And just when you thought it was over, November brings our next major upgrade — v2018. Starting in 2019, Epic updates will take place quarterly. (Read More)
Epic gets a makeover. v2017 upgrade complete.
Just as your Facebook app or Microsoft Windows require periodic updates, so does Epic. We’re staying current with enhancements.
But here’s where it gets real — helping our patients walk again by building machines here on terra firma. (Read More)
You saw the movie Iron Man, right?
Ever since he shot across the sky a decade ago in a self-made rocket-propelled exoskeleton, Iron Man charged viewers’ imaginations, some dormant since the JFK space age.
Audible by stethoscope at 20 weeks’ gestation, the grape-sized organ pumps at 120 to 180 beats per minute — about twice as fast as ours. This vital sign plays a critical role in monitoring a baby’s health before, during and after birth. (Read More)
Your baby’s heartbeat.
Every mother remembers what it’s like to hear her baby’s heartbeat for the first time.
Experts estimate 48 percent of unnecessary hospital readmissions for Medicare patients come from post-acute care settings. (Read More)
Reducing unnecessary hospital admissions. There’s an app for that.
Helping our patients while saving literally millions of healthcare dollars in the process — what’s not to like?
The last thing on his mind was the sophisticated medical device integration his surgical team would rely on. (Read More)
Surgery. Making all the machines talk to each other.
Twenty-eight-year-old Andrew was being prepped for hand surgery due to an injury. He even joked a little throughout the prelude to anesthesia oblivion.
Fitbit, blood pressure monitoring, blood sugar monitoring and Apple Health Kit (activity and health info) – our modern healthcare currency. (Read More)
Every step counts.
"I need to get in my steps for today.” If you wear a Fitbit or Apple Watch, you’ve probably said that. If you don’t, you’ve heard a colleague say it, high-stepping the long route to the copy machine.