Category: Community
APHM 2017: Collaborate with competitors for better patient-focused service
The healthcare industry should emulate the airline industry in collaborating with competitors and working together for the benefit of the patient, said Mike Wagner, executive director and chief teaching officer of The Advisory Board Company, at the APHM 2017 conference […]
Myanmar seeks aid from WHO to battle swine flu outbreak
Health authorities in Myanmar have asked the World Health Organization (WHO) for help in battling a deadly swine flu outbreak in the country that has already infected more than 30 people and killed at least six people over the last […]
Sea sponge from icy Alaska waters may be key to pancreatic cancer treatment
A small deep-sea, dull green sponge found in the icy waters of the Pacific off Alaska may be holding the key to effective pancreatic cancer treatment, according to researchers. Pancreatic cancer, with particularly aggressive tumors, is notoriously difficult to treat. […]
Malaysia’s first total aorta replacement surgery successful
The National Heart Institute (IJN) in Malaysia has successfully performed the first total aorta replacement surgery in the country, marking a breakthrough in heart treatment. According to consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Paneer Selvam, the surgery from the root of aorta […]
APHM 2017: Winner Sg’s Transfer Wheelchair reduces back injury for healthcare workers
Patients can be moved without being lifted, with the transfer wheelchair, which is designed to facilitate lateral transfer and back injury for healthcare workers, according to Michael Pang, Managing Director of Singapore-based Winner Sg Pte Ltd, speaking at the APHM […]
Tick-borne disease kills Japanese woman after being bitten by sick cat
An unnamed Japanese woman in her 50s was killed last year by a tick-borne disease after she was bitten by a sick stray cat in what could be the first such mammal-to-human transmission, according to Japan’s healthy ministry. The woman […]
Dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka claims almost 300 lives
Sri Lanka is intensifying measures against the recent outbreak of dengue fever that has already claimed almost 300 lives. Schools across the island nation will be closed to help prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne disease. The Red Cross also […]
New Hospitals by Siloam open in Bangka and Bogor
Siloam International Hospitals recently opened two new hospitals in Bangka and Bogor. An arm of property developer Lippo Karawaci, Siloam’s first hospital in Bangka, in the Bangka-Belitung Islands, opened on Monday, and launched the other new hospital in Bogor, West […]
UNAIDS: Deaths linked to AIDS fell 50% in a decade
A report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) showed that deaths linked to the disease has fallen by half in a decade, dropping from a peak of 1.9 million in 2005 to just 1 million last year. […]
More specialized nurses, physician assistants providing nursing home care
The number of specialized nurses and physician assistants in the US classified as “skilled nursing facility specialists” providing nursing home care services has almost doubled to accommodate more aging patients while the number of doctors in nursing homes has dropped, […]
