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
Value-based Payment Programmes That Work
The shift towards value-based care is expected to continue despite uncertainty surrounding healthcare reform under the Trump administration.... Read more
One-Third of Lab Tests Not Needed
Despite the fact that lab tests are one of the most common orders placed by doctors and most patients get stuck for a blood draw every time... Read more
Predicting Patient Hospitalisation: PCPs vs. Algorithms
A new study shows that primary care physicians (PCPs) were as effective as commonly used predictive algorithms in identifying patients at high... Read more
Latest Tips for HIT and Patient Safety
This year, the 5th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit focused on 13 Actionable Patient Safety Solutions... 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
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
'Dream Imager' for Breast Cancer Diagnosis
INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR SRIRANG MANOHAR Today, techniques... Read more
Book Review: The Organization of Critical Care
There are not many good books on this topic, and the present one includes cont Read more
Effects of an internal and participatory intervention
Improving the radiological image Prof. Rui Almeida gives an... Read more
Advances in Sepsis Research – New Tools Against One of the Oldest Diseases?
Sepsis and septic shock are the leading causes of death in the ICU. With... Read more
Award-winning new doctors’ assistants freeing time in acute NHS hospitals
P i l o t r e d u c e s d o c t or o... Read more
Medical Device Cybersecurity
WHEN WILL YOUR PACEMAKER BE HACKED ? In 2013, the Washington Post... Read more
Highlighted Products
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,...