Essential public health functions and the health systems transformation

Webinar Wednesday would like to thank our sponsor Cognosos. Cognosos is paving the way for the next generation of real-time locating systems (RTLS) using a combination of inexpensive BLE hardware and an advanced AI platform.

Explosive growth in the volume and complexity of health data, and growing clinician and patient expectations of its actionable use, is placing enormous demands on and stretching the limits of, current computing models. By placing compute resources at or near the growing number of data capture points, edge computing offers an innovative complement to data center and cloud-based data analytics that drives a more responsive, reliable, and agile IT infrastructure.

Learn the basics of doing a good search to search and how those apply in PubMed/Medline and CINAHL. In the course of the workshop, participants will learn about the basic features of each database and search techniques such as limits, the use of Boolean Operators. Also, methods to identify locally available journals or full-text online articles will also be discussed.

With the surge in EMR usage, keyboards and PCs are used widely in clinical care settings. But unlike medical equipment and high-touch environmental surfaces, these IT devices are rarely subject to infection prevention standards. Studies have demonstrated that over 80% of these devices might have significant microbial contamination which may include nosocomial pathogens like vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species (VRE). Coupled with low (40%) compliance with the CDC's guidelines on hand hygiene, these ubiquitous computers and keyboards can lead to cross-contamination of patients.