AHHM - eNewsletter Volume 2, No.1, 2007


Volume 2, No.1, 2007

Pathology in Australasia

The workforce crisis

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Healthcare Press Releases


	Roche Diagnostics announces the launch of the cobas e 411 analyzer.

	Boston Scientific Acquires EndoTex Interventional Systems, Inc.

Healthcare News


	Siemens’ acquisition of Bayer’s Diagnostic Division complete.

	Vital Therapies completes interim analysis of ELAD® in China.

Healthcare Events


	eHealth Asia 2, Malaysia

	MEDEX 2007, Saudi Arabia

	Medical Tourism Asia 2007, Singapore

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Pathology's workforce Crisis Preventive Cardiology	Singapore Medical Device Market Cancer and its Management	Personalised Healthcare Paradigm Coronary Stent System

Article

Pathology's Workforce Crisis - Impact on acute healthcare in Australasia
Debra Graves, Chief Executive Officer, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, Australia

“Due to this shortage of workforce, there is a real risk that overworked, tired pathologists are more likely to make misdiagnoses. While there are very good quality systems in place to try to prevent this, mistakes in such environments are much more likely . “

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Preventive Cardiology for Asian Americans
Diana Lau, Gordon L Fung, Asian Heart & Vascular Center and
Rita F Redberg, Cardiovascular Women’s Services, University of California at San Francisco, USA

"There is need for more ethnic specific data in order to quantify, qualify, and improve on the cardiovascular status of Asian Americans."

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Research Insights

Patient Outcomes with Teaching Versus Nonteaching Healthcare: A Systematic Review

Extensive debate exists in the healthcare community over whether outcomes of medical care at
teaching hospitals and other healthcare units are better or worse than those at the respective nonteaching ones. No differences were seen in the 14 studies fully adjusting for volume/experience, severity, and comorbidity (relative risk 1.01).

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Healthcare Bookshelf

Cancer and its Management
Author(s): Robert Souhami and Jeffrey Tobias

Participatory Action Research in Health Care
Author(s): Tina Koch and Debbie Kralik

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Projects

TechnoTrends

Industry Reports

Bumrungrad Hospital to set up its first hospital in Dubai
UAE-based investment house Istithmar has joined hands with Bumrungrad International Limited (BIL) of Thailand, to set up its first hospital in Dubai, at an estimated cost of US $81.7 million.

Nepal Bharat Maitri Emergency & Trauma Centre, Nepal
The US $ 24 Million, 200-bed Nepal Bharat Maitri Emergency & Trauma Centre at Bir Hospital, Kathmandu is expected to be operational by 2008.

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Bracco Group - Dextroscope
The Bracco Group introduced Dextroscope, a virtual reality system which uses computer software to integrate tomographic images from CT and MRI into true 3D volumetric objects that can be viewed stereoscopically.

Milestone Scientific - Single Tooth Anesthesia Device
The Single Tooth Anesthesia Device is a Computer Controlled Local Anaesthesia Delivery Device provides audible and visual "biofeedback" to the dentist by measuring the pressure at the tip of the needle.

More TechnoTrends

Singapore Medical Device Market - Espicom Business Intelligence
In 2006, the Singapore medical device market stands at US$178 million, similar to that of Chile or Slovenia.

The Personalized Health Paradigm: Transforming the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industries for the 21st Century - Health Industry Insights
The growing ability to access and exploit the expanding wealth of biological knowledge is beginning to transform both the life science and healthcare industries through the emerging field of personalized health.
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