor Information Form

Form/Template
7/27/2016
The Vendor Information Form provides a standard way to collect your ideas, problem statements, and/or proposed solution sets for defense health IT.
Related Topics: Technology | Health IT Research and Innovation | Addressing Near-Term Needs through Advanced Technology Research | Health IT Challenge | Leaning Forward with Innovative Health Technologies

Advances in health information technology and Internet of Things changing health care delivery

Article
7/6/2016
Army Lt. Col. Mark Mellott, branch chief of the Defense Health Agency’s Health Information Technology Innovation and Advanced Technology Development Division, sees the Internet of Things as ‘the perfect storm’ when it comes to changing knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding how healthcare is administered to beneficiaries.
Last summer, Army Lt. Col. Mark Mellott discussed how the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to change the dynamic of health care. In many ways that potential has now become a reality.
Related Topics: Health Readiness | Technology | Health IT Research and Innovation Strategy | Innovation

Navy developing mobile app to help prevent prescription medication misuse

Article
6/2/2016
Naval Health Research Center Logo
The app is intended to support patients where they do not have immediate access to their health care providers but have questions about appropriate use of their prescription medication
Related Topics: Technology | Substance Abuse

Web, mobile technology helps MHS beneficiaries assess, improve mental health

Article
5/25/2016
Breathe2Relax, a mobile app, teaches how to reduce tension by breathing from the diaphragm, a deeper type of breathing that helps to induce a calming response in widely different circumstances.
DHA mental health professional talks mobile and web technologies that are available to beneficiaries
Related Topics: Mental Health Care | Mental Wellness | Technology

No hay comentarios:

Publicar un comentario