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Reducing Sepsis Mortality with Telemedicine

According to data, the most unmet need in healthcare today is sepsis. More than 1.7 million Americans get sepsis each year, resulting in 250,000 deaths. Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening re...

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GD ATTENDS ANNUAL PENN. STATE EMS CONFERENCE

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 5, 2019 Contact: Andrew Birnbaum Company: GD                    &...

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General Devices (GD) To Attend 2019 Community Paramedicine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 09, 2019 Contact: Andrew Birnbaum Company: GD                                                                              Email: marketing@general-devices.com Website: ww...

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GD ATTENDS ANNUAL REGIONAL NEURO CONFERENCE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 5, 2019  Contact: Andrew Birnbaum Company: GD                    &n...

TELEMEDICINE BY THE NUMBERS
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Doctor to Patient Communication: Live-Streaming to Save Lives

The primary goals of medical professionals are pretty obvious – to help patients, to save lives, and to improve quality of life. It’s pretty simple. Doctors spend years studying the best ways to treat any...

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Hotter N’ Hell EMS & Responders Are Using GD e-Bridge for Multi-Team Communication

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: August 22, 2019 Contact: Andrew Birnbaum Company: GD                                                                              Email: marketing@general-devices.com Website: www.g...

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Telemedicine Story: Preventing False Lab Activations

Sometimes, you just don’t feel quite like yourself.  Sometimes the symptoms are just too vague to understand- lightheaded, nauseous, chest feels a bit tight? Was it that questionable salmon you ate at lunc...

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Telemedicine Story: Efficient EMS communication

The Naperville Fire Department has a lot on their plates. With almost 148,000 residents to protect, this fire department needs not one, not two…but ten station houses to be adequately prepared for whatever emer...

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Pediatric Seizures – Early Detection, Effective Treatment

A seizure is characterized as “an event of altered brain function which is caused by abnormal or excessive electrical discharges from brain cells” (Mickie’s Miracles, 2019). Seizures are quite common. As a matt...

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eBook: How To Choose A Mobile Telemedicine and Notification Solution

Healthcare is evolving, and technologies are “disruptive” drivers, ironically technology is often the easy part. What is difficult is the people component of implementing technology and process chan...

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eBook: ET3 Telehealth Implementation

The federal Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) unveiled their Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model program on Valentines Day, 2019. ET3 is a voluntar...

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Telemedicine Story: Reaching Your Team at the Push of a Button

Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield, Illinois is a 191-bed facility that boasts all private rooms. They are renowned for children’s and women’s healthcare, neurosciences, and orthopedic and wellness therapie...

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Fran Cassella is welcomed as the Newest Member of GD’s Responsive Innovation Team

Date: July 31, 2019 Contact: Andrew Birnbaum E: marketing@general-devices.com P: 201-313-7075 F: 201-313-5671 W: www.general-devices.com Ridgefield, NJ – July, 2019 — GD is proud to announce and ...

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The Future of Telemedicine is now, and the Numbers Prove It

There was a time when telemedicine was considered a system of the future. But the future has arrived at medical centers across the country, according to survey results published by URAC and Telemedicine Magazin...

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Live FirstNet Webinar Event with GD e-Bridge

Date: July 15, 2019 Contact: Andrew Birnbaum Company: GD                         &nbs...

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Healthcare Systems Choose GD to Implement a Secure Communication System

Healthcare Systems Choose GD to Implement a Secure Communication System Contact: Andy Birnbaum Email: marketing@general-devices.com Phone: 201-313-7075 Website: general-devices.com   [Ridgefield, NJ – Jun...

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IMPROVING PEDIATRIC PATIENT CARE AT PHOENIX CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

[PRINT] THE CHALLENGE As Arizona’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center certified by the American College of Surgeons, Phoenix Children’s emergency room receives 20-30 ambulances daily, transporting sick and in...

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FDNY IS TREATING STEMI FASTER USING MOBILE TELEMEDICINE

[PRINT] When a heart attack is suspected, triage and timing are critical, especially when treating a ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), or a more severe heart attack. Out of the 735,000 heart attacks t...

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Joe Johnson is Welcomed as the Newest Member of GD’s Responsive Innovation Team

Date: June 13, 2019 Contact: Andrew Birnbaum E: marketing@general-devices.com P: 201-313-7075 F: 201-313-5671 W: www.general-devices.com Ridgefield, NJ – June, 2019 — GD is proud to announce and welco...

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Fire-EMS & Telemedicine- Working Together to Improve Outcomes

Burning buildings are just one of many challenges that Fire Rescue faces on a daily basis. According to Aaron Dean and Mick Messoline of FireEngineering.com, “Fire suppression and prevention are only two of the...