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Bariatrics Safe Patient Handling Program
With the admission of bariatric patients increasing, there is considerable pressure on healthcare facilities to deliver dignified, quality care that is safe for both the patient and caregiver. Because bariatric patients pose significant challenges due to their size and limited mobility, they require assistance during most daily activities. Further, their weight puts them at a…
Proven Safety Performance at a Fraction of the Cost of Air-Assisted Devices
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants in hospitals and other treatment facilities are relied on to lend a helping hand daily. Concern for the safety and well-being of patients is their top priority, but this often comes at the expense of their own health. Keeping staffs healthy is critical to a hospital’s efficiency and the level…
How to Cultivate a Healthy Company Culture with Kristen Sudela of Active Network
While companies succeed and fail with their product, today a healthy company can be sustained on a positive internal culture. This mindset and attitude can permeate a corporation, even one with multiple locations, and drive it to commercial success. Kristen Sudela spends her days developing and fostering a healthy company culture and knows that…
THE INS AND OUTS OF TRANSDERMAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
When designing new drug therapies, pharmaceutical and medical device companies must determine which method is best for delivering the medication to the target sites. Patients are generally familiar with drugs delivered via oral, topical, intravenous, and intramuscular routes. Transdermal drug delivery is the application of a medicine or drug through the skin, typically by using…
Why a Diverse Workforce Matters in Medical Transportation
Women make up only 36 percent of the transportation industry’s workforce. But at St. Louis, Missouri-based Medical Transportation Management, they are bucking the trend with innovative ways of attracting a largely female workforce. In fact, a whopping 76 percent of the upper management and workforce at MTM is female. On this episode of the…
Embracing the Contact Sport of Innovation
AsianScientist (Apr. 25, 2019) – No two people are the same, yet many of our treatments for serious diseases fail to see the patient as an individual. Because of this, many therapies work sub-optimally, or patients experience side effects. By delivering the right amount of drugs to the right location at the right time, we…
When it Comes to Floors, is Softer Really Better?
Though the collective consciousness around “going to work” brings up images of sitting at a desk in front of a computer, it’s not representative of reality. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2016, the majority of workers have to stand “61 percent of the workday…and 39 percent of the workday sitting.” But…
Bariatric Equipment Considerations
According to the World Health Organization, worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, and in 2016, more than 650 million adults were considered obese.1 As average body weight continues to rise, there is a pressing need to address how healthcare workers can provide effective care while preventing injury to patients or themselves. A better understanding of…
Study: Weight Bearing CT leads to better injury identification in NBA players
For professional athletes, injuries mean reduced playing time, impacted performance, and, in rare cases, an end to their careers. These injuries often affect the lower extremities, primarily because their sports require high-risk activities like jumping, cutting movements, and collision with other players. While traditional scanning techniques have mainly been used to identify injuries, a recent…
The Importance of Patient Engagement and How Technology Helps
The state of the healthcare landscape has changed dramatically in just the last decade. Information technologies have transformed the relationships people have with each other, including ones with healthcare providers. People once resorted to the wisdom of our primary care physician for all personal health queries. However, with the sharing and dissemination of information…
TPC Reduces Supply Chain Costs Without Compromising Patient Care
With supply chain costs that can account for 25-30% of a hospital’s operating budget, many facilities are challenged with controlling supply spend without compromising patient care. However, when hospitals have the ability aggregate, their collective strength empowers them to achieve higher value together. With proven results in reducing supply chain expenses, particularly in challenging PPI…
CurveBeam Connect: The Future of Syndesmosis Evaluation
On this month’s edition of CurveBeam Connect, Vinti Singh, Director of Marketing at CurveBeam interviews Alexej Barg, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at the University of Utah. Dr. Barg specializes in the care of the foot and ankle, as well as reconstruction of traumatic injuries to the foot, ankle replacement, and joint preserving procedures. Prior…
Hand-Hygiene Compliance is Low Amongst Emergency Medical Workers
Studies show paramedic workers ignored World Health Organization guidelines when soap and water or antiseptic rub was needed. 1 The University of Southern Denmark in Odense studied 77 paramedics in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Australia as they treated 87 patients. The study found that hand hygiene compliance among EMS providers is “remarkably low,” with an “over-reliance” on…
Why Workplace Injuries Cost Businesses More Than Money
Across the country, workers are sustaining injuries due to physical exertion. These injuries come from a combination of overuse and an aging workforce. In fact, the National Safety Council found overuse to be the number one cause of workplace injuries. Annualized costs to businesses and medical communities are in the billions, which has a…
Glass is in Session: Transparency in Veterinary Care, Transparency in Design
Ask any pet owner and they will say that their pet is a part of their family. Unwavering love and loyalty create a bond between humans and their animal friends that is hard to measure. Naturally, when injuries occur, people turn to a place where their pet can receive as high-quality of care as…
Planmeca PlanMill 30 S – high-accuracy chairside milling machine
Planmeca PlanMill® 30 S, your entry into digital chairside dentistry. This high-accuracy single-spindle mill allows you to offer same-day convenience to your patients.
Knee Braces Can Help Treat ACL Injuries
Have you ever watched an athletic event on TV and seen an athlete fall to the ground clutching his or her knee in agony? If so, there is a decent chance you witnessed an ACL tear. ACL injuries tend to be extremely painful, and it is important to seek and secure swift and proper treatment….
Best Practices for Sentinel Events: What Every Healthcare Organization Needs to Know
In any healthcare environment, patient safety is always top of mind. Each staff member is responsible for their own actions. Administrators are too, especially when those actions include reacting to a safety concern raised by an employee. To ensure that healthcare organizations have a high-reliability culture, the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare published a…
Single-Use Wipes Are Making Germs Stronger, with John Shanahan of Ionogen
Did you know that the leading blue glass cleaner can kill you? Were you aware that the single-use wipes that many of us have in our kitchens and bathrooms are also putting our health at risk? At least, that’s what our guest today claims after years of research and industry experience. John Shanahan, President…
An App Could Change How Obesity is Assessed
The idea that something still widely used in the medical world is outdated is an unnerving thought. However, such is the case with the Body Mass Index (BMI), although this appears to be coming to an end. After more than a decade of research, Richard Barnes, CEO of Malvern, England-based Select Research and partners…
The Process of Revenue Cycle Management
A medical practices’ mission is to provide optimal patient care to ensure positive outcomes. However, bogged down in the minutia of patient insurance verification, co-pays, deductibles, code approvals, claim processing and more, it’s challenging to keep focused on what matters most: the patient. Further, as you muddle through the maze of revenue cycle management, one…
How One Agency Works to Solve Elder Abuse, with Sheila Dessau of WRAAA
Aging is difficult enough. With old age and declining health, even the most routine tasks become major chores. This is why so many enlist the help of loved ones or assisted living communities as they enter old age. When elder abuse or exploitation occurs, which is more frequent than many might imagine, the repercussions…
Video Distribution Evolution is Putting an Emphasis on Content, with Dan Helfrick of Z-Band Technologies
When it comes to choosing TV services, there is a lot of competition. Are companies prepared to keep up with the changing industry? Dan Helfrick, Vice President of Z-Band Technologies, sat down with MarketScale to discuss the new direction for video distribution systems in an ever-progressing, consistently evolving technological society. Z-Band offers video distributions…
How AI Allows Doctors to Get a Step Ahead with Sunny Neogi of KenSci
Every single day we add to our human race. The influx of new doctors cannot match human growth, now seven billion people and growing, and there is a huge lack of capacity in healthcare. The average United States doctor looking at a patient for approximately 11 minutes, which is far too little. Companies like…
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