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Healthcare Pressures Pushing Demand for Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement to Streamline Hospital Services and Reduce Costs


The perfect storm of rising demand for services, budgetary constraints, and higher customer expectations is driving healthcare managers to seek Lean Six Sigma training to improve their processes and efficiency. In Australia’s most populous state, the latest NSW (New South Wales) public hospital acti...

Power the Bench: An Enhanced Strategy for Data Integrity


One of the primary motives driving organizations to purchase Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), electronic laboratory notebook systems (ELN's) and recently, Lab Execution Systems (LES) [collectively, Laboratory Informatics Systems (LIS)] is the appeal of connecting laboratory instrume...

Millennials Shine Light on a Mobile Future for Clinical Care


Studies of mobile devices and physicians show a continued growth of ownership and an increasing use at work. A 2015 study showed that 98 percent of physicians own a Smartphone and 92 percent of them reported that they are useful for work. Exactly how they use their devices while at work, however, di...

Tackling Indonesia’s Diabetes Challenge: Eight Approaches From Around The World


As of 2014, more than 9 million adult Indonesians (from 20 to 79 years old) suffered from diabetes, making the country’s diabetes population the fifth largest in the world.6 Projections suggest that more than 14 million Indonesians will have diabetes by 2035.7 In 2014, diabetes was estimated to caus...

Making the Intelligent Hospital a Reality Today


Healthcare directly affects each and every one of us. With Asia’s ageing population, it will become more important than ever to ensure that hospital facilities are at their best. Schneider-Electric believes that the intelligent hospital is the answer - and itis a solution that healthcare organisatio...

Experience world-class events in healthcare


US$1.2 billion is spent annually on biomedical R&D in Singapore. 7 of the world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies have set up base in Singapore. All of the world’s top 10 medical technology providers as right here in Singapore. Singapore’s healthcare was named Asia’s best by the World Health Organiz...

US health insurance restructures to contain costs for improved outcomes


Why is United States still struggling with heavy health insurance costs? What is driving the changes in health insurance industry? What does the future hold for the insurance industry with US ranking relatively poor when it comes to health care delivery? Trying to make sense of US health insurance l...

The next-generation technologies that are changing the delivery of healthcare


As mHealth evolves, the growing adoption of machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies is helping bring greater automation to remote monitoring, as wireless technology is used to transfer real-time data about patient vital signs and conditions directly to medical staff. M2M technology can also help in th...

A Practical Approach to the Selection of Cleanroom Disinfectants


This article provides guidance for the selection of disinfectants to be used for the bio-contamination control of cleanrooms and controlled environments. Control is important for product and patient safety. The article focuses on factors contributing to microcidal and microstatic properties, includi...

Cancer Scare


The Growing Epidemic
The fate of Indian anti-cancer drugs will depend on Indian government policy, on whether it grants compulsory licenses or not. Public awareness and mass education by the media (Television, Radio & Telecom Channels), investment strategies of private healthcare companies with specialised cancer hospit...

Future Healthcare Units Under Obamacare


The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or ObamaCare was signed into law for health reforms in the USA, in 2010 and was eventually upheld in the Supreme Court in 2012. ObamaCare strives to bring greater parity in healthcare spending across the sector, through its new health insurance...

Did you know that ?


Many of the hospitals and imaging centres run 24/7 making them one of the largest energy consumers. And electricity costs are always on an upward scale and in many towns electricity is not available for as many as 13-15 hours a day. Hence saving money is not the only imperative, but saving energy fo...

Electrosurgery


Electrosurgery generator units (ESUs) are a crucial piece of equipment in operative settings and are among the most common instruments used by surgeons today. However, like other electrically operated medical devices they need to be tested regularly to ensure that they operate correctly and are safe...

Role of Information Technology in Medical Science


Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. Today information technology is used in wide range of fields and one of the upcoming fields is of Med...

The importance of taking eye health to low income states of India


Faculty, Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care L V Prasad Eye Institute.
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