Tumours aren’t just an affliction but also an insidious depletory of life cells. Thus, in order to tackle with them, utmost and painstaking caution is requisite. Adopting the technique of utilising radiation to assault these traumatic bodies, it is significant to sidestep causing an impact on the surrounding body parts to prevent any serious injury […]
The New Royal Adelaide Hospital: Only For Affluent Afflictions!
Adelaide, Australia is home to one of the most opulent hospitals in the world, having surpassed mammoth edifices like The Shard in London, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai or the altitudinous Singaporean skyscrapers, coming second to only One World Trade Centre in the Big Apple. With its gargantuan size which is complimented by the most […]
FALSE PRETENDERS IN HEALTHCARE: Supplement not Supplant
Musical chimes of the clock have been replaced by cacophonous beeps of digital timepieces just like the smell of old yellowing paper wafting through thick volumes stacked in a library is replaced by online databases, Wikipedia and other sources. But are these true replacements? Or only alternative substitutes that provide a more convenient, according to […]
A Layman’s Understanding of IoT in 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 […]
The Spine of Healthcare Delivery
As the ‘spine’ of the healthcare delivery – the EMR – comes into a maturity stage, it is time to unlock its full potential by increasing the adaptation rate for caregivers via the implementation of communication technologies. The same communication technologies can be used to further increase the potential of the EMR by enabling the […]
Evidence-based Medicine and Outcomes Analysis
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 – A Simple, Quick and Smart Solution for Urinalysis
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 […]
Review: Holographic Images in Healthcare
Recent technological innovation by Philips Healthcare systems in collaboration with Israeli firm RealView has revealed Holographic displays that could show mothers their child before it is born, and let surgeons manipulate a holographic display of a patient’s internal organs are being developed. Recently this technology went on a successful trials with an open heart surgery. […]
Review on Augmented Human Capabilities
Augmented Human Capabilities: Humans with certain disabilities always encounter tasks to be stressful and sometimes it may lead to mental disorder of not accomplishing things on time. In today’s world, the most visually impressive display of healthcare technology innovation is this graphic of Les Baugh, who has been controlling prosthetic arms with his mind alone. […]
Review on Robot-Assisted Surgery
Roswell Park Cancer Institute has transformed into one of the global leaders in surgical training, highly credited to its initiative for a creative collaboration between The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, at University of Buffalo and RPCI’s Center for Robotic Surgery. Surgical procedures always tend to have years of vigorous training, and ever since there’s […]