Pfizer Uses COVID-19 Vaccine to Leverage Terms to Governments
Last February, Pfizer was accused of bullying Latin American governments over COVID-19 vaccine supplies. Public Citizen, in investigating government... Read more
U.S. FDA Backs [email protected] COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
On Friday, 15 October, a U.S. FDA advisory committee unanimously recommended that all adults that received the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine... Read more
Postop Virtual Care Reduces Drug Errors and Pain
Postoperative patients often require use of acute services like acute hospital care, brief acute hospital care, and emergency department visits.... Read more
Can Partnerships, Mergers, and Acquisitions Help Failing Hospitals?
Analyst firm, Kaufman Hall, prepared a report for the American Hospital Association (AMA) to determine the benefits of partnerships, mergers, and... Read more
Behavioural and Maternal Health Drop for U.S. Children and Women
The 2021 Health of Women and Children report, recently assembled by the United Health Foundation, shows deteriorating behavioural and maternal... Read more
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Connecting Healthcare Providers with Patients
Traditionally, the use of healthcare services begins with an in-person appointment with a primary care physician, but being seen often takes days or weeks. As a consequence of the evolution of information technology infrastructure, the ability to deliver digital access to healthcare services has developed. The advantages are many, including eliminating... Read more
Digitalisation in Healthcare – Embracing Digital Front Doors
Herbert Staehr serves as Global Head of Transforming Care Delivery for Siemens Healthineers, driving the company’s activities and messaging around delivering high-value care. In this capacity, he develops and executes programmes and outreach strategies aimed at healthcare providers around the world, as well as stakeholders in every branch of the healthcare... Read more
The Pandemic Doesn’t Stop When We Go on Holiday!
My dear readers, It is time for thoughts from the island again. It’s time for the nurse’s thoughts! I wanted to share with you all that, as a staff nurse, I still work on COVID-19 wards. I risked it and flew to the Canary Islands in March for sunshine and switching-off time. I needed the urge of summer like a sunflower. I thought in my ‘naïve’... Read more
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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
Apps for Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of Avatars In Personalisation
How do we help people to improve their health after a heart event? Current... Read more
The AI-powered radiologist
Imaging acquisition advances & big data envision a bright future for... Read more
Health spending in Greece under restraint measures
Way forward for sustainability of healthcare sector. Healthcare... Read more
People Powered Health Movement for patients
The People Powered Health Movement is ignited by Accreditation Canada... Read more
The Sex and Gender Influence on Hypertension
Despite underlying physiological differences and a different set of... Read more
Communication myths of anaesthetists
Vital minutes before unconsciousness Anaesthesia is a diverse... 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,...