When Do Academics Work?
For academics across the world, ‘working hours’ vary greatly, and in China many tend to work after hours, shows a recent study published... Read more
More Openness in Research
A combined open access and subscription agreement between John Wiley & Sons Inc., an American multinational publishing company focusing... Read more
Most Discussed Medical and Health Sciences Publications 2019
Altmetric has released its annual Top 100 of the most discussed and shared scientific research of 2019 covering a variety of disciplines... Read more
Pharmacists’ Involvement Improves Patient Outcomes
Additional attention from pharmacists towards patients, such as educational talks about prescribed medications, may lead to increased level... Read more
What Is the Plan for the NHS?
With the election in the UK over and the Conservatives scoring an overwhelming victory , what future awaits the National Health Service... 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
Sleep Deprivation and Fatigue Management in the Intensive Care Unit
The impact of sleep deprivation and fatigue on patients and staff in... Read more
Can we evaluate and treat the patient as a whole?
What is the potential for a more rounded healthcare approach?... Read more
Building a Hospital Without Walls
In the pursuit to achieve better population health, the Central Health... Read more
Nurses Health – Do You Manage This Challenge?
Summary: Patients rely on healthy nurses for optimal care – but who... Read more
AI and ML applications in healthcare
From the algorithm development sandbox to the clinical wilderness.... Read more
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention 2019: Quo Vadis?
Summary: Cardiovascular disease prevention strategies in 2019 remain... Read more