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Technologies adopted to tackle the COVID-19 situation at TTSH included the Staff Surveillance System (S3), Command, Control and Communications (C3) system and a real time location system (RTLS).

Working Well, designed to support evolving clinical protocols, enables contact tracing and can be configured to organizations' own specific back-to-work needs.

The collaboration aims to help health systems manage resource allocation and offer situational awareness for facilities as they open up and reschedule delayed surgeries and other procedures.

The health system has experienced a 35% increase in organic traffic to its Find a Doctor search option – and has gained top search engine ranking and self-scheduling wins.

Smiling Mind has said that it has seen unprecedented growth across its digital resources over recent months.

Hospitals often implement new technologies, but remain wed to the old ways of doing things. In a recent HIMSS20 Digital presentation, two experts offered some perspective on effective change-management strategies.

The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected us all. To honor those who have been lost and those who are working so hard to keep us well, HIMSS and its media brands will observe a digital day of silence and appreciation on May 18.

In a HIMSS20 Digital presentation, leaders from Stanford describe how patient experience was improved across primary care and other service lines by developing dynamic dashboards with insights for C-suite, clinicians and staff.

Though mental health professionals say they're mostly pleased with the rapid shift to phone or video services, most plan to return to in-person care once the dangers from COVID-19 have subsided.

Study found that increased mortality risk for ethnic minorities is only partially attributable to pre-existing clinical risk factors.