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Talking About No-Nos: How Technology Can Help Reduce Patient Shaming
no-no/ˈnō ˌnō/noun, a thing or a way of behaving that is not acceptable in a particular situation - Oxford English Dictionary
Avidex Innovation Blog
Healthcare
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Essential Tips for Healthcare AV Project Design
One of the greatest challenges facing those responsible for developing or updating any healthcare facility is how to plan for and anticipate evolving technology. Providing buildings and spaces with the capability to be adaptable to future changes in...
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The Art of Bouncing Back: 3 Tips to Help Nurses Become More Resilient
As a nurse with 30 years of experience – the last 10 of which were in cardiac care – I know a thing or two about resilience. When patients would come in for a stress test, we’d monitor them while they walked on a treadmill at an increasing intensity....
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Leveraging Trust Through Point-of-Care Messaging
Recently, I visited my doctor’s office. I had completed my forms and was waiting to be seen when I started watching TV in the lobby. Of the many health-related public service announcements, one in particular caught my eye. “Shingles is a painful,...
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The Secret Behind Changing Patient Behavior: Achieving the A-HA!
Let’s face it – behavior change is tough!
But it’s often good for you and sometimes necessary. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always make it easier to go through the motions of behavior change. Doing so challenges what you know and takes you outside of...
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A Patient Educator's Education
Video education tools can really play a key role in helping patients understand their condition better, gain new insights into their own recovery strategy, and also give them the tools they need to get more engaged in their own care. Even with all this...
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The Best Chocolate Cake I Ever Ate
In the business of Patient Experience, nothing is more valuable than having a patient experience of your own. Two of my hospital stays were the joyful occasions when I welcomed my children into the world. I recall with fondness two things about the day...
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Three Tips for Better Wayfinding in Modern Healthcare Facilities
When most people think of a hospital or a medical facility, the first thing that comes to mind isn't stellar design. However, the modern healthcare facility is no longer permeated by sterile white walls, industrial-grade linoleum floors, and stainless...
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Choosing the Right AV Integrator for Healthcare Facility Design
There is no substitute for proper planning. Can you imagine building a healthcare facility without first determining the layout of the ER in relation to the path an ambulance needs to take to enter the hospital? Or building a radiology department...
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A Taste of Success: The Power of Video to Motivate Patients
I consider myself a woman of many talents. Cooking has never been one of them.