Siemens Healthineers Announces Collaboration Agreement with Novartis
Siemens Healthineers and Novartis collaboration to develop assays supporting Novartis’s therapeutic pipeline. Initial program to focus on... Read more
Vaccines: What’s Most Important?
Vaccine delays have increased in recent years not only because of access problems, but also due to trust issues resulting in people's refusals... Read more
Siemens Healthineers Collaboration With CDC To Standardize SARS-CoV-2 Assays
The collaboration will standardize SARS-CoV-2 assays by defining concentrations of antibodies to specific viral proteins to confer neutralization... Read more
Global COVID-19 Response: “A Collective Failure”
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) has released its second report ‘A World in Disorder,’ in which it harshly criticises the... Read more
Outcome Measures for Multimorbidity in LMIC Context
The global burden of multimorbidity – or the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions in the same person – is greatest in low-income... 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
Crossing the Rubicon to a Digitally Enabled Medical Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has become a catalyst for healthcare to embrace... Read more
The role of speech and language therapy in critical care
The role of speech and language therapists (SLTs) in critical care can... Read more
What COVID-19 has Taught Us: Insights on Singapore’s Healthcare System and the New Normal
Singapore is world-renowned for being a unique and technologically advanced... Read more
Remote Work and Virtual Consultations: Emergency Setup
For a hospital in Spain, the national state of emergency meant two... Read more
Resilience: The Airbag for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professions
Summary: Instilling an attitude of resilience in healthcare staff... Read more
How Consistent is Medical Information on the Internet?
Case Study: Amyloidosis on Portal of Mayo Clinic et al. In the age... Read more