At the heart of efficient patient care are nurses, whose roles are often dominated by extensive documentation tasks. Hunt Regional Medical Center (HRMC), situated in Greenville, Texas, recognized this challenge and decided to embrace the trend of wearable technology as a way of alleviating the burden of manual documentation on their nurses.
In many hospitals, the…
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) brought about by multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) prove a daunting obstacle for healthcare systems due to their impact on patient safety and cost implications. These infections could already be present in patients upon arrival at the hospital or might be acquired during their stay. Identification of such infections remains complicated due largely…