MEDICA 2019 + COMPAMED 2019: Medical World Meets in Düsseldorf
On November 18, the world’s largest and leading medical trade fair, MEDICA 2019, is greeting visitors from all over the world. This year... Read more
EHMA 2020 Annual Conference: Call for Abstracts
European Health Management Association (EHMA) has just launched the Call for Abstracts for the EHMA 2020 Annual Conference (Rotterdam,... Read more
Patients Should ‘Speak Up™ for Their Rights’
An e ducational campaign on patient rights by The Joint Commission: m ultimedia materials inform patients about taking an active... Read more
The Value of Discount on Branded Drugs
Despite the proclaimed benefits, in Canada, brand-name drug discount cards (or co-pay cards) lead to higher spending for both healthcare... Read more
Winners of the IHF Awards 2019
The IHF Awards 2019 winners were announced in an awards ceremony on November 8, during the 43rd World Hospital Congress. Kaohsiung Veterans... Read more
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How Lack of Accepted Standards Prevents Connected Health from Taking Off
Lack of globally accepted standards in health data management hampers the advancement of Connected Health, which we hope, can give the world faster, cheaper, and more accessible preventive healthcare. With thousands and thousands of personal medical sensors available on the market, dozens of electronic health record systems used at hospitals,... Read more
Mechanical Thrombectomy – should we rethink how we treat stroke?
Stroke is not a risk for older people exclusively. Across all types of stroke, we need to remember that a quarter of them occur in people under 65. 1 We know the combination of a decrease in deaths from stroke and an increase in actual stroke events means more people will survive and live with the impact of stroke. The burden of stroke is likely... Read more
Awareness, Education, Prevention and Government
In September of this year, our group of international patient advocates and scholar-activists had a congress at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. We had several good discussions about prevention, breast cancer prevention, and early diagnostics and prevention of HPV-related cancers. Mostly, we discussed cervical cancer but learned... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
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
From Our Journals
Let's change before we have to
T h e r ac e i s o n t o i m p l... Read more
Healthcare Executive Alliance: Insights For Healthcare Leadership
Healthcare organizations do a phenomenal job. Today, an increasing number... Read more
Deconstruction of business processes to disruption of business models
How healthcare IT can impact business models. What is the potential... Read more
Five Reasons Why Value-Based Healthcare is Beneficial
Patient-centered care is becoming a major topic in healthcare. Many initiatives Read more
Fluids in shock
Fluid management during shock from physiology to bedside. Shock... Read more
Cardiology and mHealth – Rethink About Monitoring
Summary: Overview about the value of mHealth in cardiology exemplified... Read more
Highlighted Products
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,...