Dementia, the lost times
The current techniques for diagnosis and treatment of dementia Dementia is one of the most difficult challenges in modern neuroscience.... Read more
Check! Don’t get hooked!
Phishing attacks are increasing and have become a significant risk to the health-care industry. “Phishing” is the current weapon of choice... Read more
The VBHC evolution 2014-2019
Prof. dr. Fred van Eenennaam and Meagan Jongepier offer an overview on the achievements of the Value Based-Health Care Prize since... Read more
Brexit: UK Government makes decision on EU healthcare workers
European Union (EU) health workers can still work in the UK even if it leaves the EU with a no-deal Medical... Read more
How design can eliminate bacteria in OR
Traffic flow in hospitals can help spread microbiota. Researchers examining the influence of traffic and other factors on microbial load... 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
Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste - Strategic opportunities After COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged countries to accelerate innovation... Read more
Understanding bad communication
Deter defensiveness, solve problems Chris Argyris’ insights on bad... Read more
Emirates Critical Care conference: where east meets west
Professor Hussain Al Rahma is Head of the Emergency and Critical Care... Read more
Ignacio Martinez Soriano
Data Scientist, Hospital UNI VERSITARIO Rafael Méndez, Lorca, Spain... Read more
Leading and Learning in the Real World
Leadership is a generic term, so when we talk about leaders in the NHS... Read more
Digital Healthcare Systems
Now More than Ever Digital Healthcare Systems are needed... Read more