Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people.
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Intensive care physician Peter Pronovost and chief engineers Alan Ravitz and Conrad Grant, contrasts the way we build hospitals to the approcah taken by an aircraft manufacturer upon deciding to create a new model. Where the former typically happens in a piecemeal, patchwork approach, the latter doesn’t ask pilots and crew to identify the best cabin, wings, jet engines, and other parts, to…
When the Obamacare Act was signed into law in 2010, it promised to provide health insurance to millions of American people. Since then, the law has been partly successful in pushing the U.S. uninsured rate down to a record low. However, the ACA’s new insurance markets are proving to be volatile, with insurers recording big…
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After a 1999 report revealed that upto 98,000 patients die in hospitals annually due to medical errors that could have been prevented, the attempt at improving health care has become a central goal in clinical, research, government and political arenas. With medical errors still being a pervasive problem, the healthcare industry is pressed to address this issue through…
Recent articles in healthcare journals reveal a sad truth: hospitals are still not as safe as they should be. One article states that one in three patients are harmed during a hospital stay and of this 33%, 7% either die or are permanently harmed. There has been an emphasis on patient safety for over a…
As the Economist says, a pair of straight and gleaming teeth makes for a beautiful smile. But how many people who have undergone a little dental maintenance realize that they may have some of the first products of a new industrial revolution inside their mouths? Who would’ve though that if you combine 3D printing and…
This is Part II of a two part series – part 1 here Robert P. Thames, FACHE, FHFMA, President and CEO, Northern Arizona Healthcare PART II: STAGES OF EVOLUTION – AND HOW TO MIGRATE “You are here” and the Gretzky factor[i] To assist in gaining perspective on ‘where are we now?’ in the context of…
