Healthcare Employee Training: What’s It Really Costing Us?
We don’t talk about this very much, but an unsustainable cost in healthcare is employee turnover. When compared to other industries, employee turnover in healthcare is incredibly high. In fact, “it’s about 30% higher than other industries” states PSI Services. These statistics are especially true for those who serve as first responders. According to EMS1, […]
5 Ways Drones Could Improve Prehospital Care
5 Ways Drones Could Improve Prehospital Care Drones delivering organs, medications, supplies, and lifesaving devices may seem like practices from a science fiction novel, but technology advancements have made it possible to use unmanned aerial vehicles for prehospital care. Drones are devices that are new to the medical field, but they are being used to […]
Internet of Things (IoT) and Prehospital Care
Internet of Things (IoT) and Prehospital Care Wearable technologies and the internet of things (IoT) are poised to transform prehospital care. A spectrum of vital human functions can be monitored while a patient is at home and remotely monitored by their medical providers using modified off the shelf devices or via specialty hardware that integrates […]
Death by Medical Error: A Team Approach to Resolution
Death by Medical Error: A Team Approach to Resolution Most people are familiar with the common causes of death among Americans, such as heart disease, stroke, accidents, respiratory disease, and cancer. However, there’s another cause that makes the list, and it might surprise even healthcare professionals — medical errors. As a matter of fact, a […]
What’s Fair Pay for EMTs and Paramedics?
What’s Fair Pay for EMTs and Paramedics? The argument of what is and isn’t a livable wage has been a common topic for a few years and the medical industry is not excluded from this debate. EMTs and paramedics provide many critical services that sustain life and ensure fast and proper medical care. At Medcognition, […]
How Augmented Reality Helps Train Ultrasound Technicians
How Augmented Reality Helps Train Ultrasound Technicians Training ultrasound technicians to properly scan patients using traditional machines can be a slow process. The medical imaging modality produces low-quality images and requires users to be very knowledgeable of human anatomy as well as physics. Add to that the expense of owning and operating an ultrasound […]
Augmented Healthcare: How Augmented Reality is Shaping Medicine
Augmented Healthcare: How Augmented Reality is Shaping Medicine Augmented reality (AR) is at the forefront of the ever-evolving healthcare industry. It gives us hope for tools that help navigate common practice challenges in ways we have not been able to imagine. At MedCognition, we are excited about how this blossoming technology will benefit the human […]
How AR Will Make Surgery Safer
How AR Will Make Surgery Safer TAKE A LOOK AT HOW AUGMENTED REALITY WILL DISRUPT THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY AND IMPROVE SAFETY The ability to superimpose computer generated images into the physical world used to be limited to science fiction, but soon augmented reality, or AR, promises to change the way we interact with the physical […]
How is Augmented Reality Being Used in Medicine?
How is Augmented Reality Being Used in Medicine? Augmented Reality in the healthcare industry is groundbreaking. Right now technological advancements like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) are key factors driving the current business growth in healthcare. With the help of these key factors, especially AR, healthcare professionals are now able […]
Augmented Reality (AR) Medical Training Is Helping Save Lives
Augmented Reality (AR) Medical Training Is Helping Save Lives If you haven’t been living under a rock lately, you might be aware of today’s technological advancement in various aspects of everyday life. Entertainment, sports, news, business, you name it. But most importantly, it is having a huge impact on various fields of expertise, and one […]
