Investment Hints at Future Healthcare Priorities
In the first part of 2016, patient experience, Big Data analytics and personalised medicine have attracted a record-setting quantity of investment... Read more
4 Reasons for Nurses to Join Hospital Boards
Hospital boards would gain a valuable perspective on the experience of patients, staff and help accomplish the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s... Read more
EHR Leading to Burnout
The expansion of the electronic environment in healthcare is coming at a cost. According to a national study of physicians led by Mayo... Read more
Primary Care Crisis: Call for Training Support
A new study has shown that the average cost to train a resident at a Teaching Health Centre is estimated at $157,602 per year. The report,... Read more
Effective Leader Needs To Focus On Capacity Gaps
An effective leader is often described by the ability to be capable, adaptable and confident, but also someone who admits to his or her... Read more
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So Why am I Worrying Now? Thoughts from the UK on Pandemic Times
My Dear Readers, Time is flying, and here I am again, sharing my thoughts as a registered nurse working during a very dramatic time. The first half of the year of 2021 is over. If you reflect now, one can not comprehend of what has happened in the world during these last months. It is almost impossible. Where will one start and stop?... Read more
What About Post-Corona?
Is there a time after COVID-19? Do you regularly hear the question of what we will do after COVID-19? Or what should we do? This is a strange question, because there will be no time after Coronavirus. Corona is an endemic virus, that is among us and does not go away. There is also no time after Influenza. Endemic viruses are here. We need to take... Read more
While perioperative care is optimized, patients die unmonitored in wards!
There is a high demand for a comfortable, small and mobile solution for affordable blood pressure and vital sign monitoring in the general ward to improve patient safety and outcome, as mortality after surgery is a thousand times higher than intraoperative death. 1 CNSystems has enhanced its non-invasive CNAP® technology for perioperative... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Liver Fibrosis: Patients Can Be At Risk Of Death Even Without Exhibiting Symptoms
2020 18 Dec
1 in 5 advanced fibrosis patients evolves to cirrhosis in as little as two and a half years. The liver is the largest gland in the human body and, weighing roughly two kilograms, it is the second largest organ after the skin. Its varied functions include supplying the brain with glucose, filtering toxins out of the blood, producing proteins,... Read more
Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
From Our Journals
A Life Course Approach to Cardiovascular Ageing
Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rare until middle age, it has... Read more
Big Data: Application of Folksonomy for Clinical Nephrology Research
Summary: Nephrology researchers show how natural language processing... Read more
Healthcare Worker 4.0: Redesigning Jobs for the Future
Healthcare needs to change to meet demographic shifts, increasing demand... Read more
Know more, treat better
Affidea applies ground-breaking AI technology on Brain MRI examinations... Read more
Big Data Initiatives to Support Next Generation Neuroimaging of TBI
Big Data Initiatives to Support Next Generation Neuroimaging of Traum Read more
The ABC of Patient Engagement: Time to Breathe New Life Into Old Stories
Summary: A medical communications expert looks at how industry’s relationship Read more