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Improving patient engagement with Biobeat's 24BP

Ozzie Paez

Jun 16, 20222 min read

Improving patient engagement with Biobeat's 24BP

This week I will discuss how the Covid pandemic and innovative new technologies are affecting hypertension control programs and patient...

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Ozzie Paez

May 17, 20222 min read

Using Use-cases to innovate

I mentioned use-cases in a recent post on technology and innovations in medicine. It’s an important topic because use-cases are the most...

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Ozzie Paez

Feb 8, 20222 min read

Hospitals struggling with COVID spikes

The daily drumroll of hospitals, health systems, cities, and states struggling to cope with COVID spikes continues. We don’t yet know how...

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Ozzie Paez

Jan 18, 20222 min read

Patients and innovators in healthcare

My last post demonstrated through an actual case how wearable health monitors and continuous patient monitoring are empowering patients...

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The risks of dying after leaving hospital

Ozzie Paez

Dec 28, 20212 min read

The risks of dying after leaving hospital

Reducing the risks of patients unexpectedly deteriorating and dying after being released from hospital is a growing concern. Thankfully,...

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Ozzie Paez

Dec 10, 20212 min read

Barriers to healthcare innovation

Replacing legacy medical equipment with innovative new technologies is challenging because in healthcare there is little room for error....

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Ozzie Paez

Dec 9, 20211 min read

Harvard Digital Health Wrap-Up

Harvard’s last Digital Health cohort of 2021 wrapped December 4th. There were 191 participants from across the world. This was one of the...

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Healthcare, telemedicine, remote patient monitoring

Ozzie Paez

Nov 4, 20211 min read

Healthcare, telemedicine, remote patient monitoring

I've been researching, evaluating, and writing about physiological monitors and patient monitoring for years. Remote patient monitoring...

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Nursing shortage at NoCo's Healthcare Summit

Ozzie Paez

Oct 29, 20212 min read

Nursing shortage at NoCo's Healthcare Summit

Northern Colorado’s Healthcare Summit brought home the looming catastrophe of nursing shortages across the country. Reports suggest that...

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How hospitals can cope with peak demands

Ozzie Paez

Oct 28, 20212 min read

How hospitals can cope with peak demands

Hospitals operating at capacity during peak demands for services adjust admission and discharge benchmarks to focus on the most severely...

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Ozzie Paez

Oct 12, 20211 min read

New technologies help hospitals cope

Hospitals facing high demands and limited bed space are sending Covid patients home earlier than they’d prefer. It’s a classic response...

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Ozzie Paez

Jul 23, 20211 min read

Healthcare lessons beyond healthcare

Healthcare systems need to look beyond healthcare for lessons and solutions to meet the current and future crisis.

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Ozzie Paez

Jul 22, 20212 min read

Operational Elasticity

The COVID crisis tested healthcare’s robustness (the capacity to take a punch) and agility (the ability to adapt). Many hospitals...

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Ozzie Paez

Jul 19, 20216 min read

Saving lives in future emergencies

I authored this story several years ago based on 20+ years evaluating innovative health technologies, with input from health tech leaders...

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Ozzie Paez

May 21, 20211 min read

Preparedness and healthcare specs

I’ve spent much of my career helping clients define their needs, expectations, and #requirements in the face of continuous technological...

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Ozzie Paez

May 20, 20211 min read

Research: Tech and catastrophes

Healthcare, Public Health, and Emergency Services endured unprecedented challenges coping with #covid19. The pandemic’s impacts on the...

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Ozzie Paez

May 6, 20211 min read

Coping with mass casualty events

Previous posts in this series dealt with lessons learned after a mass casualty event – 9/11. This one focuses on mounting disasters that...

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Ozzie Paez

Feb 9, 20211 min read

AI's indispensable enablers

Artificial intelligence is most effective when complemented with other technologies, particularly modeling and analytics. These are...

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Ozzie Paez

Aug 17, 20201 min read

Lockdowns are killing supply chains

It’s been frustrating helping business and political leaders understand the unplanned consequences of economic lockdowns.

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Ozzie Paez

Jul 21, 20201 min read

Prepare for 2021

Sometimes conditions beyond their control leave business leaders with few good choices...

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