patient management Articles
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Applying cluster analysis to build a patient-centric healthcare service strategy for elderly patients
Cluster analysis can be viewed as a cornerstone for customer-centred services since it contributes to classification and segmentation of customers. The proposed six-step approach is based on a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) perspective and hence enables both patient segmentation by cluster analysis and development of customised services. The six steps are selection, preprocessing, ...
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Vectorious’ in-heart microcomputer wins FDA breakthrough nod
Vectorious Medical Technologies today announced that the FDA has granted breakthrough device designation for the company’s left atrial pressure (LAP) monitoring device. The V-LAP system is the first digital, wireless, battery-free device that can communicate from deep within the body using high-resolution waveform morphology, according to the Tel Aviv-based startup. Because the pressure of ...
By Vectorious
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Life at all costs: European precautionary policies on xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation is becoming an independent political and regulatory issue. Most national regulations and international recommendations prescribe a precautionary approach, including strict monitoring and surveillance of patients. This is due to the risk of xenosis, a disease induced by non-human biological material. The paper shows how the precautionary approach violates fundamental principles ...
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Minimally Invasive Stretta Antireflux Procedure Accessible to Millions more Patients
If your doctor says a certain drug or therapy would be beneficial in treating you, your insurance company still needs to agree to pay for it. This can be frustrating for patients and practitioners when they are trying to improve a chronic condition such as GERD or LPR. In order for an insurance company to change their coverage policies, they need to be presented with certain information to ...
By Restech
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HIT Weekly Series Episode 6 - Conclusions
Today, HIT remains a critical clinical context in many hospital settings, when heparin, mainly unfractionated, is used in cardiology, intensive care units, or ECC, including CPB and increasingly ECMO. This is a paradoxal disease, as this anticoagulant drug can provoke thrombocytopenia associated with thrombosis in affected patients. Detecting the risk of HIT is mandatory, as it requires an ...
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What’s new in Balance Software ´21 version?
A completely redesigned version, PhysioSensing Balance Software´21 was already released, after a long journey of new developments and software improvements. PhysioSensing Balance Software´21, after 10 years of development and experience, is now a powerful balance software analysis tool. We are updating it to all our clients. In this version, you can find: A newdesign, that allows ...
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Effect of Low FrequencyTranscutaneous Magnetic Stimulation on Sensory and Motor Transmission - Case Study
INTRODUCTION After a peripheral nerve injury, fast conducting large myelinated afferent A-bcta fiber transmission diminishes over time. On the other hand, firing of smaller pain transmitting fibers such as A-dclta and C-fibcrs is enhanced. This aberrant afferent neuronal behavior is thought to be one of the main neuronal mechanisms leading to development of chronic posttraumatic peripheral ...
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Discriminant based analysis of unplanned 14 days readmission patients of hospital
Medical quality and efficiency are two of the most important dimensions of hospital's overall management performance. Medical quality and efficiency of hospital is measured by indicator projects in different medical field. Most quality indicator projects adopt a resource-based measurement for the length of stay of patients. One of these indicators is 'unplanned readmission rate within 14 days of ...
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How Healthcare is Being Transformed By Remote Patient Monitoring
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. ...
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Exhaled air dispersion during noninvasive ventilation via helmets and a total facemask
Abstract Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) via helmet or total facemask is an option for managing patients with respiratory infections in respiratory failure. However, the risk of nosocomial infection is unknown. Methods: We examined exhaled air dispersion during NIV using a human patient simulator reclined at 45° in a negative pressure room with 12 air changes/h by two ...
By Inspir Labs
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Transforming Rapid Transfusion in Hemorrhagic Shock - Case Study
As an emergency physician, I routinely have to make quick decisions that can impact the direction and quality of care for my patients. With the current high nursing turnover and short-staffing on many shifts, these decisions are even more important, as they can also positively or negatively impact provider stress and patient flow. Streamlined care for critical patients is extremely helpful to ...
By 410 Medical
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Medical UPS Systems: The Perfect Power Prescription
We explore the pivotal role medical UPS systems play in an increasingly digitalised healthcare sector. Clean and continuous power requirements in medical applications have an extensive impact on healthcare in so many ways. Electricity powers critical care equipment like scanners and heart monitors. It keeps the IT and comms infrastructure needed to manage patient records, arrange appointments ...
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OCD: an "autoimmune disease"
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious and common psychiatric disorder with a prevalence of approximately 1-3% in adults. The onset of OCD has a bimodal age distribution, usually manifesting first in late childhood and early adolescence and later appearing in early adulthood. OCD is a multifactorial disorder with an interplay of biological, psychological, and external factors, and ...
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Vectorious Begins the VECTOR-HF II Study of its Implantable In-Heart Sensor for Left Atrial Pressure-Guided Patient Self-Management of Heart Failure
For the first time, heart failure patients can have full visibility of their hearts’ LA pressure and self-adjust their medication to stop further deterioration and avoid hospitalizations April 26, 2022 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Vectorious Medical Technologies Ltd., today announced that it has enrolled the first six patients in the ...
By Vectorious
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Diabetic Patient Receives Stem Cell Therapy
In a pioneering “off-the-shelf ” drug treatment in place of a surgical procedure, Maruti Hospital on Tuesday inaugurated its Regenerative Medicine Department by administering stem cell therapy for a diabetic patient who lost four toes on both feet. Developed by pharma major, Cipla, in collaboration with Bengaluru-based, Stempeutics Research, over 14 years, it is available (on order) ...
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Medication Adherence Data Used Proactively in Clinical Trials
From clinical trial enrollment through completion, understanding medication adherence is critical to data integrity and AiCure offers a competitive edge where traditional methods fall short. To ensure trial participants are complying with dosing regimens, sites often rely on traditional patient reported outcome systems with participant diaries, which can be unreliable. Also in common use are ...
By AiCure
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5 Key Takeaways about Remote Patient Monitoring from HIMSS22
HIMSS22 was filled with collaboration, especially about RPM. Here are five key takeaways from Team Glooko.#1: The key to achieving RPM success is ease of use. Ease of use is key when it comes to RPM success. There has been a proven sustained reduction in HbA1c with Glooko RPM for patients with type 2 diabetes, which shows how imperative it is to have an easy-to-use solution for both patients and ...
By Glooko, Inc.
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How the Breuer Lab tracks their sample information at every step of their research
Dr. Eun-Kyoung Breuer is an Assistant Professor and an Associate Director of the Radiobiology Program in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Loyola University Chicago. Her lab's research focuses on understanding the role that tumor suppressor genes play in the DNA damage response pathway and in breast cancer regulation. A centralized information management approach Doing research focuses on ...
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Managing the full medical equipment lifecycle
Using Medical Equipment Capital Planning Software To Transform Your Equipment Lifecycle. According to a Moody’s Investor’s Service analysis,"Not-for-profit and public healthcare - US: Medians - Regional hospital medians mirror stress seen in national trends", operating margins for hospitals have fallen to an all-time low of 1.6%. Becker’s CFO Report, "A new way of thinking ...
By Accruent
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What is heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)?
Overview What is HFpEF? Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a clinical syndrome in which patients have signs and symptoms of HF as the result of high left ventricular (LV) filling pressure, despite normal or near-normal LV ejection fraction (EF). Most patients with HFpEF also display normal LV volumes and an abnormal diastolic filling pattern (i.e, diastolic ...
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