Prerequisites for Future Pandemic Prevention
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to batter lives and livelihoods, experts are warning about future pandemics – which can spread more... Read more
COVID-19 Vaccines: Tracking and Future Distribution
Availability of an effective vaccine is viewed as crucial in the fight against COVID-19, but researchers warn against ‘vaccine nationalism’.... Read more
Drawing from Taiwan’s COVID-19 Experience
A recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific have analysed the pandemic response in Taiwan and outlined a... Read more
Do Travel Restrictions Work Against COVID-19?
A new study from Germany analyses the impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 mortality and compares outcomes in different countries.... Read more
AZ COVID-19 Trial Continues Despite Participant’s Death
This week has seen another COVID-19 vaccine-related incident: a volunteer in the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine trial in Brazil has died. Nevertheless,... Read more
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COVID-19 Vaccinations: A Long-Term Strategy
The World Health Organization labelled the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 a ‘variant of concern’ because of its potential to evade immunity conferred by prior infection and the current COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines are directed against previous versions of the spike protein, which the virus uses to enter human cells. The possibility... Read more
Are We on the Road to Nowhere?
Dear Readers, We are coming to the end of another challenging year. Another 12 months are almost over. What a year it was for us all and what years are ahead of us! As you all might know by now, I am a quite up-beat person writing about ANDRA TUTTO BENE (Everything will be alright). But hey-ho, the last Saturday before the 1 st... Read more
5 Ways Big Data Can Benefit the Healthcare Industry
Vlad Vahromovs is an accomplished tech executive with over 15 years of executive leadership experience delivering cutting-edge solutions to industry giants, He is the CEO of Intellectsoft , the technology partner of Fortune 500 companies including EY, Nestle, and Jaguar. Vlad holds modern courses degrees from Stanford and Erasmus University Rotterdam.... 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
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New Care Delivery
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an accelerator for a profound paradigmatic... Read more
The Post-ICU Patient
N umerous patients are admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) every... Read more
Moscow Radiology: COVID-19 Preparedness and Action
Contributing Authors: Anna Andreychenko, Victor Gombolevskiy, Ekaterin Read more
COVID-19 from the Perspective of Telemedicine
A retired physician offers insights into COVID-19 telemedicine following... Read more
Five Reasons Why Value-Based Healthcare is Beneficial
Patient-centered care is becoming a major topic in healthcare. Many initiatives Read more
Day of Solidarity to Prevent Suicide
On April 23, 2015, we lost Kevin Dietl to suicide just weeks before 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,...