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Cardiovascular Risks


Covid is One of These
Cardiovascular diseases are a group of diseases which include ischemic heart diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction and angina pectoris, and cerebrovascular diseases, such as ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke. They represent the main causes of morbidity and disability in Italy and are still th...

LMIC and the Covid-19 Pandemic Burden


Covid-19 has spread across all continents as a pandemic. With an increase in the number of cases globally, even countries with the most outstanding healthcare systems are feeling the effects of the disease. As a result, the restricting spread becomes much more difficult in low and middle-income coun...

Artificial Intelligence and Bigdata


Corner Stones in Post COVID-19 Era
With the improvement of chip performance, trillions of calculations per second become possible. The threshold for building an ultra-high performance computing cluster is also greatly reduced. Mobile devices can all become computing nodes, and they can be used to build a huge, distributed computing n...

Fragmented Healthcare Fragmenting Patient Trust in India


India's healthcare sector has been deficient for quite some time, and the Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the fault lines. We are not only inadequate in infrastructure but also lack universal coverage and affordability across regions. According to Das and Mohpal (2016), 75 per cent of the total Indi...

Understanding the ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’ Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, COVID-19, and Holistic Heart Care


To begin with, it is rather fascinating to know that Stress-induced cardiomyopathy was first studied in the Japanese population, wherein the unique name ‘Tako-tsubo’ was given to this cardiomyopathy, owing to the close resemblance of the shape of the ‘Takotsubo’ Japanese octopus fishing pot to the l...

Apprehending the Silent Thief of Sight


Glaucoma is a 'silent thief of sight’. It refers to a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, caused by abnormally high pressure in the eye. Most of the time, patients of the slow-moving condition do not present any symptoms even as permanent vision loss slowly accumulates – and before...

Advancing the Future of Pathology with Artificial Intelligence


70 per cent of all clinical decisions involve pathology investigation. As such, pathology plays an integral role in our healthcare systems, as decisions made around a patient’s diagnosis and treatment are dependent on pathology-based data and analysis.

Five Digital Health Trends Impacting Asia Pacific


Innovation in digital health is flourishing in the Asia Pacific region. With rising consumer demands, rapid advancements in technology and more complex care needs, healthcare organisations are under pressure to deliver digital-first, seamless and connected healthcare

Evolution of Technology in Healthcare Practice during COVID-19 Pandemic


Technology has been a boon to healthcare especially in the last few years. From improved operational efficiency to standards in patient care, the healthcare transformation has enhanced the entire experience for both patients and medical professionals. Healthcare and technological innovation should g...

IoMT!


Promising future of healthcare
Worldwide, people were never so nicely connected as they are today. The indelible mark of the 21st century is the ‘Tech Revolution’. Leaving no field behind, this revolution has changed the world. It has left significant footprints on the shore of human evolution. Many innovations have optimised the...

Advanced Wound Care & Management Services


The next frontier in Asian healthcare?
Asia has developed some of the highest quality, patient-centric, cost-effective, and value-based medical services in the world. From specialty ophthalmology, cardiovascular, and orthopedic care, to organ transplants, plastic surgery, and dental procedures–excellent healthcare, the same or better tha...

Prevention of Intraoperative Catastrophic Events during Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery


Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in males and females. With the increase of lung cancer screening, early detection of lung cancer has been increasing. The use of minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer, including video-assisted and robotic-assisted surgery, has been increasing wi...

Securing a Better Future for the Healthcare Sector with Cloud-based Technologies


COVID-19 has ignited a series of transformations in the healthcare sector. In a recent survey by McKinsey3 with more than 100 leaders from the industry, 90% agreed that the pandemic is fundamentally changing the way they do business, requiring new products, services, processes, and business models....

Dermatology beyond Hospital Walls


While dermatologists are not directly involved in the care of COVID-19 patients, the impact of the pandemic on the dermatology practice is evident. For many people, the pandemic has caused an increase in skin problems related to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and the increase in pers...

The Future of Hospitals will be Shaped by this Pandemic


I ask myself what the post-pandemic world will look like. As a senior consultant, this is what I predict: Better-managed desk space, right-sizing, a talent age gap as many seasoned healthcare executives retire, and restructured workweeks. Healthcare leaders need to exert change at the organisational...
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