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Does Mechanical Thrombectomy Provide Economic Benefit In Ischaemic Stroke?

The impact of COVID-19 on stroke services and using mechanical thrombectomy and best medical management, as per national guidelines, for patients with large vessel occlusion-related acute ischaemic stroke. In the last 20 years, death rates from stroke have fallen mostly due to successful prevention strategies such as hypertension control and...
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Diagnosing Initial Orthostatic Hypotension – The Race Against Sudden Blood Pressure Drops

Initial Orthostatic Hypotension (OH) is described as a rapid and transient drop in blood pressure associated with the increased risk of falls, fractures and syncope, especially in the ageing population (Tran et al. 2021). As prevalence is high, the problem is evident, but due to limited access to reliable continuous diagnostic methods, the detection...
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Can Telemedicine Save Money? Case Study of Comarch Diagnostic Point in the Workplace

A case study of Comarch Diagnostic Point and its application and results at a large organisation with twenty offices in Italy. We speak a lot about equity , equal treatment, equal access to care . But does it include workplaces? After all, we all spend a lot of time there. Employers care for their employees...
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Patient Pathway Digitisation – More Than Meets the Eye

An overview of the patient pathway digitisation process and the tools and strategies that can facilitate the journey of digitisation in radiology. Key Points Can digitisation of patient pathways create seamless patient interactions with healthcare providers and enable novel ways of cooperation between clinicians? To what extent,...
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Digital Solutions Are the Now and the Future of Diabetes Management

Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires daily management including lifestyle and behavioural modifications, compliance with medications, blood glucose control and close patient monitoring, all of which can be efficiently supported by digital solutions. Diabetes is a global health crisis. Recent estimates suggest the incidence of diabetes...
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The Wait is Almost Over – An Imminent Return to Elective Orthopedic Surgeries

Torbjorn Skold and Prof David Barrett, one of the design surgeons for ATTUNE Knee System, explore ways to tackle the backlog in orthopedics and get more people moving pain free. Key Points Osteoarthritis is one of the most frequent diseases leading to the need for joint replacement. Medical professionals face huge challenges...
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Regional Radiology Collaboratives - Benefits of Intelligent Networking?

The Yorkshire Imaging Collaborative (YIC) is a combined technology and business ‏transformation project which unified radiology imaging and report-sharing ‏between 8 NHS trusts across Yorkshire, including the recently established NHS ‏Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber. Dr Daniel Fascia has extensive ‏experience in radiology practices...
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The Benefits of Connected Care and Better Utilisation of Patient Data in Healthcare

Connecting care teams and patients can drive patient engagement and help improve treatment processes that can facilitate cooperative care. HealthManagement.org spoke to Xavier Battle, the head of Marketing and Sales for the Digital Health Business Line for Siemens Healthineers, about the importance and benefits of connected care, the use...
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Developing Connected Healthcare Systems and Accelerating Digital Transformation

With urban populations increasing worldwide and technology making smart cities a reality, there is a great potential of improving healthcare services by expanding them beyond the hospital walls. Both immediate health emergencies, such as COVID-19, and long-term strategies can be addressed with new, tech-driven solutions supported by enhanced community...
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With the URIS, the Moscow Health Care Department Has Laid the Foundations for Connected Care

300 modalities, 1500 radiologists, 1500+ technicians, 10,000 referring physicians, 500,000 patients… Moscow’s Unified Radiological Information System (URIS) and its unified digital infrastructure have become a ‘one stop shop’ to access patient imaging data across the megalopolis and beyond. And a core component of URIS is the unified Enterprise...
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Patient Safety As Gold Standard in the Era of Big Data

Affidea launches an innovative Business Intelligence Tool for real-time radiation dose monitoring to improve patient care. Key Points The use of a new technology built on GE Healthcare’s Applied Intelligence platform and imaging insights. Better data integration and analysis through the use of the Affidea Dose Excellence programme,...
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