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Consumerism in Healthcare


Impact on business models and processes
During the last decade we have seen significant efficiency gains in many industries specifically in industries such as manufacturing automotive trading etc Processes have been optimised and streamlined within enterprises as also significantly across enterprises Costs have been reduced through close...
Managing End-of-Life Services

Managing End-of-Life Services


Experience from England
Around half a million people in England die each year from many differing conditions the majority of whom are over The personal and social care given to these patients and families forms a major part of the daytoday work for many health social and voluntary staff However it has been identified that...
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Healthcare Insurance in Asia


Strengthening the insurer-healthcare provider relationship
Across Asia governments are grappling with the serious challenges of providing adequate medical coverage against a backdrop of rising costs inefficient healthcare insurance systems and growing public pressure for change In many countries poverty exacerbates the need for change particularly in rural...
Care Pathway for Total Hip Replacement

Care Pathway for Total Hip Replacement


An innovative approach
New advances in promoting patient safety such as requiring physicians to comply with evidencebased medicine payforperformance initiatives supported by the government and transparency for consumer information have been interpreted by some clinicians as an infringement on their autonomy Healthcare org...
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Care Pathways


The basics
Care pathways are also known as Clinical or Critical pathways A care pathway is a multidisciplinary healthcare management tool based on healthcare plans for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course in which the different tasks or interventions by the professionals involved in...
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Global Health Tourism with Qualified Rehabilitation


Rehabilitation refers to the most comprehensive restoration of health and abilities following sickness accident or injury in a clinic that has been especially conceived qualified and assessed for the rehabilitation In Germany prevention and rehabilitation have been regular features of a modern an...
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Interruptions at the Workplace


A risk worth managing
The Harvard Medical Practice study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in created a groundswell of interest in patient safety Though not the first study of its kind it was the first largescale randomised approach to patient safety The impact of the Harvard study was felt outside the US...
Knowledge Transfer and Human Resource Development in Medicine

Knowledge Transfer and Human Resource Development in Medicine


CME and beyond
The ongoing developments in medicine and healthcare present a continuous challenge for all stakeholders Besides technical and structural changes adequate education and training of employees supply of medicine and healthcare are critical factors for growth Educational and training programmes need to...
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Health Tourism


The growth phenomenon
In over half a million Americans travelled abroad to receive medical treatment and since million Britons aged to had dental treatment outside the UK because it was more economical These are not isolated trends Every year increasing number of patients from around the globe seek healthcare abroad...
NICE

NICE


Making the Best Use of Healthcare Resources
Along with the expected complexities of working in and on behalf of a rapidly changing health system it has been an interesting year in the evolution of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellences NICE work programme The NHS is constantly striving to make tactical and strategic alteration...
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