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As we highlight Safety Month this September, let us remember that safety is not just a one-month thing, but a daily commitment. Today let’s dive into a key aspect of safety: child safety. Did you know that more than 12,000 children in the United States are sent to emergency rooms each year due to food-related choking incidents? Even more heartbreakingly, at least three children around the ...
It cannot be denied that the healthcare sector is evolving quickly due to development and technological advancements. The creation of remote patient monitoring (RPM) systems and apps is a result of this. Healthcare providers can remotely monitor and examine patient health data thanks to remote patient monitoring systems. This provides people with convenience and easy access to healthcare. ...
Executive Brief On September 28, 2022, the FDA released Clinical Decision Support, Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff. This guidance is long overdue, and with it comes the elimination of any protections for EHRs, or any other vendors, to pretend it’s OK to sell or deploy solutions for patient monitoring and care for life-threatening conditions like sepsis, that ...
Patient History Patient is a 40-year-old female with a history of type 2 diabetes. Patient presented to the Emergency Room with a diabetic foot ulcer and infection. The surgeon took the patient to the OR for debridement, drained the infection, and started antibiotics. The patient was treated with advanced modalities that included NPWT and a bioengineered skin substitute. Primary Diagnosis ...
School is back in session, here’s what you need to know to help keep your family protected from flu. Influenza can be a real burden. It can spread rapidly between children and their families to have a significant impact on quality of life and disruption of usual activities: resulting in missed school days and for caregivers, missed work and illness themselves. So, here are a few ...
A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event. The diagnosis alone is daunting and then suddenly you are faced with difficult decisions – decisions that may affect your care and quality of life. Cancer is a 24/7 diagnosis, it affects daily life and routines. Symptoms and side effects present themselves on their own schedule, not necessarily when it is convenient for you. Recognizing the ...
CoapTech and Fidmi Medical, Ltd. announced that they will be collaborating on bringing to market a set of next-generation products for the initial placement and long-term maintenance of gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes). The collaboration between CoapTech and Fidmi will focus on integrating the company’s two technologies and expanding their collective market opportunities. Gastrostomy tubes, ...
ByCoapTech
University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas is now using the all-in-one kit from Arbutus Medical for all skeletal traction procedures that come into their emergency room, saving the hospital time, money, and making this orthopedic procedure faster and less painful for patients. The hospital’s emergency department (ED) ...
Lewis, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, and primary investigator of the study. ...
Stroke is one of the most devastating and most prominent causes of disability around the globe, with 800,000 new cases each year in the US alone. During a stroke, the brain experiences an interruption in blood supply, which prevents the brain tissue from receiving the oxygen it needs to function properly. The most prevalent type of stroke is an ischemic stroke, which happens when a vessel that ...
With a mental health crisis looming, Canadians look to digital solutions Here we are, in 2021, more than a year after the start of a pandemic that nobody could have predicted. 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 ...
ByCority
Health care facilities are as varied as the people they serve and the treatments they provide. From hospital emergency rooms, family practices, dental offices, and cosmetic surgery suites to assisted living complexes. Several common needs shared by health care facilities of all capacities are to enhance the patient experience, improve the ability for staff to provide care, and reduce energy ...
Study Objective: In the face of heightened concerns over nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC) terrorist attack or accident , in the federal government has mandated an increase in the number of positive and negative pressure isolation rooms. Currently these rooms represent a scarce hospital resource, especially in Eds that may have only 1 or 2 available. It ...
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Telemedicine, or the ability for a doctor to complete a patient examination remotely utilizing technology, is not a new concept. In fact, the concept dates back to 1925 when Hugo Gernsback published a theory that remote aperture that could be controlled wirelessly to help a doctor physically “examine” a patient. Today’s telemedicine has advanced tremendously with the advent of ...
Arbutus Medical has developed and patented a radically affordable orthopedic drilling kit to combat rising healthcare costs and improve access to safe surgical power tools around the world. In September 2019, the kit was implemented at a leading trauma center in the United States for use in damage control ...
The most violent assaults of health care workers happen in emergency rooms and psychiatric wards. In October 2013, a mental health worker in Nelson was beaten unconscious by a patient who had made threats. ...
High School Sports Concussions Lucy, a 15-year-old female is competing in a karate tournament a few hours from her home. She is a black belt and has been working very hard to place in the tournament. While in the semi-final match, she was caught with a round-house kick to her head. She was wearing headgear and she did not get knocked down. Following the match, which she lost, her parents and her ...
Recently this video of a Canada goose chasing off a large silverback gorilla went viral. Probably it made you laugh. It just shows that when they are defending their territory, especially during the nesting season, these large birds aren’t afraid of much! Seriously though, the same type of goose attack that happened to this gorilla is no laughing matter when it happens to you, your ...
Valuing a change in the risk of death is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. Typically such risks are monetized using the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL). Since the majority of the lives saved by environmental policies are those of older persons, there has been much recent debate about whether the VSL should be lower for the elderly to ...