Digital Health is Helping Canadian Nurses Improve Patient Care but Opportunities for Improvement Remain

2020 National Survey of Canadian Nurses: Use of Digital Health Technology in Practice Report

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Is this the future? “The next generation of Health IT: Blockchain collaboration defines the fabric for healthcare 2.0”

 

Blockchain and Healthcare:

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shutterstock_398577304-1-100654169-primary-idgeBlockchain is part of the Internet-of-Things, the Fifth Wave of the Internet. In 1961, Leonard Kleinrock, a professor of computer science at UCLA, wrote about ARPANET and developed the first theory of packet switching. The first node of the Internet was born September 1969. The days of 1969 seem like eons ago. Tearing a page from the history the Internet may help us forecast tomorrow’s blockchain trends. A foundational blockchain fabric must be established before blockchain will be mainstream and accessible to the company down the street.

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Nanaimo doctors say electronic health record system unsafe, should be shut down | Vancouver Sun

After a year of testing, the new paperless iHealth system rolled out in Nanaimo on March 19.

Source: Nanaimo doctors say electronic health record system unsafe, should be shut down | Vancouver Sun

B.C. health ministry wants second IT opinion

VICTORIA — B.C. is launching a “thoughtful reset” of computer projects in its health sector after being stung by critical audits, delays, cost overruns and concerns about mismanagement of large-scale technology programs. In an interview, deputy health minister Stephen Brown said he wants to overhaul how his ministry and health authorities handle IT projects, to get realistic about budgets, timelines and expectations that are often not met.

Source: B.C. health ministry wants second IT opinion

Big Gaps in How Medical Schools Are Preparing Students To Use EHRs – iHealthBeat

Big Gaps in How Medical Schools Are Preparing Students To Use EHRs – iHealthBeat. It appears that the challenge of educating healthcare students in preparation for a practice that integrates EHRs crosses all heath care domains. The time has come for an educational EHR, one that is integrated throughout healthcare programs and focuses on the implications and impact of the EHR. We need more than a training model that is vendor-specific and task-focussed….

Province seeing decline in number of nursing graduates

What does this mean for the future of nursing education and nurses in practice in BC? What are the solutions? Province seeing decline in number of nursing graduates.

Nurses are the superheroes of health care

Nurses are the superheroes of health care.

4 Ways Technology Can Help Empower Teachers And Students

khan-logo-vertical-transparent4 Ways Technology Can Help Empower Teachers And Students  Educational technologies have the potential to empower teachers and students when used thoughtfully and appropriately.

14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools | Ingvi Hrannar

14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools – how is your post-secondary school doing?