Fake News Woes in Healthcare
Social media platforms and other modern channels of communication make it easier for people to interact and share information.... Read more
Tech's Role in Empathy-based Medicine
According to Dr Jeremy Howick and Dr Sian Rees of the Oxford Empathy Programme, existing digital technologies need to be exploited... Read more
Medicare Penalty for 500K Clinicians
Some 501,933 clinicians in the U.S. will see a 2 percent reduction in Medicare payments this year for failing to meet the requirements... Read more
ECMO for Adult Respiratory Failure: 2017 Update
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can support severe derangements in gas exchange in both acute and chronic respiratory... Read more
Free Online Course on Perioperative Medicine from FutureLearn, UCL Launches
FutureLearn, the leading social learning company, in partnership with University College London (UCL), has launched a new online... Read more
New Dosing Models Increase Safety of Remifentanil
New dosing models have been developed that can provide the scientific basis for more accurate administration of remifentanil,... Read more
Cost-effective Lung Cancer Screening Programmes
For lung cancer screening programmes to be cost-effective, these should target high-risk people and identify non-cancer conditions... Read more
Researchers Use New Technique To Make Brain Scans Better
A team of researchers at MIT worked with doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital and other institutions to devise a way to boost... Read more
Radiation Dose Reduction for Common CT Examinations
Opportunity exists for substantial radiation dose reduction using existing computed tomography (CT) technology for common diagnostic... Read more
Heart Attack Shown to be 'Systemic Condition'
An acute heart attack (myocardial infarction) is a "systemic" condition with an impact upon the whole body and triggers responses... Read more
Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack
People who survive a major heart attack often do better in the years afterward if they're mildly obese, suggests new research... Read more
3-D Models Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute have used standard medical imaging and 3-D printing... Read more
Artificial Intelligence: Explosive Growth
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming integrated in the delivery of healthcare, and increasing use of the technology is expected... Read more
Hackers Target Junior Staff
Cybercriminals are adjusting their social engineering tactics to focus on the more vulnerable members of an organisation: the... Read more
Outsourcing: HIT Talent Shortage
The current infosec staffing crisis has led to hospitals' increasing reliance on service providers to help them with IT and data... Read more
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HerzstiftungOlten is a local foundation connected to the Swiss Heart... Read more
New Philips Technology to Empower Emergency Departments
Philips innovation in advanced health technology is delivering next generation... Read more
What can IEEE Contribute to Better Healthcare?
I have been a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers... Read more
Why Have Procedure-Specific Postoperative Pain Guidelines?
The procedure specific postoperative pain management (PROSPECT) initi... Read more
High Time for Shift to a Better Model of Radiology
For the Russian state-based public healthcare system, the concept of v... Read more
COMARE Report Response Designed to Improve Risk Management & Patient Care
Ahead of the introduction of the new Basic Safety Standards Directive... Read more
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7 Ways to Improve Patient Outcomes in the New World of Value-Based Care
Introduction Hospitals around the world are under increasing pressure... Read more
Regional Healthcare Initiatives in the UK: An Opportunity For Silo-Busting & Integrated Diagnostics
Health authorities in the UK are developing regional initiatives to make... Read more
7 Ways to Maximize your Hospital’s Reputation
Executive summary A hospital’s reputation can do much to help attract... Read more
Taking the Mystery Out of Machine Learning
Radiologists have been taught to fear machine learning. It means what... Read more
Raising Care Standards to Enhance Patient Outcomes
Executive summary Hospitals are under increasing pressure to improve t... Read more
Seven Steps to a More Efficient and Resilient IT Solution
Efficient patient-centric care models require consolidating mountains of... Read more
Breaking Down Silos: Delivering True Clinical Value From a VNA
The vendor neutral archive offers one of the best opportunities to join... Read more
The Road to Making Peer Review an Added Value—Not an Added Burden
Most radiology departments currently use some form of formalized peer review... Read more
Clinical And Economic Effects Of The i-Stat POCT Solution
INTRODUCTION In Germany, emergency departments (EDs) often suffer fr... Read more
Establishment of Ambulatory Emergency Services at James Paget University Hospital
INTRODUCTION A study of emergency admissions in England found that over... Read more
Canterbury Hospital, Australia
Located in Sydney’s Inner west, Canterbury Hospital has just over 200 beds.... Read more
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2015: Antibiotics
The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,... Read more
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Biomarker Guided Antibiotic Therapy: What’s New?
The aim of the present review is to summarise the current evidence for... Read more
Multimodality Neuromonitoring in Critically Ill Patients
Without Primary Acute Brain Injury This review focuses on the current... Read more
Improving Healthcare: The Role of the Human Factors Specialist
What is human factors? How would you explain to a hospital director why... Read more
Antibiotic Resistance in the ICU: Time to Take Things Seriously!
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is increasing worldwide and has been ackn... Read more
Revolutionizing Orthopaedic Imaging
What are the main areas of EOS Imaging’s business interest? Bringing solutions... Read more
Imaging with EOS®
The Radiologist’s ViewThe Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) acquired the... Read more
