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Should Hospitals Continue Using Telehealth Appointments After The Pandemic?

January 9, 2021February 8, 2021 Michelle

Telehealth has become synonymous with healthcare during this pandemic. Hospitals around the country are using telehealth services on their medical computers to continue caring for their patients. GlobalData has found that 79% of medical specialists are now using telemedicine in the hospital. This is in part due to federal regulators and the private sector making telemedicine easier than ever to implement in hospitals. But will telehealth remain after the pandemic has subsided?

Telehealth After The Pandemic

Telehealth has become an integral part of how hospitals treat patients. Patients have become accustomed to the appointments, which do not require them to spend time driving to the hospital and waiting for the doctor. In fact, 9 out of 10 patients who used telehealth for appointments had a positive experience.

But these appointments were only made possible by sweeping federal action at the beginning of the pandemic, and are at risk of being taken away. The American Medical Association has previously called for the pandemic-related waivers that make telehealth possible to be expanded with the Telehealth Modernization Act. With this legislation and other similar ones being brought to the house and senate floor, it’s looking likely that telehealth will become a permanent fixture in the hospital setting.

Continuing Use Of Telehealth After The Pandemic

Hospitals should expect to continue making use of telehealth after the pandemic. While the service has been primarily used by at-risk patients, widening its availability can help hospitals reach more patients. With advanced medical computers from Tangent like the M24T, doctors can rapidly see numerous patients back-to-back. The primary benefit of the use of medical computers for telehealth is this saved time, for both doctors and patients. Doctors do not have to wait for patients to be roomed, and can quickly switch from one patient to the next without having to walk through the hospital.

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Telehealth With Tangent

Tangent has always designed their lineup of medical grade computers to be telehealth-ready, and during this pandemic this design-choice has been greatly utilized. Learn more about how Tangent can help your hospital in its telehealth efforts by contacting Tangent Sales today.

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Telehealth Therapy Appointments On Medical Computers Save Time

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020 Michelle

It’s no secret that telehealth has become a vital part of medical care across the country. As the pandemic continues to worsen, hospitals are seeing staffing shortages. Telehealth on medical computers helps fill in the gaps left by staffing shortages, allowing doctors to see more patients in a day than would typically be possible. The American Medical Association has called for the pandemic-related waivers that make telehealth possible to be expanded with the recently introduced Telehealth Modernization Act.

But it’s not just traditional medical appointments that benefit from being transformed into telehealth appointments on medical computers. Therapy and mental health appointments can — and have — also greatly benefit from being done on telehealth enabled devices.

Therapy Appointments Using Telehealth

The Harvard Business Review recently took a look at the pros and cons of therapy and psychiatry appointments via telehealth. Here’s what they found,

“The payoff can be huge: a cascade of improvements to EHRs, integration of digital clinical data and collateral information, a data-driven approach to clinical decision-making, more tailored clinical monitoring and responsiveness, and a sustainable model for personalized care at scale.”

When telehealth on medical computers becomes normalized, the success of therapy appointments on the whole can be greatly expanded.

Efficient Appoints Using Telehealth

One of the main drawbacks to physical appointments is their length. Patients must check-in, be roomed, and screened by medical assistants. This process occurs on the hospital’s time, and requires rooms be made available to patients even before they are being treated. Furthermore, during this pandemic, these rooms can be used for other vital work or even transformed into additional ICU space.

With medical computers, doctors can use their office to virtually “room” scores of patients in a single day. Patients can fill out forms and be screened on their own time, and doctors can see one patient after another without clogging up the hospital’s supply of rooms.

Furthermore, at-risk patients that have underlying diseases in addition to their mental illnesses do not have to be put in harm’s way by entering the actual hospital. They can remain safe at their homes, and doctors likewise do not have to come into contact with more people than is absolutely necessary.

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Medical grade computers from Tangent, in addition to being built for Telehealth, are antimicrobial. This means that their casing mitigates the growth of harmful pathogens on its surface, keeping your doctors safer while they do their vital work.

Tangent: Here To Help With Telehealth

Tangent medical computers are custom built for telehealth applications, and can help your doctors virtually meet with more patients than ever. When resources are stretched thin, your hospital can rely on Tangent to fill in the gaps. Contact Tangent Sales today for more information.

How Hospitals Are Adapting To Meet Surging Hospitalization Rates

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Michelle

The U.S. is continuing to set new records for case numbers nearly every day, and the third wave of this pandemic seems to be in full swing. Hospitals around the country are preparing for numbers to continue to skyrocket, as the full effect of the holiday season has yet to be seen as the L.A. Times reports that this may only be the beginning of the ‘Thanksgiving bump.’ Hospitals around the country need to prepare for even more cases, and consequently more hospitalizations, in the coming days. Some hospitals have found ways to stretch their resources to meet the demands of this pandemic.

ABC27 News recently talked with several hospitals about what they are doing to increase the capacity of their facilities. According to the article, Penn State Health is planning on converting recovery rooms and short-stay units into treatment areas to meet rising hospitalization in a move to increase their capacity beyond their 170 ICU beds.

Other hospitals in the area, like UPMC, have added nearly 200 nurses in the past week to ensure patients have the care they need. In addition, UPMC has expanded its telemedicine capabilities to ensure patients can access vital care.

Telemedicine is one way that hospitals can virtually increase their capacity without using up valuable hospital space. Telemedicine allows patients to virtually connect with their doctors via medicals computers for appointments and checkups. Often, these appointments are quicker and easier for both patients and doctors, saving medical professionals valuable time to treat more patients. In a time when every resource, including time, is stretched thin, telemedicine on medical computers allows doctors to work with more patients at once.

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While staffing shortages continue to affect hospitals around the country, telemedicine can be a vital tool in allowing your current staff to treat as many patients as possible. Tangent is committed to bringing hospitals the best technology to meet this moment, and their medical computers are a reflection of this.

Tangent medical computers feature antimicrobial casings, fully-sanitizable touch screens, and IP ratings for water and dust resistance. Most importantly, they are built to be telemedicine-ready, and can help hospitals virtually increase their capacity. When hospitals reach out, Tangent is there to help. Contact Tangent Sales today for more information.

Solving Staffing Shortages With Medical Computers

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Michelle

We are in unprecedented times. The pandemic is once again straining medical resources, with 1 in 5 hospitals now experiencing staffing shortages according to Marketplace. Hospitals are lacking specialists who are best suited for helping patients affected by the pandemic. How can hospitals alleviate their staffing shortage when every other hospital is vying for the same handful of qualified professionals? Medical computers may be one answer.

Medical Computers Boost Productivity

While medical staff may be hard to come by, medical computers are there when you need them. Medical computers can help automate the many clerical tasks associated with being a specialist. While medical computers cannot become another medical specialist, they can save crucial time for the many doctors in your hospital. This time can then be spent on taking care of patients, manning ventilators and more.

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With Tangent medical computers, doctors and medical staff can do their clerical work at a breakneck pace. Medical computers like the M24T from Tangent are built to run the latest medical software with the fastest possible speeds. Doctors can take notes, file paperwork, respond to emails, and take virtual appointments all from the same device.

Medical Computers: Safe And Sanitary

One of the biggest advantages of using medical computers from Tangent is their antimicrobial coating. Unlike other medical grade computers, every medical device by Tangent utilizes an antimicrobial coating which mitigates the growth of harmful pathogens. This coating helps protect both doctors and patients alike, and can reduce the risk of nosocomial infections in the hospital.

Medical grade computers from Tangent also feature IP rated water resistant touch screens. These touch screens are easily cleaned, and easy to use. Doctors do not have to worry about needing a keyboard and mouse with their medical computer and can use the device as easily as they use their phones.

Medical Grade Computers: There When You Need Them

Above all, medical grade computers are there when needed. Staffing shortages can be expected to continue throughout the winter, as all signs indicate that the pandemic will continue on. Medical grade computers can help fill the gap between your doctors, and help ensure that patients who need care are getting it.

Tangent Medical Computers Help Hospitals

Tangent is committed to providing hospitals with quality tools that they can feel confident giving to their doctors. During these trying times, keep your doctors equipped with the best medical computers possible. Contact Tangent services today for more information.

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Can Telehealth Be Used For Chronic Disease Management?

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Michelle

As Telehealth becomes more ingrained into our society, questions about its long term use are bound to come up. One of these questions is if Telehealth on medical computers can effectively treat those with chronic diseases. Chronic disease management is one of the primary services offered by hospitals. But due to the ongoing pandemic, the efficacy of these services may be hindered.

Simply put, those with chronic diseases are also at a higher risk of contracting series cases during the pandemic. This means that those with chronic diseases may want to avoid hospitals altogether, to avoid even the chance at unwanted contact. But these patients still need to be treated for their chronic diseases, and telehealth may be their way to still receive treatment.

Luckily, a study by the University of York found that telehealth services are an effective way to treat those with chronic diseases. The study reads,

“Compared to usual care, home telemonitoring or telephone support was associated with a reduction in the number of patients rehospitalised (one RCT), reduced mortality (two RCTs), [and] a lower number of hospitalisations…”

It is worth noting that the researchers stressed that their work was done with a small sample size, but it is still promising work. With effective medical computers capable of running telehealth applications, Hospitals can make sure that their patients.

Remote Monitoring With Medical Grade Computers

Like Telehealth, remote monitoring is a tool that utilizes medical grade computers to keep your most at-risk patients cared for. Those with chronic disease can make use of remote monitoring systems to keep track of their vitals, measurements that would typically be done in the hospital setting. Then, they can easily transfer these measurements to your hospital’s doctors for monitoring on their medical grade computers.
With the same medical grade computer, doctors can then study a patient’s measurements and take notes on suggested therapeutics or lifestyle changes. Doctors can then easily set up a telehealth appointment with their patient to discuss their findings face-to-face, all from one convenient medical computer.

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Now more than ever, the role of hospitals is crucial to the health of communities across the nation. But patients who need medical care the most are the same patients who would be put at risk by entering hospitals. By ensuring patients have access to quality telehealth services running on the best medical computers, hospitals can keep their patients safe and healthy — both inside and outside the hospital.

Contact Tangent Sales today for more information on our telehealth-ready medical computers.

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Medical Grade Computers For Safe Hospitals

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Michelle

Each day, doctors and nurses around the country put their lives on the line for others. Everyone’s health and wellbeing during these trying times depends on the health and wellbeing of our nation’s medical professionals. It is these medical professionals who are helping beat back this pandemic, and return our lives to a sense of normality. Keeping our medical professionals safe is synonymous with keeping the country safe. To that end, Tangent has upgraded our medical grade computer lineup to include the latest in sanitation and safety solutions to help keep your hospital safe.

Tangent Medical Grade Computers: Safe And Sanitary

As previously mentioned, the safety of our medical professionals is crucial to the safety of everyone. Tangent takes the health of medical professionals seriously, and has redesigned aspects of their medical grade computer lineup to reflect this. The newly enhanced Medix 22 medical grade computer from Tangent has been retrofitted for today’s demanding hospital requirements.

With an antimicrobial enclosure, the Medix 22 medical grade computer is ready to help your doctors without harming them. The antimicrobial enclosure mitigates the growth of harmful pathogens like bacteria and viruses on its surface, minimizing the risk of contact based transmission of illnesses between medical staff. Medical grade computers can see countless different users throughout the day, so this antimicrobial enclosure is key to making sure that contact based transmission is kept to a minimum.

The Medix 22 medical grade computer also comes standard with a fully IP 65 water resistant touch screen. This means that doctors do not keep to use keyboards or mice to make full use of this medical grade computer, peripherals that could potentially carry harmful pathogens. The Medix 22’s touch screen is fully tactile, allowing the user to have precision not seen elsewhere. Using the Medix 22’s touch screen is like using your phone’s touchscreen: quick, intuitive, and easy.

The Medix 22 is just as powerful on the inside as it is safe on the outside. This medical grade computer features a Kaby Lake U chipset and your choice of Intel 7th generation processors. Combined with up to 32 gigabytes of RAM, the Medix 22 medical grade computer is a powerhouse capable of running multiple medical grade software items at once. With Windows 10 built in, the Medix 22 medical grade computer is as easy to use as a traditional home computer, but with the power demanded by the hospital setting.

Of course, Tangent could not redesign the Medix 22 medical grade computer for the current day without including some hefty telehealth capabilities. A built in, front facing camera is standard on the Medix 22. This 2 MP camera has a sliding cover for optimal image clarity and privacy, as well as a fanless cooling system to reduce the amount of background noise during telehealth appointments. An optional UPS battery system is also available, allowing doctors to wrap up telehealth appointments the right way during a power outage, rather than simply ending the call.

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Tangent is constantly thinking about our medical professionals, and our newly enhanced medical grade computers reflect this. Learn more about the Medix 22 and other medical grade computers by contacting Tangent Sales today.

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Good Sitting Posture At Your Medical Computer

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Michelle

As the pandemic continues on, your doctors are no doubt making more use of their medical computers for telehealth purposes. Loosening restrictions by the federal government have made implementing telehealth solutions in the hospital easier and safer than ever. But as a consequence of this, doctors are spending more time sitting down at their medical computers with patients than they normally would. We’ve come up with some great ways to ensure that your doctors and nurses maintain good health by maintaining good posture at their medical computers.

Why Sitting Posture At Medical Computers Is Important

Medical computers are tools designed to increase the wellbeing of others, but without proper posture these efforts can have a negative impact on a doctor’s health. Poor sitting posture can lead to:

Increased strain on the body
Reduced spine health
Above average damage to joints and muscles.

Over time the lasting consequences of poor posture can negatively impact one’s quality of life, and lead to health complications down the road. But the negative health effects of poor posture can easily be avoided.

Maintaining Good Posture In The Hospital

Good posture isn’t just something you learn, it’s a lifestyle decision that you live each day. For doctors at medical computers, posture is something that can be practiced each day to increase overall health.

When sitting at your medical computer, it is important to avoid crossing your knees and ankles, as this can put unnecessary strain on the joints and muscles of these body parts. Keep your legs in front of you, inline with your hips. Likewise, keep your arms at right angles towards the keyboard. Your medical computer should have standard VESA mounting, and be capable of being adjusted directly to eye level. You don’t want to be straining your neck to look down at your medical computer’s monitor.

Above all, make sure you are sitting up straight. It is more than tempting to slink back into your chair, but keeping your chair flush against your back can prevent a slow fall into this position. Your height plays a big factor into all of this, make sure that your desk and medical computer are calibrated to your height accordingly. Your equipment should work around you, not the other way around.

Maintain Good Posture With Tangent

The posture of your doctors is crucial to your hospital’s long term success. Health doctors make healthy patients, and tangent is here to help. Tangent’s lineup of medical computers are capable of being mounted, making them easy to customize for an individual’s unique posture requirements. Give your doctors the posture aid they need with medical computers from Tangent.

Can AI On Medical Grade Computes Make Diagnosis?

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Michelle

Medical computers have made hospitals a safer and more effective place for hospitals to help the patients they serve. But the revolutions made by medical computers in the hospital haven’t stopped at simply replacing paper based medical records. In fact, the possibilities that medical computers bring to the hospital have only just begun.

Medical Computers And AI: Coming Soon

While medical computers are smart, they are only as smart as the software running on them. That’s what makes the possibility of an AI doctor on a medical computer so promising. While traditional medical software running on a medical grade computer requires a doctor or nurse to operate, and is mostly used for clerical duties, an AI doctor can take on some of the responsibilities normally delegated to doctors.

While this may sound like pure speculation, we are reaching the eventuality of an AI doctor on a medical grade computer every day. MIT recently discussed their machine-learning AI doctor-like structure that can aid in diagnosing patients. The AI looks at x-rays, and either clears the patient or sends off the x-ray to an actual doctor for inspection. In this way, the number of x-rays or other diagnostic tests that doctors have to sift through can be dramatically reduced. With a medical AI on a medical computer, one doctor can have the productivity of two.

Prepare For AI On Medical Computers

While the practical use of these AI doctors may be a few years out still, there is no time better to prepare for them than now. With the latest medical computer technology, your hospital can be prepared for the medical AI of tomorrow, today. With medical computers like the M24T from Tangent, doctors can make use of an advanced medical grade computer that can eventually run the future’s medical software.

While they wait, doctors can make use of the pinnacle of medical grade computer technology. The fully-sanitizable touchscreen on all of Tangent’s all-in-one medical grade computers means that doctors can use their medical computers with the same ease as their own smartphones. This ease of use also translates to their fully antimicrobial enclosures, which mitigate the spread of harmful pathogens on the medical computer’s surfaces.

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AI doctors are only a few years away, and preparing your hospital for the addition of these workers is a must. With medical computers from Tangent, these new doctors can find a comfortable home in your hospital.

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Infection Detection In The Hospital

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Michelle

Hospitals around the country are facing the potential risk of reaching ICU capacity. Miami-Dade county alone is seeing their hospitals at 146% capacity — a shocking figure. With this many infected persons in the hospital, the risk of infection becomes exponential to healthcare workers, traditional patients, and the community. This also presents a logistical problem: How can hospitals screen patients not in the ICU for symptoms of the virus, ensuring that potential infections do not spread further? Medical grade, thermal camera kiosks offer a promising solution.

Thermal Camera Kiosks: Detect Possible Fevers Early

One of the many symptoms of the virus is the presence of a fever. While the use of fever detectors has been prevalent in hospitals, there are many drawbacks to the exclusive use of these devices. Medical staff must be present to operate handheld fever detectors, putting them in harm’s way. These fever detectors also need to be cleaned after every use, making them slow and hard to use.

These problems can all be solved with the addition of a thermal camera kiosk in the screening process. With a thermal camera kiosk from Tangent, both patients and medical staff can have their skin temperature taken without putting workers at risk.

Thermal Camera Kiosks: Safe And Effective

Instead of having a nurse measure every person’s temperature with a handheld fever scanner, hospitals can use a thermal camera kiosk to safely and accurately detect people’s skin temperature. Set up the thermal camera kiosk from Tangent in an entrance way, and it will automatically detect the skin temperature of the person in front of it. Patients and hospital staff simply walk up to the hands-free kiosk, and in as little as one second have their skin temperature taken.

No touching, no cleanup.

For those with an elevated skin temperature, the kiosk will detect this and trigger either a silent or audible alarm to alert your staff. Then, these high-risk individuals can be tested with a traditional fever detection system or simply asked to leave the premises. With this added layer of protection, the thermal camera kiosk allows hospitals more control over the people in their hospital.

AI Driven For Safe Hospitals

One of the biggest points of contention today is the use of masks. Having employees tell patrons that they must wear masks puts them into potentially aggressive situations. This can easily be avoided with a thermal camera kiosk from Tangent. The thermal camera kiosk, in addition to detecting skin temperatures, can also detect whether or not a person is wearing a face mask.

This is possible thanks to the AI camera installed in each Tangent kiosk. Now, instead of employees having to ask patrons to wear masks, an AI camera kiosk from Tangent can do the job. If the person still refuses, they can be escorted out of the hospital without putting nurses or doctors in harm’s way.

Detect Elevated Skin Temperatures, Masks, And Keep Your Hospital Safe

Safety is the number one priority of every hospital, and it is also the top priority of Tangent. With an elevated skin temperature detection kiosk from Tangent, hospital staff can be kept as safe as possible during this trying time. Call Tangent today at +1 800 342 9388 for more information.

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Is An All Digital, Medical Computer-Based Hospital Possible?

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Michelle

During this pandemic, hospitals are seeing an unprecedented level of new technology being deployed. Thanks to loosening government regulations and private sector support, telehealth and telemedicine have been implemented in hospitals across the United States. But this begs the question, is a fully digital, medical computer-based hospital possible?

Increasing Hospital Efficiency With Medical Computers

In 2016, Modern Healthcare toured a digital hospital. What they found was a hospital in which medical computers and other technologies had transformed the way that healthcare was delivered. This efficient approach to healthcare allowed doctors and nurses more time with patients and helped automate the bulk of the hospital’s backend work.

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While this hospital was built from the ground up to be a digital hospital, today’s hospitals can adopt some of these measures to see their efficiency increase. Medical computers have already proved their worth to hospitals with telehealth and telemedicine, but these medical computers can also play a role in helping your hospital’s digital capabilities.

Medical Grade Computers: Keep Doctors Informed

One of the major benefits of a fully digital hospital is the excision of old, inefficient methods of healthcare. Medical computers like medical grade tablets can help doctors eliminate the need for pagers. Instead, doctors can have their own medical grade computer on them at all times. With full medical grade computer capabilities, medical grade tablets can allow doctors to review medical records, respond to emails, and more while on the move throughout the hospital.

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What’s more, medical grade tablets allow doctors all the capabilities of pagers in the same device as their professional materials. This two-in-one allows doctors to have the full use of a medical grade computer and work phone in one.

Expand Telehealth Capabilities With Medical Computers

Telehealth has already seen a massive increase in use during this pandemic. But as patients become more accustomed to this level of care, it may be hard to convince them to come back to the hospital. To this end, working on your hospital’s website may help patients in the transition to more online-oriented care.

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With an updated website and patient portal, patients can connect with their doctors more easily. Instead of setting up an entire appointment, patients can send their doctors a short message on the patient portal. Doctors can then see this message on their medical computer or medical grade tablet, and respond accordingly. This can save both time and appointment capacities at your hospital.

Medical Grade Computers and Tablets: The Way Forward

The transformation of hospitals in the digital age is happening, and medical grade computers and medical grade tablets will play a crucial role in the hospital of tomorrow. Keep your hospital up to date with the latest in medical technology from Tangent.