UAE: Collaboration of SEHA and Mayo Clinic
A new joint venture, first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been announced between Abu Dhabi Health Services Company... Read more
More Self-Compassion Means Better Care Quality
Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) with lower levels of self-criticism and higher levels of self-kindness deliver better outcomes for patients.... Read more
IHF World Hospital Congress: Call for Papers
Health leaders and professionals are invited to submit abstracts for the 44th World Hospital Congress, organised by the International Hospital... Read more
Hospitals Turn to In-Home Care
Some of the largest US hospital systems, including Ascension, CommonSpirit and Highmark Health, turn from delivering onsite hospital care... Read more
SFS: Priority Investment in Digital Transformation
Digitalisation of healthcare helps to improve patient outcomes in a cost-efficient way. Therefore, healthcare providers widely view it... Read more
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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
Patients’ Voice to Cancel Cancer: From Shooting In the Dark We Can Become a Sniper
“Cancer is a mobile disease. It changes while you look at it. Treat it like tuberculosis; 4 drugs for one year, at the same time!” Professor David Tuveson, CSHL We do not execute what we already know! Patients are dying because the scientific knowledge that is available today is not implemented to improve 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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The AI-powered radiologist
Imaging acquisition advances & big data envision a bright future for... Read more
Healthcare Without Borders
Dear Reader, As the world’s largest representative body for senior hea Read more
Value-Based Radiology: View from Europe
What does value-based healthcare and value-based radiology mean to you... Read more
Integrating labs into clinical care pathways
Based on an Abbott-sponsored symposium “Diagnostics, Data and Integrated... Read more
New Ultrasound Device Uses 3D Printing Technology
Sharper medical images using a new US device combined with 3D printed... Read more
Rising multimorbidity in our ageing world
Mapping the landscape of ageing for more effective healthcare... Read more
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