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In many rural and underserved regions, advanced healthcare services are often limited due to factors like a shortage of specialists, long travel distances, and scarce resources. However, technological advancements, especially in mobile health devices, are beginning to bridge these gaps. Mobile ECG (electrocardiogram) devices are at the forefront of this ...
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Understanding the need for reliable medical equipment in healthcare In the intricate world of healthcare, the reliability of medical equipment is critical to patient care and safety. The importance of dependable medical equipment cannot be overstated, as it forms the backbone of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive healthcare services. ...
Security Personnel and Law Enforcement Officers Security personnel and law enforcement officers are frequently the first to respond in accidents or health emergencies. Having CPR skills enables these professionals to give immediate care until medical professionals come. ...
HFpEF patients are likely to have a high prevalence of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular comorbidities, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type 2, salt-sensitive hypertension, atrial fibrillation (AF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anaemia, and renal dysfunction.[6.7,8] As life expectancy and comorbidity rates rise, the proportion of HF patients with HFpEF and ...
The start of coronavirus pandemic pushed limits of healthcare systems all over the world by causing thousands of deaths and the requirement of a huge quantity of healthcare resources. When WHO declared COVID19 as a pandemic, the whole world came to standstill. Half of the world population is confined to their home except for essential services. In the year 2016, when GOI announced ...
Care management programs, such as PCM, improve patient overall health and reduce emergency room and hospital visits, by making it easier for patients to access their care team, and manage their symptoms to effectively stay on treatment. ...
Queen Mary Hospital (QMH), situated at the south western side of the Hong Kong Island is an acute regional hospital with about 1,700 beds. QMH provides a full range of comprehensive healthcare services from 24-hour Accident & Emergency services through different specialties and subspecialties to ...
Venture Partners, The Vertical Group, Cove Fund and Wavemaker Three-Sixty Health, also participated in the round. The company plans to use the Series B funds to ramp commercialization of aprevo®, Carlsmed’s FDA cleared personalized surgical devices. ...
Federal OSHA's Congressionally assigned scope is protection of employees from hazards created within the workplace by work processes and work materials. For every past pandemic, OSHA has made the distinction that general protective measures are under the purview of the Department of Health. This is the first time OSHA has stepped into the public health arena. To clarify the difference, ...
With concerns over vaccines, travel bubbles and COVID-19 variants, it almost makes sense that our collective mental health seems to be deteriorating. Reports seem to be rolling in almost daily about workers’ mental health and, spoiler alert, it is not looking great for a number of industries, with health care and education ...
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A new free-to-read Australian Journal of Primary Health virtual issue addresses various aspects of oral healthcare, including access, vulnerable groups and new models of service delivery. Our teeth are one of our most important assets, yet perhaps the most neglected area when it comes to looking after our health and well being. A new Australian Journal of Primary Health virtual issue highlights ...
I know…you’ve all been wondering – What has ISO 9001 done for me lately? Well, fasten your seat belts and get ready for a wild ride. The new ISO 9001:2015 standard is not just about compliance. It’s about implementing a Quality Management System that is practical, proactive, and progressive. With the release date of September 15, 2015, we, as quality professionals and ...
This investigation explores the role innovations play in the healthcare system within the UK. Discussions include the debate surrounding the definition of the term innovation, as well as the importance of innovations on patients and the current barriers that halt innovations being implemented. The study concludes by suggesting that the term 'innovation' is overused and therefore it is ...
An Interview with Philip Piqueira, Global Standards Leader for GE’s Industrial Solutions Business General Electric participates in standards development through its work on numerous committees and organizations. Philip Piqueira discusses why this business strategy and its continuance is crucial for GE. From your perspective as the global standards leader for General Electric’s ...
The article discusses the case study analysis of economic efficiency of health service processes in the context of the so–called day hospital. The day hospital model is the result of gradual development. Its evolutionary background takes shape in health systems, typical for developed Western countries. This framework is a popular approach towards increasing economic efficiency of hospitals. ...
This paper analyses the productivity and efficiency of the Tunisian public hospitals over the period from 2000 to 2007. We obtain estimates of productivity using the bootstrapped Malmquist index, and a truncated regression model is used to examine how external factors impact the level of productivity and its components (i.e. (a) the bed occupancy ratio which represents the hospital capacity ...
Interview with: Steve Carter, President, The Carter Group ObamaCare will be bringing 30 million participants into the healthcare system, and organizations are faced with the challenge of capturing, retaining and growing their share of this increasing market of consumers for healthcare services. The transition into new acute care and other healthcare ...
Hospital infection control requires recourse to a good quality equipment that not only removes dirt but also eliminates molds, bedbugs, allergens, and germs. Healthcare services are grappling the problem of maintaining sanitization on a daily basis, and one of the most useful tools in this regard is a dry vapor system. A dry vapor system built for hospital infection control should have the ...
This paper aims to identify the specific problems that healthcare organisations face when designing performance measurement and management. The research has been carried out using the qualitative research approach. The findings of the study are based on ten interviews with 22 key persons working in different positions in the basic social and healthcare sector in the Päijät–Häme region in Finland. ...