Ms. Knue writes, “Every day, 1-in-31 U.S. hospital patients contract an infection associated with their hospital care. Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) have high morbidity and mortality, and the top 5 infection causes cost the healthcare system $9.8 billion annually. As health systems explore approaches to decrease that number, one strategy to consider is a mobile medical equipment management (MME) program. Read on to learn more.

“Connectivity can be a huge benefit if it means getting information to a doctor more efficiently, being able to monitor vital signs, or even having two different medical devices talk to each other to help manage care. But as with most technology applications, those benefits also make devices more vulnerable to cyber threats,” writes Mr. Harvey. Read more on what he has to say.

Mr. Sarwar writes, “Our solution allows clinicians to generate and ‘sign’ a digital prescription, and then send this to the Phlo digital pharmacy, which can deliver the medication to the patient’s door in a timeframe that suits them. This ultimately enables a trackable, digital prescribing journey from the point of prescription to delivery.”