The Leading Physicians of The World

Total cost of ownership (TCO) has become one of the major concerns for healthcare ITDMs (healthcare IT decision makers) who have adopted tablets as an IT solution in healthcare. It is the time ITDMs should gain insight and address all challenges that are facing large scale deployment of tablets (more than 250 tablets). By doing this, they will help private and public organizations realize the full productivity of a computed tablet. According to an online survey of more than 200 healthcare ITDMs conducted by Dell, the cost of one tablet is approximately $499. However, the total cost of securing, connecting and managing a tablet totals to about $2230. This means that securing, managing and connecting a tablet cost about 4.5 times its total purchase price. What Healthcare ITDMs Say about Tablet Cost, functionality, security and Usage Here is what healthcare ITDMs say about tablets: Tablet Usage statistics According to a survey conducted for 200 ITDMs, here is the t...

Practice of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) allows healthcare employees to bring and use their personal devices such as tablets, smartphones and laptops into the work place. Their belief is that these devices boost morale and increase efficiency and productivity levels. With BYOD, healthcare providers can use and access hospital information and applications on their personal devices. However, healthcare facilities in the US and around the world continue to struggle with whether staff should use their personal mobile devices at work. While staff can use and access organization’s information and applications on their own device, use of personal devices has brought a variety of security threats for healthcare industries. According to a recent study, 4 out of 5 doctors regularly use their personal mobile devices in their workplace for health care purposes. It is with no doubt that these devices have been proven to have a variety of benefits such as fast access to medical records...

Healthcare is vitally important to human life expectancy, but access to it varies around the world. To help understand the difference in healthcare of each country, some factors have to be considered. These factors include: ·          GDP spending ·          Life expectancy ·          Healthcare coverage (is it universal?) ·          Hospital beds per population of 100000 and ·          Primary doctor/100 people Some large or richer countries in the world such as U.S, UK, Germany, France, Spain and Canada were chosen for analysis. Below are factors that make healthcare different in different countries        1.  Hospital beds Germany is the country which has recorded the highest number of hospital beds. This is according to recent statisti...

The seventh annual pharmaceutical innovation study, co-produced by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions in the US and the UK, looks at the challenges the industry faces in generating returns from its R&D investments. The report also highlights key strategies to help increase pipeline value while reducing R&D costs to generate sustainable returns and here are some key points. Key findings The pharmaceutical industry continues to face regulatory and reimbursement hurdles weighing on the research and development (R&D) returns of pharmaceutical firms this year.After reviewing the estimated returns of 12 leading biopharma companies and comparing their performance with four mid-to-large-cap companies, the study finds: Annual projected pharma R&D returns continue to decline to 3.7 percent Peak sales per asset fall 11.4 percent year-over-year since 2010 Costs to bring a product to market stabilize, from $1,576 million in 2015 to $1,539 millio...

Today, an estimated 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States. Thanks to better treatments, people with HIV are now living longer—and with a better quality of life—than ever before. If you are living with HIV, it’s important to make choices that keep you healthy and protect others. 1.   Stay healthy You should start medical care and begin HIV treatment as soon as you are diagnosed with HIV. Taking medicine to treat HIV, called antiretroviral therapy or ART, is recommended for all people with HIV. Taking medicine to treat HIV slows the progression of HIV and helps protect your immune system. The medicine can keep you healthy for many years and greatly reduces your chance of transmitting HIV to sex partners if taken the right way, every day.If you’re taking medicine to treat HIV, visit your health care provider regularly and always take your medicine as directed to keep your viral load (the amount of HIV in the blood and elsewhere in the body) as low a...

You spend about half of your waking hours at your job. While certain jobs like construction or manual labor have clear hazards, you can't assume that if you are clocking time in an office environment that it's a healthy place to be. Many occupations deliver stress, sedentary behavior, and unhealthy habits along with the paycheck, which can take their toll both physically and mentally. But whether you work from a home office or sit in a corporate cubicle, there are things you can do to make your workplace better for your health and wellbeing. Here's how to give your office space a health makeover, according to the experts.   Remind yourself to sit less People who work at desks should stand or walk around for at least two hours a day to avoid health risks related to too much sitting, according to a 2015 British study. "Moving around throughout your workday is really important," says Robert Graham, MD, director of integrative health and wellness for ...

The GI condition commonly known as “ leaky gut syndrome ” has been gaining a lot of attention lately for several reasons:A growing body of research has linked leaky gut to a number of “seemingly unrelated” health concerns and chronic diseases.As more Americans are affected by poor diet choices, chronic stress, toxic overload and bacterial imbalance it appears that the prevalence of leaky gut has reached epidemic proportions.The medical profession is just now agreeing this condition even exists!This last point is especially shocking because “intestinal permeability” has been discussed in the medical literature for over 100 years! Symptoms Having leaky gut is essentially like having the gates broken from your intestines to your blood stream so many of these particles that should never have been able to enter have now gotten through.  When this happens it causes inflammation throughout your body leading to a variety of diseases. According to a study published in a Norwe...