hospital care Articles
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A new mindset for combination product development
In this article, Asmita Khanolkar, Senior Director, Cambridge Pharma, at SMC, outlines the latest trends in combination product development to overcome some of the current challenges of high dose/viscosity/volume delivery. Based on the learnings from the covid-19 pandemic, it is time to emphasise the changing mindset towards a forward- looking design and development process for combination ...
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Hospital and Health Care - Case Study
Hospitals need to be situated at the most convenient location available. Toxic pollution surrounding the hospital can be a heightened health risk for its patients. The hospital needs to ensure that its infrastructure shields its patients from these possible health risks. Prkruti can be a helpful tool to monitor the pollution levels so that necessary action can be taken as and when ...
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IPEX Piping Contributes to New St. John’s Long-Term Care Facility Study
In keeping with the goal to construct and renovate long-term care facilities, hospitals and health centres, the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador is nearing completion of a new $118 million state-of-the-art long-term care facility on an 18-acre site in St. John’s. Intended to replace two existing outdated nursing homes in the area, the new facility will continue the government’s ...
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HYSTEROSCOPY: Bringing Procedures into the Office
Today, nearly 75% of hysteroscopy procedures in the United States are performed in hospital operating rooms or in ambulatory care centers. This raises the question of “why?”. Why is it that so many physicians are choosing to forego the convenience that in-office hysteroscopy procedures offer to patients and providers alike, especially when similar procedures—such as cystoscopy ...
By LUMINELLE
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IPEG 2023: Setting a Foundation for Healthcare Transformation
I recently had the pleasure of attending the IPEG annual meeting in Sorrento, Italy. The collegiality of the surgeons attending the conference was fantastic, and the views of Sorrento and the Island of Capri were stunning. With smaller accessible markets (due to smaller patient volumes and higher incidence of rare disease), specialty areas like pediatrics have been overlooked and under-addressed ...
By Caresyntax
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Regenstrief, IU study finds assigning hospitalists by unit has both pros and cons
Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine have conducted the first time-motion study in more than a decade to assess the impact of geographic cohorting of hospitalists. Geographic cohorting –- restricting or localizing hospitalists and their patients to one or two inpatient units rather than having hospitalists travel from floor to floor, across wings ...
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Keeping Productivity Up Throughout a Health Facility’s Transition
Steve Carter of The Carter Group, a solution provider at the marcus evans National Healthcare CXO Summit Spring 2013, on healthcare facility transition planning. 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 ...
By Marcus Evans
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Financials keeping the local market in the green: ASX up 0.51% at noon
Financials have been keeping the ASX in positive territory in today’s session, following improved sentiment for financial stocks after the Bank of Queensland (ASX:BOQ) yesterday announced better-than-expected Net Interest Margin performance. This has bolstered financial stocks and the broader market. At noon, the S&P/ASX 200 is 0.51 per cent or 34.10 points higher at 6681.60. The SPI ...
By INOVIQ Ltd
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Nanjing Southern New Town Medical Center - Case Study
Opened in December 2018. As an important livelihood project, the Southern New Town Medical Center in the central area of the Southern New Town of Nanjing. 2.9 billion RMB has been invested to build the hospital. Large-scale comprehensive hospital, which integrates medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, rehabilitation, health care and first aid, and can accommodate 1500 beds. ...
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Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen - Metabolomics analysis with the Genius Series - Case Study
Peak Scientific's quality, reliability and great customer service has prompted Steno to choose Peak gas generators for their labs. For more than 84 years Steno Diabetes Center has been run as a hospital, specialised in patient care, research, and prevention of diabetes, and in education of healthcare professionals within diabetes. Their ambition is to improve the entire field within diabetes in ...
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Clinical validation of the Caregiver non-contact thermometer model PRO-TF300 in febrile and afebrile patients age 0 to < 18
Background: The CAREGIVER Thermometer Model PRO-TF300 (Thermomedics Inc., Delray Beach, FL) is a non-contact clinical professional thermometer used to read human body temperature in children and adults through the determination of infrared energy from the middle of the forehead. The purpose of this paper is to describe the methods and findings of the CAREGIVER’S validation for clinical use ...
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Hospital noise levels are getting worse
Noise pollution from medical equipment, alarms, phones, doors opening and closing, staff activities and visitors can make hospitals and especially intensive care units very noisy places. Add to that the amount of hard reflective surfaces and how close beds are to each other and you’ve got an acoustically unpleasant environment where noise bounces around and gets amplified. Anyone who has ...
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Clinical validation of the Caregiver non-contact thermometer model PRO-TF200/ PRO-TF300 in febrile and afebrile patients of all ages
Background. The CAREGIVER® Model PRO-TF200 and PRO-TF300 (Thermomedics, Miami, FL) are non-contact clinical professional thermometers used to read human body temperature in children and adults through the determination of infrared energy from the middle of the forehead. Both models function identically, thus they will be referred to hereafter as "CAREGIVER". The purpose of this paper is to ...
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Fighting COVID-19 and Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
What is Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB)? Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), is an opportunistic pathogen primarily associated with hospital-acquired infections. Acinetobacterbaumannii can cause infections in the urinary tract, blood, lungs, and in wound. It can also live in a patient without causing infections or symptoms- this is especially common in ...
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The Pierre Oudot Hospital Center provides health care for a territory of 310,000 inhabitants in 158 municipalities. The Hospital is part of the Nord Dauphiné Hospital Group.
The challenge The Pierre Oudot Hospital was constructed in 2011 and took up the challenge of building a “full digital” establishment to meet the requirements of a connected and communicating hospital. By implementing the PACS and phasing out radiological films, the hospital has created the conditions for the multimedia environment in the operating room. All the rooms are ...
By ISIS S.A.S
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On a Mission to ZERO False-Positive Blood Cultures
Improve sepsis testing accuracy. Enhance patient safety. These are the driving forces behind Magnolia Medical Technology’s Mission to ZERO. Mission to ZERO™ is a nationwide plan to create greater awareness of patient safety and antibiotic-associated risks caused by false-positive diagnostic test results for sepsis. The goal is to initiate change by improving national blood culture ...
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Enhancing Healthcare Security: The Role of Door Frame Metal Detectors in Hospitals and Clinics
Enhancing Healthcare Security: The Role of Door Frame Metal Detectors in Hospitals and Clinics The safety and security of patients, healthcare professionals, and visitors are paramount in hospitals and clinics. With the evolving landscape of security threats, the implementation of robust security measures is essential to ensure a secure environment conducive to healing and care. Door frame metal ...
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Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas your Next Solution should Address
Sepsis accounts for over 20% of deaths worldwide (WHO) and 85% of cases occur in low-resource settings.But this isn’t a problem mostly owned by third-world countries with inadequate equipment and detection technology. In the U.S., less than 50% of patients are correctly treated for sepsis, mostly due to clinicians missing the timeline for treatment. The problem is so widespread that ...
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Generic Sterile Injectable Market is anticipated to progress at a CAGR of 7.1% by 2032
The Generic Sterile Injectable market report enables the product offering to be improved. It then moves on to innovative concepts for boosting profitability and productivity in the workplace. It also provides a few useful suggestions for assessing business performance. To understand more about the current industry condition, prioritized data is also accessible. This Generic Sterile Injectable ...
By insightSLICE
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It’s time for the health care industry to raise its voice on climate change
It’s time for the health care industry to raise its voice on climate change The new Clean Power Plan, stunning in its audacity, will undoubtedly face many hurdles in the coming years. Yet already it has achieved something no other major climate initiative has been able to do. It has reframed the climate conversation to put the focus squarely on the health of humans. Of course, this ...
By Ensia
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