Advances In Medical Imaging Technology

Medical imaging is the graphic visualization of the body for use in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of medical conditions. Imaging technologies play a vital role in making medical procedures more scientific as they help confirm or reject the diagnostician’s or physician’s initial hypothesis about the patient’s ailment. The drive for more emergent bio-optical devices has

Medical records risks and responsibilities hit UK headlines

Patients’ medical records contain highly sensitive information — which is why data protection regulations are suitably stringent. The Data Protection Act 1998 enforces regulations on all UK organisations and individuals classed as either data controllers or data processors. And the European-wide General Data Protection Regulation hits the statute books in May 2018 — bringing greater

Surgical Scissors: Design & Handling

Surgical scissors or “forceps” are surgical instruments engineered to make dissections and other cuts with high accuracy and precision. So while choosing one, several important factors such as ease-of-handling, dimensional accuracy, quality, and manoeuvrability come into play. Engineering Surgical scissors cutting through a tissue apply three kinds of forces – torque, closing and shear. Closing

Financing Options Available For Hospitals

Procuring financing for hospitals is not as easy as many think because a hospital is basically listed as a not-for-profit organization. It is not allowed to issue stock and debt financing stands out as the only real option available in most cases, all through tax-exempt bonds. There are also some for-profit hospitals, of course. They

Advances in Healthcare: Leadless Pacemakers

The latest advancement in healthcare technology for heart patients is the leadless pacemaker, which is aimed at eliminating the dangers of implanting pacemaker leads into the heart. Traditional cardiac pacemakers are constructed using a Hypodermis Pulse Generator (in the chest wall) and transvenous pacing leads (in the myocardial tissue). These leads are considered the weakest