Patient Care Articles & Analysis

"EchoPixel has been a game-changer in my practice...We are looking just at the tip of the iceberg — there will be a lot more in terms of use and abilities coming down the road." Read how EchoPixel's 4D Holographic Therapy Guidance (HTG) software platform is helping Dr. Jacob Dutcher and his team at CentraCare vastly improve patient care. Read the article: ...

By EchoPixel, Inc.

The nuclear cardiology department at Ochsner Health System, a New Orleans-­based multi-­ hospital organization with facilities peppered throughout southern Louisiana, is revising its cardiac imaging model and implementing a flow-­based imaging program. Leveraging the Positron Attrius cardiac PET system, the new model is characterized by highly accurate patient diagnosis and treatment ...

By Positron Corporation

MRI use is on the rise, and so is the number of adverse MRI incidents – by an alarming 185% over the last five years.* while the number of incidents is small compared to the number of procedures performed, even one is too many for any clinic, hospital or research facility. A comprehensive MRI safety program is a must for any health care provider with a zero tolerance for MRI errors. A zero ...

By KOPP Development Inc.

Patient care is a concerning issue representing the nosocomial infection transmission especially hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). This study aims to identify the percentage statistics of HAP among the hospitalised patients of general ward. Also, among the objectives is to investigate the etiological pattern with the prescribed antibiotics in the concomitant treatment. A two-year retrospective ...

By Inderscience Publishers

The pairing of healthcare practitioners with engineers can produce products to revolutionise patient care. This paper discusses benefits of a novel-design ambulatory assistive device to promote gait efficiency and safety in adult individuals with balance disorders. Posterior-wheeled walkers are commonly used and reported in paediatric research literature to promote increased walking speed and ...

By Inderscience Publishers

Interview With Horst Nowosad, Sales and Project Engineer at Inmatec Medical oxygen is used in emergency care and vaccine production. With their own O2 generation, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers secure supplies and reduce costs. Mr. Nowosad, Inmatec GaseTechnologie is a leading manufacturer of oxygen and nitrogen generators. What developments do you see in the area of oxygen ...

By Inmatec GaseTechnologie GmbH & Co. KG

Project Description We are developing a free, easy-to-use electronic patient self-reporting outcomes solution to be deployed through our existing platform ONCOassist and made available globally. This will improve the quality of patient care and allow life science companies to gather real-world evidence about how their drugs are performing in the field. Cutting edge research shows ...

By Portable Medical Technology Ltd.

A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging* PRACTICE advisories are systematically developed reports that are intended to assist decision making in areas of patient care. Advisories are based on a synthesis of scientific literature and analysis of expert and practitioner opinion, clinical feasibility data, open forum ...

By KOPP Development Inc.

The ability to predict how a clinical trial participant will adhere to their treatment, and even respond to that treatment, has great promise to advance patient-centric clinical research. But, as we look to understand the impact a drug has on patients’ everyday health outside of a research environment, what happens to these unique, predictive findings around dosing and outcomes once a drug ...

By AiCure

Medical facilities and nursing homes face unique challenges when it comes to managing their waste and recycling. Medical facilities produce a variety of waste types, often in large volumes. The physical size of buildings and intricate floor plans add to the complexity of efficient mitigation of this waste. Managers need efficient ways to deal with the excess waste that is produced in patient ...

By Harmony Enterprises, Inc.

Background. Healthcare personnel prefer devices that maximize efficiency while minimizing cross-contamination as well as cost. The Caregiver® (Thermomedics, Inc., Miami. FL), a new infrared non-contact forehead thermometer has been developed for clinical professional use. Our objective was to evaluate the clinical accuracy and repeatability of the Caregiver as compared to measurements ...

By Thermomedics, Inc.

In the Focus: Inmatec Gasetechnologie Gmbh & Co.Kg Medical oxygen plays an important role in coping with the corona crisis. It is used worldwide to treat Covid patients and is now also used to manufacture life-saving vaccines. With self-sufficient O2 generation, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers secure the supply and reduce their costs at the same time. Medical oxygen has been used ...

By Inmatec GaseTechnologie GmbH & Co. KG

As an emergency physician, I routinely have to make quick decisions that can impact the direction and quality of care for my patients. With the current high nursing turnover and short-staffing on many shifts, these decisions are even more important, as they can also positively or negatively impact provider stress and patient flow. Streamlined care for critical patients is extremely helpful to ...

By 410 Medical

Challenge Calculating the appropriate sample size for a first of its kind stage-II colon cancer trial As Chairman of the Department of Biostatistics, Professor Satoshi Teramukai leads a variety of investigator-initiated clinical trials at the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. With over 35 years experience, hundreds of published papers and thousands of citations, Professor Satoshi ...

By Statsol

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, innovation and cost-efficiency are key. For healthcare providers looking to enhance patient care while managing expenses, renting mobile ECG (electrocardiogram) devices offers a compelling solution. This approach not only improves patient access to vital heart monitoring but also provides significant benefits for healthcare practices. ...

By PanonIT

Injections falling short? Advanced IPM practices are moving beyond epidural steroid injections (ESIs) to offer the gold standard of care for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) patients. Review the new data where study researchers compared the medical records of participants who had received either just one or no steroid injection prior to the mild® Procedure, to participants who received two or ...

By Vertos Medical, Inc.

It’s July and OCM has sunset, EOM is another year on the horizon, and you are wondering how to continue supporting your patients during this transitional period. Regardless of whether participating in a value-based care model is on your roadmap, PCM should be. Principal Care Management (PCM)1 is designed to reimburse specialty practices for providing needed care management services to ...

By Navigating Cancer, Inc.

Abstract Background and aims: Limited means exist to assess gastrointestinal activity in a noninvasive, objective way that is highly predictive of underlying motility disorders. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of recording myoelectric gastrointestinal activity by cutaneous patches and to correlate myoelectric signals with gastrointestinal function in various clinical ...

By G-Tech Medical

Disinfectant wipes are used to disinfect handheld non-critical patient care items including stethoscopes, ultrasound machines, and other medical equipment. The disinfection of these items is even more critical during a global pandemic. But throughout the past 9+ months, disinfectant wipes (among other items) have been in short supply and considerably more expensive. In August, the cost of ...

By Sterifre Medical, Inc.

We are pleased to announce an expanded partnership with Cardiva, a Spanish-based medical device company. The partnership builds on an existing collaboration between AngioDynamics and Cardiva, which has seen the successful distribution of AngioDynamics’ vascular access portfolio in Spain and Portugal since 2012. The expanded partnership will now include AngioDynamics’ oncology ...

By AngioDynamics, Inc.