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by John Lynn | Healthcare IT Today | April 13, 2022 Originally posted at https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2022/04/13/addressing-staff-burnout-with-the-right-workstation-setup/ Burnout is at an all time high in healthcare and the world.  Doctors and nurses are overwhelmed and many are to the point that they are literally leaving their jobs. Even on the health IT side of things, burnout is … Read More

We spend a good portion of our day looking for phones, keys, and eyeglasses. In this way, our memory serves as an asset management system – and not a very good one. The stakes are higher in the hospital setting. For example, if medical supplies and equipment are not available in real time, the ripple … Read More

A roundtable discussion with Enovate and “Healthcare IT Today” Healthcare IT Today seeks out first-hand experiences to create actionable insights for its readers. Recently, John Lynn, the Founder and Chief Editor of the publication, sat down with Enovate’s Kevin Bridges, VP of Marketing and Business Development, and Marc LaFleur, VP of New Customer Development, to … Read More

Press Release | Murfreesboro, TN | April 6, 2021 To achieve a 40 percent weight reduction over traditional medication carts, Enovate built the RX2 on Encore’s lightweight, durable aluminum platform which includes Enovate’s advanced EcoFlex power management system. With nursing fatigue and burnout challenging hospitals across the nation, Enovate Medical, a leading provider of EHR … Read More

It’s true that wall-mounted EHR workstations can reduce nursing fatigue and enhance patient engagement. But before you embark on a new roll-out, remodel, or a hardware refresh, you’ll want to consider these six steps in your project plan so you get the best clinical workflow and ensure the project’s success. 1. One size does not … Read More

Over the last decade, hospitals have been upgrading their IT infrastructure to support improved clinical workflows. One workflow study found that a pediatric nurse might perform hundreds of clinical care tasks throughout her day – a function every 1 to 1 1/2 minutes.1 Any glitch in that workflow – be it a dead battery, PC needing … Read More

Press Release | Murfreesboro, TN | October 21, 2020 Enovate Medical Workstations on Wheels meet FIPS 140-2 security requirements Enovate Medical announced today that its hardware and software have completed the rigorous NIST (U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technologies) testing. Its products are now certified to connect to the Federal Government networks, including VA … Read More

With COVID-19 forcing hospitals to rethink their procedures, they are developing new tools and methods to increase capacity and keep everyone safe – from the moment a patient arrives in the emergency room until post-discharge. Hospitals are reinventing their workflows in critical areas: Triage outside of the hospital Telehealth using remote services Quarantining the infected … Read More

Leverage Technology to Solve Your Challenges without Leaving Your Office With hospital IT staff and nursing directors working from multiple locations, teams can now come together to see what’s new and explore labor-saving innovations like RTLS and mobile asset management software – all in one virtual time-saving presentation. Just last March, we were booking flights … Read More

When a nurse wheels an EHR workstation into the patient room, it’s easy to blame the machine for dehumanizing the quality of care. Attention that once flowed warmly toward patients is now consumed by the demands of data input at the keyboard and monitor. In 2016, EHR’s effect on the quality of care was so … Read More

Until March of this year, Medicare did not cover telehealth services except for specific situations in rural areas (and not to the patient’s home). As part of an $8 billion emergency funding legislation to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, most restrictions for Medicare telehealth have been lifted to give healthcare professionals “as many tools as possible” … Read More

It’s hard to imagine, but if you needed to visit a doctor via telehealth two months ago, Medicare would not have covered it.1 Today, because of COVID-19, Medicare now welcomes telehealth as an important clinical tool.2 More importantly, with tele-everything having become the norm for work, play, and our social lives, patients and clinicians have … Read More