Healthcare Decisions Articles
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Episcissors-60 for mediolateral episiotomy
Guidance development process How we develop NICE medical technologies guidance NICE medical technologies guidance addresses specific technologies notified to NICE by sponsors. The ‘case for adoption’ is based on the claimed advantages of introducing the specific technology compared with current management of the condition. This case is reviewed against the evidence submitted and ...
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Targeting 100! Envisioning the high performance hospital in six climate regions
Cost control, maintaining quality healing and working environments, and more sustainable, energy efficient operations are important topics in healthcare today. This team has developed research directed at much higher performing hospitals - targeting both energy performance and interior environmental quality, for little capital investment in six of the most populous and diverse climate regions in ...
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S-SoDiA: a semantic enabled social diagnosis advisor
Medical information systems have recently gained momentum as a proof-of-concept of the efficiency of new support-oriented technologies, in particular, semantic technologies. In principle, diagnosis or medicine advisory and recommendation can change the current biomedical IT landscape, providing intelligent reasoning and inference support. This paper presents S-SoDiA, a social diagnosis advisor ...
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DELTASS – Disaster emergency logistic telemedicine advanced satellites system: telemedical services for disaster emergencies
In the Disaster Emergency Logistic Telemedicine Advanced Satellites Systems (DELTASS) project, a disaster scenario was analysed and an appropriate telecommunication system for effective rescue measures for victims was set up. OP 2000 has designed various telemedical services for the support of the medical staff in a Mobile Field Hospital (MFH), which can be located in a disaster area by experts ...
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Taking care of personal matters during a mesothelioma lawsuit
Mesothelioma is a very serious disease and, as if this isn't bad enough, the various treatments for mesothelioma can also be very difficult. As a result, anyone with mesothelioma needs assistance and comfort from family members, friends, professionals, support groups and members of the community. It is often helpful to seek the support of a group or organization devoted to the needs of ...
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Technology acquisition decision making revisited: lessons learned in an age of environmental uncertainty
High technology medical innovation remains implicated as one of the most significant driving forces behind the high costs of health care in the USA. In addition, health care organisations are faced with an increasingly complex and uncertain environment. How do these factors interrelate to affect decisions made to acquire high cost medical technology? Data was collected from hospitals in three ...
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