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Helos for the Holidays; Innovative Outreach Using a Dysrhythmics’ ™ Medley

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For the holidays – do you really want to Outreach in a unique way that will astonish your peers and customers?

Hope so. Now you are going to learn about a wonderful holiday Outreach initiative that you could replicate or adapt – that is fun, highly engages your team with your customers and – could contribute to a worthy cause.

For 2018 – Come on – don’t do boring – do different… LET YOUR OUTREACH SING!

THE BACKSTORY; ADAPTING FROM THE ORIGINAL DYSRHYTHMICS ™

Some of you long-timers may recall a Medical Musical Comedy group called The Dysrhythmic’s™ and some may have witnessed their “World Tour” concerts in the USA or in Australia. Since their launch in “The 80s” many fake / copycat The Dysrythmics™ have emerged – but part of this story is about the Original group which also featured the comedy skits of the owners of “Vic & Vern’s EMS, STAT Rescue, Car Wash and Video Rental” – John Chamberlin and Rich Obertots (me.)

Our formula was to write satirical and humorous songs and comedy skits that we would perform at medical conferences throughout the USA and Australia. Our skits and tunes were “by Insiders for Insiders.” We also composed songs to inspire, validate and motivate those of us in the Critical Medical / Emergency Services field. [Read more…]

Factors Influencing the Roof Replacement Cost

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Roofs play a very crucial role in our homes, they often protect us from the rain, wind, snow, and dust. However, they usually deteriorate with age.

To protect your investments, it’s smart to always be on the lookout for any damages that might occur on your roof and contact professional roofing contractors to make the necessary adjustments. But, just before you contact the professionals, there are a few things you need to know and one of them is the cost. There are many factors that often affects the cost you will have to incur when dealing with roof repairs. Let us look at a few of them.

Type of roof

At times roof are virtually treated the same despite their visual difference, there are some types of roof that require different needs, modification, and attention than the others, and therefore attracts different repairing and replacement cost. The table below shows the average cost a homeowner will have to pay for different types of roof. [Read more…]

Avoid Ambulance Dispatch Delays

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Delays in EMS ambulance dispatch disrupt the entire EMS patient care process.  What begins as a non-issue can easily expand and impact crew resources, transport vehicle resources, patient satisfaction scores, referring agency satisfaction, and above all, patient care. Certainly, some delays are unavoidable due to traffic or other uncontrollable influences.

However, given that EMS dispatch call delays can completely destroy the successful flow of EMS response to emergency and non-emergency scheduled and non-scheduled patient transport requests, the ambulance system must aim to minimize delays.

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How to Help Increase Isolation Compliance By Choosing the Right Single-Patient Stethoscope

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By Jenna Lindsay, BSN, RN

Mitigating risks of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is constantly on the mind of hospital leadership and clinicians alike, and even more so when treating vulnerable patients in isolation care settings. Because these patients can be more contagious and/or susceptible to infection, isolation care requires extra attention to detail to ensure infection prevention protocol compliance is followed.

The good news is, special precautions to better protect this high-risk patient population are gaining the attention of healthcare organizations and manufacturers alike.

Frequently used equipment that can be vectors of cross-contamination – such as rolls of medical tape – are being designed for single-patient use in isolation settings to help decrease the risk of pathogen transmission. Additionally, leading healthcare organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) specifically recommend single-patient stethoscopes be used for patients in isolation environments.

However, poor quality disposable equipment can make it difficult for clinicians to comply with isolation protocols. This is especially true for important diagnostic tools, such as stethoscopes, that play a critical role in patient care decisions. [Read more…]

How to Choose the Best Pediatric Dentist for Kids?

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Apart from many other responsibilities as a parent, it is also your responsibility to keep a check upon your kid’s oral health. Compared to the teeth of adults, kid’s teeth are more prone to damage and attacks of cavities. Thus, dentists try to convince parents to bring their child for two dental checkups every year. Parents often face a lot of trouble to take their kids for a checkup. The kids fear the pain that they might undergo during the checkup and hence refrain from visiting a dentist.

The pediatric dentists are not very different from the general dentists. Their degree and qualification are pretty much the same. However, the children dentists or the pediatrician have a sound knowledge of how to handle the kids. Therefore this proves to be beneficial for the parents while taking their kids for a dental checkup. The process of studying is also different and require proper knowledge for handling kids in certain situations. Usually, the kids suffering from ADS are sent to the pediatric dentists. This is because they have more ideas on how to handle the situation and take care of those kids.

When you are set to choose the right pediatric dentist for your kid, you will need to consider the following: [Read more…]

3 Home Health Care Hiring Tips to Attract Great Caregivers

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By Adam Robinson

The home health care industry is rapidly growing, with the demand for home health and personal care aides projected to grow 41 percent to more than 4 million jobs by 2026. But despite the growth in job openings, home health care agencies across the U.S. face significant challenges when it comes to attracting and hiring quality talent.

Between a record-low unemployment rate, baby boomers retiring at a rapid rate and few job seekers interested in home health care careers, the industry needs to rethink people operations to attract top talent for the increasing volume of open roles.

A unified hiring process is key to turning your employees into a source of competitive advantage and operating a successful home health care agency. Here are three effective strategies to attract quality caregivers at your agency. [Read more…]

Fully-Automated Health Clinics Ahead of Their Time or Timely?

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By Antonella Bonanni

Amazon named it “Just Walk Out.” The idea is simple enough, but it’s actually powered by highly intelligent technologies and gadgets. Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” is the cameras, artificial intelligence, sensors and an app that let you stroll into an Amazon Go store and grab whatever groceries you want without ever standing in a checkout line while you are automatically billed for the purchase.

In the healthcare industry, we might call it “Just Walk In.” With the continuing growth of healthcare consumerism, we know patients want their medical experience to mimic their retail experience. “Just Walk In” adopts many of the technologies used by Amazon to create an artificial-intelligence infused patient experience that turns the traditional medical experience into one that looks more like a retail encounter.

Before getting into the “Just Walk In” proposal, let’s take a look at who our customers are and why they expect something new and different. [Read more…]