ACA Repeal Battle: Winners and Losers
Republicans have failed in their attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a major election campaign promise. After weeks of contentious negotiations... Read more
Medical Errors: Disclosure May Prevent Lawsuits
Hospitals often take a "deny and defend" approach when faced with allegations of medical negligence. However, offering prompt disclosure and... Read more
Physician Shortage Could Hit 100K by 2030
Physician shortage remains a major healthcare problem in the U.S., with new research showing that projected physician demand will continue to... Read more
VBHC Prize 2017: Nominees Announced
The Value-Based Health Care Center in the Netherlands has announced details of the nominees for its fourth annual VBHC Prize. The award... Read more
3 Top Tips for EXECS from Key Opinion Leaders
1. Encourage Shared Decision-Making Shared decision-making between members of an emergency department team, including input... 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
Biparametric MRI: A New Standard for Prostate Cancer Imaging?
A lone and discordant voice supported by few at first, biparametric prostate... Read more
Leading Breast Radiologist Wins 2019 RSNA Accolade
Prof. Fiona Gilbert is a leading light in the field of breast imaging... Read more
ICU Mental Health in the Ongoing Pandemic: How Will We Be Okay?
After a year of this pandemic, this article explores what we currently... Read more
Precise Automated Resuscitation with RESPIRA
An innovative solution to ventilator shortages has been found in Spain... Read more
The challenges and opportunities of tomorrow’s radiologist
Radiology facing its future head on. An... Read more
Bringing live music to adults and children across healthcare
Founded in the same year as the NHS and celebrating its 70th birthday... 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,...