Healthcare staff too stressed to deal with disasters
New research published in the journal Procedia Engineering further justifies the need for hospitals to focus more on making working conditions... Read more
Cutting hospital readmissions with lay health workers
Lay health workers (LHWs) are those who have some training to promote health or to perform some healthcare services. Although they are... Read more
Help or hindrance? EHRs and admin cost reductions
Despite huge investments in healthcare IT, EHR systems in particular, hospitals have not benefited much in terms of improving administrative... Read more
Collaboration fights opioid epidemic
A collaborative approach involving local public health and public safety agencies may be what is needed to address the problem of opioid overuse... Read more
Simple, economical toolkit improves healthcare outcomes in South India
Resource limitations should not discourage hospitals in finding ways to improve the quality of healthcare services. There are simple, and inexpensive,... 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
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Data power to the patients!
Patient-driven data business, not data-driven patient business.... Read more
The Metabolic Phenotype of Skeletal Muscle During Early Critical Illness
The Muscle UK Critical Care program was set up 10 years ago and focused... Read more
Big Data for Health in Europe
In 2010, the European Commission proposed the 10-year strategy, Europe... Read more
Nutrition in the Post ICU Period: Where is the Evidence?
This article summarises the current nutrition evidence in the phase of... Read more
Intracranial pressure monitoring devices
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is the cornerstone for treatment... Read more
COVID-19: Defining a Digital-First Approach that Adds Value
Crises pose opportunities as well as threats. The COVID-19 outbreak... Read more