Im Still Waiting for the Information Age in Healthcare
Healthcare must transition itself to the information age similar to what the business world did six to eight years ago to increase the productivity of our staff, reduce costs, and improve our quality of service. This transformation process is a considerable engineering effort that requires hospital officials to look inward and understand how they operate and how they can embrace the changes that...Surgery for early stage prostate cancer is better than waiting
In a research report done by Swedish scientists its said that it is better// to go for surgery while in early stage of prostate cancer than to wait and see if the disease progresses. Surgery for treating prostate cancer, also known as prostatectomy, is a common procedure. The researchers had conducted he study to see if prostatectomy done in early stages of prostate cancer benefits the...Artificial Heart , Gives Hope For Patients Awaiting a Heart Transplant
A recent study shows a completely artificial heart could prevent death in critically ill patients and those who are candidates for a heart transplant . The artificial heart implant improved survival rates before receiving actual heart transplants and after transplantation. // The artificial heart was found to be a successful bridge to heart transplantation in many patients who did not i...Surgeons being paid triple the amount to cut waiting lists
In Scotland new measures are being undertaken by the health officials to reduce the waiting list of patients who have been referred by their General Practioner. // Hence new methods are being adopted by increasing the wages of the Surgeons three times their normal wages. Consultants receive more than £1,500 a day from officials to cut on the waiting list. In the near future pa...U.K. Government to reduce waiting time of patients for non-emergency surgery
United Kingdom Ministry is planning for reduction of waiting time spent by patients before they had there surgery. The Government is planning to reduce the non-emergency surgery time to less // than 18 weeks from time of admission to NHS. Government is hoping the project will be made completed by the year 2008. Patients wait for long time for initial appointment with the doctor, for getting dia...Mobile Operating Theater to Cut Waiting Times
A mobile hospital that is being started in the grounds of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary at a cost of £1 million, aims to cut down the waiting times for patients//. The hospital is equipped with an operating theatre and health bosses hope that bout 200 operations can be carried out here. NHS Grampian said that this is the first Scottish theatre to employ a ward as well. The van has been l...