Can We Trust COVID-19 Research?
The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired an unprecedented amount of healthcare-related research in various fields, from drug and vaccine development... Read more
Immunisation During COVID-19: Recommendations and Opinions
24 April marks the start of World Immunization Week. This initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO), aimed at promoting the use... Read more
Short on PPE During COVID-19? Here are Solutions
Many hospitals around the world are facing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as N95 masks and face shields, to treat... Read more
Cancer Care: What to Expect, What to Do
A research predicts a decline in cancer mortality rates in 2020 in the EU. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancer patient safety... Read more
Witty to Help WHO with COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Sir Andrew Witty, president of UnitedHealth Group and CEO of Optum and f ormer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) chief executive , has taken a leave... Read more
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Nurse’s View: Looking Back at Last 12 Months
Hello, my dear readers, Time flies, and here we are – in April 2021. The last few weeks have been quite emotional because I started to review what has happened over the last 12-13 months, that is between March 2020 – April 2021. I have only so much space to write down my thoughts here, but Jesus – we would need LIVES... Read more
Patient’s Voice to Cancel Cancer: Autonomy for Patient and Oncologist – That Helps
Let’s start with a quip. When you want to become an oncologist, you only need three or four years of primary school. You need to be able to read and write. The pathologist will tell you what type of cancer the patient has, you can read in the protocol what to do, what the treatment is, and for the dose you need to know: ‘Is it a man or a woman,... Read more
Nurse’s View: “How Are You, Nurse?”
If somebody had asked me this question, “How are you, nurse?” 6-8 weeks ago, I would have probably cried. The situation in Great Britain was pretty tough, worse than in March-April 2020, when the whole crisis of COVID-19 started for us in the UK! I guess no other European country had to go through that bushfire we have to go through with the... Read more
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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
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Patient Safety and Social Media
Patientsafe represents a group of healthcare staff focused on introducing... Read more
Remote Patient Monitoring for Safe and Effective Management of COVID-19 Patients
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) and the role it can play in the early... Read more
VBHC in Netherlands: Success Factors
A team of researchers from the Netherlands expand on their previous findings... Read more
Beth Boynton
Confident Voices in Health Care Boston, USA Medical improv... Read more
The Future ICU
Critical Care Medicine has existed for many years, but was only recognised... Read more
Semantic Technology Enables Smart Computers
As healthcare faces up to the promises and challenges of big data, HealthManag Read more
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