Healthcare in Post-Brexit Era
It is expected that health and social care in the UK will be affected with its withdrawal from the European Union. Some of the anticipated issues... Read more
Using Analytics to Root Out Fraud
The Office of Inspector General at HHS is responsible for preserving the integrity of federal healthcare programmes. To help root out fraud... Read more
'Best Prescription' for Homeless Patients
More than providing medical care, a better way to treat chronically homeless patients may be to provide them with a roof over their heads. An... Read more
Hiring Ex-Criminals for Healthcare
Hospitals account for one in nine jobs in the U.S. and it is expected that this job growth will continue to increase as the aging population... Read more
U.S. Immigrants' Deportation Fears Hurting Healthcare
In the U.S., healthcare providers serving immigrant communities worry that chronic conditions will worsen and infectious diseases will go... 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
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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
Nine Nurse-Recommended Design Strategies to Improve Alarm Management in the ICU: A Qualitative Study
We asked intensive care nurses how they experience medical alarms... Read more
Ultrasound: Pushing the Boundaries with Unconventional Techniques
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES WITH UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES Prof. Dr.-Ing. Read more
Remote Work and Virtual Consultations: Emergency Setup
For a hospital in Spain, the national state of emergency meant two... Read more
Biomarkers in Heart Failure
Cardiac biomarkers, including natriuretic peptides and troponins, have... Read more
Singapore: Focus on Eldercare
Singapore’s transformation from a low-income country to a rich, developed econo Read more
Patients’ Revolution, Patients’ Evolution
Healthcare is in constant change. Today the change is driven by the... 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,...