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Healthcare changes around the globe such as a rise in chronic diseases, rise in the aging population, and urbanization are the major things to look at when trying to predict the future in healthcare. Such trends have posed concerns and strains in healthcare systems as there are already existing issues in cost, quality, and access of health care. With this in mind, you should realize that new treatments models or techniques are needed to integrate elements of prediction, automation and prevention to make health care efficient and affordable. This article will explain new treatment paradigms and also highlight key areas that are expected to change in each sector. Challenges that the healthcare industry is likely to face in achieving better care for the future are also explained in the article. Below are some of the things that are likely to experience change in the future of healthcare: 1.   Healthcare Technology Healthcare technology is the transforming tool for physician

Medical errors may occur in different health care settings, and those that happen in hospitals can have serious consequences. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which has sponsored hundreds of patient safety research and implementation projects, offers these evidence-based tips to prevent adverse events from occurring in your hospital. Improve hand hygiene compliance The link between dirty hands and the transmission of health care-associated infections has strong backing in epidemiological literature, and the importance of hand hygiene has been touted by the World Health Organization, the Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet rates of hand washing are low, averaging 39%, with many doctors and nurses underestimating the activity's safety value.Research shows that effective hand hygiene initiatives improve knowledge of when to clean and how to clean, require demonstration of the knowledge, ensure that alcohol-based rub

After years of big promises, telemedicine is finally living up to its potential. Driven by faster internet connections, ubiquitous smartphones and changing insurance standards, more health providers are turning to electronic communications to do their jobs—and it’s upending the delivery of health care. Doctors are linking up with patients by phone, email and webcam. They’re also consulting with each other electronically—sometimes to make split-second decisions on heart attacks and strokes. Patients, meanwhile, are using new devices to relay their blood pressure, heart rate and other vital signs to their doctors so they can manage chronic conditions at home. Telemedicine also allows for better care in places where medical expertise is hard to come by. Five to 10 times a day, Doctors Without Borders relays questions about tough cases from its physicians in Niger, South Sudan and elsewhere to its network of 280 experts around the world, and back again via the internet. In

MRI is a  non-invasive imaging technology that produces three dimensional detailed anatomical images without the use of damaging radiation. It is often used for disease detection, diagnosis, and treatment monitoring. It is based on sophisticated technology that excites and detects the change in the direction of the rotational axis of protons found in the water that makes up living tissues. How does MRI work? MRIs employ powerful magnets which produce a strong magnetic field that forces protons in the body to align with that field. When a radio frequency current is then pulsed through the patient, the protons are stimulated, and spin out of equilibrium, straining against the pull of the magnetic field. When the radio frequency field is turned off, the MRI sensors are able to detect the energy released as the protons realign with the magnetic field. The time it takes for the protons to realign with the magnetic field, as well as the amount of energy released changes depending

In These infographic, When Patients were asked which factors are important when making decisions about healthcare treatment, 82% said price is most important  - The Leading Physicians of the World

While some of the flight attendants were men, most were women, so this is not just a case of discrimination by men, but discrimination by women against other women, particularly women “of color”. In Australia at least, the majority of medical students are now female, yet discrimination still abounds, and ironically, women are a big part of this. We say that we would prefer to have a female doctor for ourselves, yet when it comes to power and authority, some women are happy to hand the power over to men. Most powerful positions – heads of department, board members and official positions in our colleges – are held by men. Medicine is still a men’s club, and women are allowing this. Dr. Tamika Cross, a black woman and OBGYN from Houston, was on a returning flight home and Delta Airlines initially refused her to see another passenger who needed medical attention because a flight attendant didn’t think she fit what a doctor looked like.Cross details the flight attendant’s initia

There’s a saying: “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.” However, some people thrive by complaining. These people, when presented with potential solutions to the problem, argue and invalidate all possibilities presented. Sounds familiar? While there are frontline physicians — even physician leaders — who gladly get on board, looking at and for new solutions to what seems to be an unsolvable problem, many of our community are content to remain in their resigned cynicism, shooting down every possibility that surfaces without consideration. Complaining about the same thing over and over again and never taking action, may indicate an underlying commitment to suffering. Here are some examples. The physician doesn’t believe change is possible. Physicians who believe change isn’t possible have a deep ingrained resignation and cynicism present. These are the people who when presented with possibility, shoot it down immediately. Perhaps it’s because they’ve been in