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Category: Telehealth
Telehealth’s Emergence as a Must-Have Option
It’s no secret the healthcare industry has been forever changed. Telehealth services are now must-have offerings for most healthcare organizations in order to stay in operation after the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world. Some healthcare organizations are still implementing their telehealth programs while others are in the process of refining their virtual health programs and […]
Top 5 TechSource Blogs from 2020
As we (gratefully) close the chapter on 2020, here’s a roundup of your favorite TechSource blogs from this past year. We’re looking forward to the thought provoking topics that 2021 has in store. Iron Bow’s National Sales Conference Top 3 Takeaways Being held virtually this year didn’t stop Iron Bow Technologies’ annual National Sales Conference […]
Solving Healthcare Data Privacy Issues with the Contact Tracing Technology You Didn’t Know Existed and Absolutely Need
It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic shattered the life of normalcy we once knew. With over 52 million cases and over 1 million deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus worldwide by November, healthcare workers, epidemiologists, country leaders and medical experts have been scrambling to scale their efforts to find a cure – or at […]
A Few Quick Tips for Grant-Seekers
The world of grants is remarkably vast and can be at times diabolical to the novice fund-seeker. Grants require a confluence of factors to be in alignment, such as effective project management, compelling storytelling, precise budgeting, extreme attention to detail and obsessive rule following – not necessarily in order of importance. But if you succeed […]
How the VA has been Leading the Pack with Telehealth
Historically, our medical systems have operated on a reactive basis. Meaning, as both patients and providers we react to a medical ailment or sickness by going to the doctor for treatment. Even as technology and its impact on the medical community has improved dramatically in recent years, our healthcare system still has only tended to […]
Managed IT May be the Solution for Healthcare Organizations in a Post-COVID World
COVID-19’s impacts on the healthcare industry have been far reaching. From the rapid response to a global pandemic, to the hurried assimilation of telehealth for routine care to the financial strain on healthcare organizations due to the lack of elective and standard health procedures, the market is poised for long-lasting change. Organizations have rolled out […]
Telehealth Helps Quell the Spread of Coronavirus
As COVID-19, a novel form of the coronavirus, continues to spread across the United States, telehealth may be the best option to treat and protect the most vulnerable populations, including senior citizens and those with underlying conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged anyone feeling ill to first seek out remote care by […]
Tele-ICUs Bring Better, Faster Care to the Most Critical Patients
Telemedicine has made incredible strides in bridging the healthcare divide for rural and low-income patients who don’t have regular access to hospitals. But lesser-known is the impact the technology is having in hospitals, especially in intensive care units. Take, for example, a small hospital dealing with reduced staff and funding. With a lack of resources […]
Three Ways Virtual Healthcare is Changing the Way Providers Treat Patients
Virtual care has come a long way in just the last five years. As commercial technology advances to the point where we can hold video conferences on our phones and transmit massive stores of data in minutes, these advances can help doctors deliver better care to patients who need it the most. While the upsides […]
Virtual Care: Empowering Patients and Providers for Better Healthcare
The future of healthcare is greater access to care providers, clinicians, specialists and the like anytime, anywhere, under any circumstance. It is the use of technology to enable patients to get access to the care they need and feel like they’re in the room with their care provider. Virtual care is poised to solve two […]
Three Ways Technology Has Made Our Lives Better
[The computer] was the first machine man built that assisted the power of his brain instead of the strength of his arm. – Grace Hopper, American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral. With the holiday season kicking into high gear, it’s a good time to reflect on how we can use technology to […]
Healthcare Technology and the Responsibility of Innovation
The Washington Business Journal just recently honored the Iron Bow team as a 2017 Innovation Award honoree for our Clinical Care Device – the CLINiC. And while I’m deeply grateful to be recognized as a tech solutions leader in the DC-area, the award speaks to a much larger point — innovation doesn’t only have to be […]
You’ve Heard of Telehealth, But Have You Considered Remote Wound Care?
Once only imagined in sci-fi movies, today, technology can monitor one’s health. Telehealth is an industry experiencing rapid growth due to technological advancements and the time and cost savings it brings to both the patient and provider. In fact, a UC Davis Study to determine cost savings of pediatric telehealth versus rural emergency departments revealed […]
