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Issue 38 | 2017

  • Foreword
  • Healthcare Management
  • Medical Sciences
  • Facilities & Operations
  • Information Technology

Issue 38

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Foreword

Bridging the Gap

Healthcare systems around the world have been grappling with challenges of meeting the everincreasing demand for better care Innovation and technological advancements have played a key role in improving care However innovation does not necessarily limit to new products or technologies More often than not innovation can happen around organising or e...

Healthcare Management

By engaging patients

Healthcare systems around the world are recognising the shift from reactive acute care to proactive and preventive care This comes at a time when countries are facing the challenges of an ageing population which in turn has an impact on the healthcare system with potentially unsustainable rise in healthcare spending Japan Korea Australia and Singap...

It is the culture not the money

Engagement starts before the first day of work The competition to recruit and the great advantage to permanently retain the best clinicians is not accomplished by money or flashy perks It takes clarity of purpose lived values and real communication The payoff is efficiency quality and growth The shortage of high quality medical staff can be a cr...

Looking forward to challenges

The growing demand for the quality healthcare and the absence of delivery mechanisms pose a great challenge the key growth inhibitor includes fastest growing population and informal costs Healthcare industry should be able to carry out planning monitoring and controlling the delivery system in affordable cost In response new service models delivery...

Medical Sciences

The physiology of each organ in the human body is different Cancer diagnosis produces varying impact on a cancer patients lifeemotional social and financial Cancer is not just a disease Its a disease that can become resistant to almost anything India is slated to become the country with the maximum populace of individuals below the age of years by...

Integrated services

Asia is the worlds most diverse and populous continent billion of the worlds billion people live there and the population will increase to billion by with China and India alone accounting for per cent of the worldwide population As a consequence of continuing socioeconomic development and increasing control of communicable diseases life ex...

Newer surgical options shaping up!

Obesity is a major global economic problem It is a complex disorder and a major health risk factor linked to cardiovascular disease stroke cancer hypertension diabetes and mortality Large scale developmental activities and urbanisation in India have brought significant changes in lifestyle and dietary habits in the growing population According to W...

Facilities & Operations

Hospitals are representative of complex environment in which different aspects including patients staff equipment services and information are interfaced Maintaining a safe environment reflects a level of competent healthcare that must be fulfilled for patient safety In this context the clinical engineer plays an important role in providing safe en...

Information Technology

How we can overcome them?

There are significant issues faced by healthcare systems around the world including ageing populations chronic disease spiralling costs and a desire to shift care from tertiary to primary settings The field of the Internet of Things IoT Internet of Health IoH or Connected Health offer great promise for addressing these issues The basic principle of...