MOST EFFICIENT PIECES OF HOSPITAL TECHNOLOGY

Bi-directional video feed , cameras , TVs and wireless infrastructure are some of the elements hospitals are adopting to remain competitive in the telehealth realm . The biggest advantage hospitals will gain from telehealth technologies are the ability to help patients immediately while trimming down the costs of an acute-care admission .

Physicians , especially those within the emergency department , have become more adept at using ultrasound imaging devices over the past 10 years . Bob Hitchcock , MD , an emergency department physician at Manatee Memorial Hospital and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center in Bradenton , Fla . says hospitals are concerned with what equipment they ’ re using in the emergency department , like the ultrasound . “ When I was going through training , we were using what radiology was throwing away . Now , hospitals are realizing they can attract and retain the latest and greatest , and that ’ s important from a physician satisfaction perspective .”

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