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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.

Advances in point of care diagnostic testing with New biosensor test technology


Testing for infectious diseases in minutes rather than days is now a reality using new smartphone-based biosensor technology.

ClinicalKey - “Unlocking the Power of Clinical Research Content”.


ClinicalKey is a part of Elsevier’s continuing efforts to help clinicians improve quality and efficiency through the smarter use of healthcare information,” saidJim Donohue, Elsevier’s Managing Director, Global Clinical Reference. Along with Elsevier’s other clinical, educational and administrative...

Gerard de Pouvourville


Paying doctors for performance
In health economics textbooks most discussions around incentives for doctors have focused on a comparison of the three most current payment schemes feeforservice capitationand salary In general the scope of analysis is restricted to primary care physicians versus specialist care and care delivered b...

Improving indoor air quality


AirMaster® was specifically developed to contribute towards improved indoor air quality in busy interior environments such as schools, hospitals and offices – anywhere where large numbers of people are treading in fine dust or other particulate matter and then, when inside, stirring it up into the b...

New Biomaterial Closely Mimics Human Tissue


New Biomaterial, Optical images of polyethylene glycol scaffolds expanding in response to stretching.
The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue.

Materials Management in Healthcare


A patient-centred approach
Materials management plays a crucial role in providing efficient healthcare by touching three vital aspects of medical supplies used in the hospital viz. availability, safety and affordability.

The American Healthcare System


A wasteland of opportunity
On an international scale, healthcare in the US simply underperforms most industrialised countries on so many critical dimensions: cost, access to healthcare and health and well being (infant mortality and life expectancy).

Unified Communication Systems


Enhancing patient care
Unified Communications tools can connect clinicians with peers who have a deeper understanding of the ailment or just as important, know the patient better. This could help in enhancing better patient care.

Ensuring patient Safety


What regulation can do
Regulator responding to serious safety concerns by investigating incidents and reporting on them independently reassures the public that root cases have been identified and action will be taken.

Linking Care


EHRs support improved chronic disease management
Bringing together services and information around specific patient needs is the foundation for shared care models and essential to effective, proactive, chronic disease management. Key to this collaborative approach is an Electronic Health Record (EHR) that provides authorised access to patient info...
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