The new CobasLiat flu test can diagnose a patient in 20 minutes and has helped cut down the numbers of unnecessary admissions, freeing up hospital beds in pilots at two NHS trusts, but Public Health England warms that there is not enough data on the effectiveness of the new technology. The patients usually have to
Whenever getting hurt in accidents it is normal to think about who will pay the medical bills. Injury settlements are always great but in many cases, this does not help pay all medical bills. It is important to understand the fact that the payments will vary from one case to the other and even from
Medical marijuana laws changed in over 50% of USA so hospitals do see an increase in the number of patients that are certified to use it. This is why hospitals actually need to work with medical marijuana consulting service providers in an attempt to develop proper practices and policies. Surveys showed that US citizens are
Medicine and the way we understand the human body has developed hugely over the past hundred years. There are many diseases and physical problems that can now be fixed and cured that would have previously seemed impossible. History is littered with firsts from the first heart transplant to the first separation of conjoined twins. The
Hip replacement surgery is often associated with the elderly yet can affect anyone at any age. There are numerous reasons one would need this type of surgery. Additionally, the recovery can take several weeks and be fairly quick for some. Today we are exploring the types of the conditions that require hip replacement surgery and
Acknowledging that you have a substance abuse problem for which you need help takes courage and objectivity that most addicts lack. Once you are ready to get help, you do not want to encounter obstacles like not having a rehab facility in your city or state. Rather than traveling outside the area of where you
Scientific progress is only possible when someone is funding it, we are in a state of rapid progression precisely because someone is always at work on something. Science funding has become simultaneously easier to find and harder to secure as time has passed. When funding dries up, several things occur (sometimes at once). Lack of
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
On Monday May 15, roughly a fifth of all health care facilities in the U.K. suffered a massive ransomware attack, which forced doctors and nurses to administer care without the technology many have come to rely on. In some cases, patients have turned away as facilities scrambled to regain control of their devices. As yet, it
Communicating with people whose emotions have become uncontrollable is hard work, yet it is a situation which medical staffers encounter all the time. We have come a long way from the caricature heartlessness of former years, but it is still easy for a hard-pressed professional, who is probably tired and may be emotional themselves,
