Technology and Reverification
Those who typically only set foot in a hospital as a patient or visitor may be unaware of the many external inspections, accreditations, and verifications that hospitals must regularly undergo. All hospital employees, both clinical and non-clinical, are all too familiar with these visits and have their hospital’s Command Center phone number memorized. Thanks to a few useful acronyms, they are ready to recite the hospital’s fire safety policy and procedures to a surveyor.
05 June, 2023
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month is recognized every March and provides an important opportunity to shed light on the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in America. According to the Brain Trauma Foundation, TBI is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults ages 1 to 44. The leading causes of TBI in the United States are falls, being struck by something or someone, and motor vehicle accidents.
03 March, 2023Concussion Diagnosis and Documentation
Arthur Maerlender, PhD, ABPP-CN & Andrew Verreaux, BA Introduction Concussion diagnosis is a clinical categorization that rests on symptom reporting. However, diagnostic criteria require certain signs and symptoms to be either ruled in or ruled out. Without an accepted biomarker the variability in clinical practices...
12 July, 2022ConcussionQx; A New Approach to Global Concussion Care
New York, New York. New York-based Qmetis, Inc. announced the release of its latest decision-support tool, ConcussionQx, for the care of concussions. Concussion is one of the fastest-growing injuries in the United States and one of the leading reasons children visit hospital emergency departments across...
18 February, 2022The Challenge of Concussion Care
Media attention on concussions has raised the profile of this frequent injury. But because the underlying biological pathophysiology is not clearly defined, progress has been slow in defining the critical features, course, and prognostic signs. Variability in diagnosis and treatment becomes a rate-limiting step as...
11 January, 2021The Role of Decision Support in Stroke Care
Clinical decision support tools have long been used to reduce variance in care, as they help healthcare providers implement evidence-based medicine right at the patient’s bedside. They are particularly critical when treating stroke patients, as decision support systems can provide updated guidelines for stroke care,...
11 November, 2020Invention or Innovation?
“For many, the words Invention and Innovation are used interchangeably, and they are in many texts considered synonyms. But for industries and businesses with smaller profit margins and growing pressures on revenue, the difference between the two is not insignificant….
11 September, 2020Finding the Future Faster
How can healthcare professionals stay ahead of an ever-changing technology landscape when advances are made almost daily that affect us all? Here at Qmetis we are trying to answer that question through our own daily work – and now through QFutures – our newest division....
08 July, 2020How Far to the Other Side?
As we exit the pandemic of 2020, and lives and work begin to return from the uncertainties of late winter and spring, we can only be really certain that uncertainty will come back again, this year, next, or maybe later. Entrepreneurs, young companies, and start-up...
16 June, 2020
