No trust, no digitalisation
Education is the linchpin to creating a culture of trust where patients feel comfortable engaging fully with mHealth. Healthcare staff... Read more
Clearing the way with TeleTracking
Many hospitals around the world including the NHS, UK face huge challenges generated mainly from lack of resources especially in department... Read more
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
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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
Healthcare 2030: Transformation in the Next Decade
2020 marks the start of a new decade and, with factors such as the Silver... Read more
Prone Position in Awake, Non-Intubated Patients with ARDS: From Physiology to the Bedside
Prone position (PP) in awake, non-intubated patients with respiratory... Read more
The patient voice in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: an Edinburgh perspective
This article will explore the ERAS Programme and provide a unique insight... Read more
Novel Interventions for Early Parkinson Detection
Summary: An award-winning ICT-based early detection of Parkinson’s Disease... Read more
Medical Devices and Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
Time To Deliver The European Commission’s ‘New Approach’ The current... Read more
Critical compassion
The Compassionate Care Initiative at the University of Virginia... Read more
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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,...