Which States Do Doctors Misbehave Most in the U.S.?
In fact, the percentage of doctors in the U.S. who get disciplined or pay a malpractice claim is four times less in some states than in... Read more
Poor Root Fillings Caused By Stress, Strict Public Funding
Half of all root fillings in the Swedish public dental service are of poor quality and dentists admit these are difficult, associate them... Read more
Sitting For Less Than 3 Hours a Day Could Increase Life Expectancy
Prolonged Daily Sitting Linked to 3.8% of All-Cause Deaths A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found... Read more
Better Outcomes in Elderly but Care Integration Needed
Better Outcomes in Elderly but Care Integration Needed A recent study published in the International Journal of Surgery focuses on... Read more
OECD: Health Worker Number Rises, More Skills Needed
The number of doctors and nurses has reached record levels among the 34 member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and... 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
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
The Value of Digital Twin Technology
2021 03 Aug
Transforming care delivery in a single department or an entire healthcare enterprise. Executive Summary Digital twin technology has proven its value in manufacturing, where use of connected technology to monitor performance, model processes, and optimize efficiency is already a mainstay of “Industry 4.0”. The link between the physical and... Read more
From Our Journals
Redesigning Emergency Ambulatory Care with Point-of-Care Testing: Reduced Costs and Length of Stay
Many patients presenting to the hospital emergency department do not... Read more
Keeping the Person in Personalised Medicine
As Personalised Medicine endeavours to discover more specific aetiologies... Read more
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Who Could Benefit?
This article summarises the current ratio and scientific evidence on... Read more
Hyperthermia. An amplifier for radiation therapy.
Hyperthermia can further enhance the therapeutic outcomes of radiation... Read more
Indirect Calorimetry to Measure Energy Requirements: From Consensus to Daily Practice
Why Personalize Nutrition Therapy? The need for personalized... Read more
A patient’s journey is likely to include surfing the web: how can we help?
Internet and people with mental disorders A “whole patient”... Read more