Debate over Rising Healthcare Costs
Drug costs are often blamed for spikes in healthcare costs, but drugmakers are quick to point out that drugs account for about 10 percent of... Read more
Inclusive Discharge Planning Process Reduces Readmissions
Integration of caregivers into the discharge process for elderly patients can reduce the risk of hospital readmission. A study led by the University... Read more
Trump Budget Cuts Threat to AHRQ's Future
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is responsible for making healthcare safer and more effective. While AHRQ has survived... Read more
5 Top Cost Cutting Mistakes in Healthcare
Confronted with pressure to reduce costs, many healthcare providers are making counterproductive changes that sometimes actually lead... Read more
Patient Engagement and Profit Improvement
Cost is always an important issue in healthcare, and a new report from Press Ganey shows hospitals with better patient experience scores also... Read more
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Connecting Healthcare Providers with Patients
Traditionally, the use of healthcare services begins with an in-person appointment with a primary care physician, but being seen often takes days or weeks. As a consequence of the evolution of information technology infrastructure, the ability to deliver digital access to healthcare services has developed. The advantages are many, including eliminating... Read more
Digitalisation in Healthcare – Embracing Digital Front Doors
Herbert Staehr serves as Global Head of Transforming Care Delivery for Siemens Healthineers, driving the company’s activities and messaging around delivering high-value care. In this capacity, he develops and executes programmes and outreach strategies aimed at healthcare providers around the world, as well as stakeholders in every branch of the healthcare... Read more
The Pandemic Doesn’t Stop When We Go on Holiday!
My dear readers, It is time for thoughts from the island again. It’s time for the nurse’s thoughts! I wanted to share with you all that, as a staff nurse, I still work on COVID-19 wards. I risked it and flew to the Canary Islands in March for sunshine and switching-off time. I needed the urge of summer like a sunflower. I thought in my ‘naïve’... Read more
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Clinical Decision Support for Prostate Cancer Care
2021 08 Oct
Executive Summary Cancer care is becoming increasingly complex and personalized. More and more patient characteristics and disease specific data – clinical history, comorbidities, imaging, laboratory data, genomics/ proteomics, lifestyle factors, pathology results – have to be factored in when deciding on diagnostic measures and care pathways.... Read more
Improving Medical Technology Management Through Value Partnerships
2021 03 Aug
Executive Summary Value Partnerships™ are the enduring relationships that Siemens Healthineers forges with customers in order to optimize operations, expand capabilities, and advance innovation within healthcare enterprises. One of the areas where optimization can transform care delivery and improve patient experience is in the holistic management... Read more
How to Create the Healing Environment of the Future
2021 03 Aug
The human-centered approach to healthcare facility planning and design. Executive Summary Transforming care delivery through facility design and planning Healthcare environments continue to evolve, with new pressures from patients, staff, and payers driving care providers to be more people-centered and value-driven. Meeting the challenges... Read more
From Our Journals
Emerging Concepts in Nutritional Therapy for the Critically Ill Child
Prudent strategies to optimise nutrition for the critically ill child,... Read more
Intensive Care Physiotherapists Should be Using Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
An overview of the potential of POCUS on clinical decision making at... Read more
How to manage sedation analgesia for patient-centred care in the ICU
Managing sedation analgesia for patient-centred care in the ICU... Read more
Implications of Dense Breasts, Interview with Prof. Murray Rebner
Prof. Murray Rebner is Immediate Past President Society of Breast Imaging;... Read more
COVID-19 Pandemic: Health, Social and Economic Consequences
The spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2, originating from Wuhan,... Read more
Can Telemedicine Save Money? Case Study of Comarch Diagnostic Point in the Workplace
A case study of Comarch Diagnostic Point and its application... Read more
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Comarch Diagnostic Point
Comarch Diagnostic Point High demand for accessible and convenient healthcare has led to the rapid development of telemedicine services. Among these services are diagnostic points, which allow proper care to be provided to patients – anywhere,...