There are many factors that may influence a patient’s view of how clean a hospital is. It’s important for public areas, like lobbies, waiting rooms, hallways, restrooms and dining facilities, to be spotless. One thing that can hurt a healthcare facilities reputation of spotless public areas...
After the first event one such health professional informed the organiser that, contrary to his expectations, he had learnt much from talking to his allocated patient and appreciated more of what service is like from the 'other side'. This edition of HEX contains a number of papers which look...
Rather than building a robot that would be another toy, Honda wanted to create a robot that would be a helper for people -- a robot to help around the house, help the elderly, or help someone confined to a wheelchair or bed. ASIMO is 4 feet 3 inches (1.3 meters) high, which is ...
Family members of patients who are chosen for evacuation can opt to have their loved one stay at the hospital. If a relative were to make such a request, the risks of keeping a patient reliant on life-supporting equipment would be explained to them, says Angie Hebert, a hospital...
An ambulance rushes a COVID-positive patient from one hospital to another in search of a bed. His blood oxygen level is critically low and the cylinder keeping him alive is emptying fast. His son, a Microsoft employee, is on board with him and sends out an SOS for a repla...
A banner shows a blue background, on the left, and a photo of a healthcare professional in scrubs using a stethoscope to listen to the heartbeat of a person lying in a hospital bed, on the right.The left side of the banner reads: "Job search advice for healthcare professionals. Explor...
for a healthy pregnancy. here's what you need to know. key takeaways hcg is the pregnancy hormone that helps sustain early pregnancy and is what home pregnancy tests detect to give a positive result. in the first few weeks, hcg levels rise rapidly, doubling every two to three days, ...
The nurse documentation informs about changes in access maturing and involve surgeon, staff, and patient for further intervention or education. For example, during the period of access maturing patient obligation excise a fistula frequently for faster advance. If patient forgot to control this required...
But for patients who are sick, or for an exhausted mother with a crying baby who needs to be admitted, wait times can become emotionally and physically difficult as well. Thibodaux Regional Medical Center’s consistent focus on patient satisfaction has earned the 185-bed community hospital, ...
· Medical alert systems for patients' with serious medical problems and needing urgent help at a short notice 1= patient scheduling system; 2=billing system 3=digital medical imaging ; 4= operating room Figure 1 in Figure 1. Various departments in a medical center are all interconnected via...