healthcare problem Articles
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Challenges to improving access to essential drugs: perspectives from across the divide
This paper examines the principal challenges to improving the accessibility to healthcare and medicines in developing countries. The analysis draws on current literature to provide an overview of the factors that have led to the disparity in healthcare access; the problems of developing nations in overcoming such impediments and the challenges faced by the providers of medicines, namely that of ...
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To patent or not to patent…pragmatic thoughts for surgeons
Many surgeons get great ideas about new medical devices as they solve problems in healthcare. JUNE MEDICAL Founder and Owner Angela Spang have been advising surgeons, entrepreneurs and business owners on device strategy for a long time, and have summarised her thoughts on the great question on IF AND WHEN TO PATENT the innovation. Here is a short overview: Decide if You Need a Patent Decide ...
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Challenges of performance measurement and management in public healthcare services
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. ...
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The global pharmaceutical industry: changing competitive landscape
The paper analyses the changing landscape of the global pharmaceutical industry. The study analyses the forces driving the change and the enabling factors that facilitate the response of various firms in the pharmaceutical industry, leading to consolidation and restructuring of the industry. A number of new technology platforms are emerging that are facilitating this change process. In the ...
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How One Smart MedTech Company is Leveraging Innovation to Save the Lives and Limbs of VTE Patients
Medical device start-up companies must focus on innovation, regulatory compliance, efficient processes and prudent financial management in order to survive. Smart MedTech companies prioritize their funding to only support innovation which will result in new products that fulfill significant unmet clinical needs over the long-term. Thrombolex, a relatively new entrant into the MedTech sector, is a ...
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Features of machines used for hospital infection control
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 ...
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Sifting Nuggets of Truth out of the AI Hooplah
A panel of experts took a crack at the subject of artificial intelligence to help us sort out how much of a near-term impact the technology could realistically have in healthcare. With the topic of artificial intelligence filling up our news feeds and dinner conversations, it’s almost too easy to get swept up in the hype of it all. This week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in ...
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