Emergency Medicine

Greeneville Community Hospital East Deploys Telehealth ICU Platform

October 11, 2019 - Tennessee-based Greeneville Community Hospital East is deploying a telehealth ICU platform for its intensive care unit (ICU). Greeneville Community Hospital East, part of the Ballard Health system, is a 140-bed facility offering a range of in-patient services. The telehealth ICU platform is being supplied by Advanced ICU Care, a provider of...


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by Fred Donovan

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by Fred Donovan

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Partners to Furnish Health IT Infrastructure for AI Alliance

by Fred Donovan

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Kettering to Deploy Health IT System for Faster EMS, Hospital Links

by Fred Donovan

Kettering Health Network is implementing a new healthcare IT system designed to speed exchange of patient information between emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and hospitals. Kettering is...

HHS to Identify Healthcare Infrastructure Critical in Emergencies

by Fred Donovan

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Middlesex Health IT Team Grappled with Frustrated First Responders

by Fred Donovan

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More Government Investment in Health Security Infrastructure Needed

by Fred Donovan

The National Health Security Preparedness Index report called on federal, state, and local governments to increase funding for health security infrastructure projects, after a 20-year decline in...