Medical Malpractice Suits Deadline Hikes Insurance?
Legislation before New York state lawmakers would have a significant impact on medical malpractice law by permitting patients to sue years... Read more
Medical Tourism: Informed Decisions Hard for International Patients
International patients may not obtain full information needed in order to make informed decisions about care abroad. An article published in... Read more
10 Principles of Strategic Leadership And How to Retain Leaders
Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they are facing a critical deficit:... Read more
New Hybrid Healthcare Role Targets Patient Costs
Neighbourhood Health Plan (NHP) and Partners HealthCare announced they have appointed long-time health professional Douglas Thompson as NHP Chief Financial... Read more
Study: Unmet Surgical Needs High for World’s 60 Million Refugees
‘Nobody talks about this,’ researcher says New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that the world’s... 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
How to provide better intensive care?
Systems approach and individualised care Professor Jukka Takala, MD,... Read more
Reaching the Heights of Respiratory Physiology
Professor John B. West is a renowned respiratory physiologist and researcher. Read more
COVID-19 Global Response – Strengths, Weaknesses, Success and Failure
An overview of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the... Read more
Digital Health Transformation in Europe – Recommendations are on the Horizon
DigitalHealthEurope’s work indicates the importance of the development... Read more
Screening with Breast Tomosynthesis : An Emerging Reality
The amount of clinical proof for the efficacy of Tomosynthesis in screening... Read more
Calling China’s champions for global health
How the economic giant is advancing healthcare across the globe ... Read more