This is solely for medical practitioners related to any department of medicine and healthcare.
Internet of Things, or going by the colloquial name, IoT in Healthcare is a concept which is making waves and creating a resonance within the realm of the healthcare industry. Although it isn’t a novel subject, it does hold more water today considering the other technological advancements with pertinence to healthcare at large. What is IoT […]
A new paradigm for determining diagnosis and prognosis is evolving that is set to revolutionise the way patients are managed, thereby increasing effectiveness without compromising productivity or quality of care provided. It is called ‘practising evidence-based medicine’. Clinical practice is changing due to rapid advances in technology and the clinicians need to change their practice […]
LAURA® Smart, recently unveiled by Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd., India’s Largest In-vitro Diagnostic Company, is the latest and compact urine strip reader. Its objective involves photometric evaluation and semi-automated technology which simplifies sample processing and provides accurate results. The compact size and easy operations of LAURA® Smart makes it an ideal choice for clinical laboratory or […]
The purchase and installation of new technology in any environment generates excitement—whether it’s in the office, school, hospital or home. Owning the latest technology is exciting. There is a certain seduction in owning the ‘latest and greatest’ technology. And for decades, the sales departments of manufacturers have played the ‘status’ card in their persuasive sales […]
The end of the 20th century may well be seen as marking the decline of one era in healthcare and the rise of a new era in which excellent commissioning is required to meet the challenges of increasing life expectancy, changing patterns in disease and developments in treatments and technology. Advances in treatment and technology […]
It is widely claimed that anaesthesia today is very safe. As a teacher, I often ask trainee anaesthetists two questions: “What is the risk of dying from an anaesthetic today?” and “What risk would be acceptable?” The answer to the second question is really the starting point for thinking about safety in anaesthesia. The answer […]
It has been seven years since patient safety became recognised as a major international healthcare issue. Eisenberg’s analogy of patient safety having the characteristics of an epidemic of worldwide portions provides a framework of examining patient safety with three stages. Identify the risks and hazards that cause or have the potential to cause healthcare associated injury or […]
Medical tourism is relatively cheaper in developing countries than in the developed countries. Going by the ‘McDonald index’, in India you get a burger for 40 cents at McDonalds, which would be more expensive in the US. Similarly, the cost of other products and services are proportionately lower for people coming from developed countries like […]
Traditionally, the medical devices and pharmaceutical sectors have represented two different facets of the life sciences industry. Both the sectors have charted their own paths to growth on a similar terrain. Therefore, ‘convergence’ between the two never quite went beyond basic drug delivery instruments such as injections. That was, of course, before the introduction of […]
What is Transformational Care? A common request I get from consulting clients on ‘transformational care’ projects is for a ‘standard template’ to help stakeholders in their ‘implementation’. Unfortunately, while there are fundamental principles and concepts that one should be familiar with before undertaking such an initiative, there is definitely no cookie-cutter solution that one can […]
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