Hospital of Tomorrow

What will hospitals be like in 2035? Given the rate at which technology is revolutionizing the healthcare sector, says Mitch Morris, MD, an American oncologist with experience in healthcare administration, physicians today would barely recognize a hospital if they took a trip through time to 2035, just as healthcare professionals 20 or so years ago would if they walked into a hospital today.

As a result of many healthcare innovations over recent years, hospitals have been modernized to such an extent that pioneering new products and digital advances are helping to improve people’s lives far beyond what many had anticipated.With these next-generation advances in healthcare innovation, however, hospital efficiency becomes even more important. Applied technology that is caring, impactful and delivers meaningful benefits must both make a difference to people’s lives and work in tandem with budgetary concerns. That is the essence of a healthcare revolution.

The big challenge, therefore, is to meet the growing demands of and for care, and still keep health services solvent. One approach seeks to move away from silo models of service provision towards the development of well-integrated healthcare services. Sceptics, however, have observed that up to now efforts to do this have really involved little more than the transfer of resources from one silo to another.

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Global Health Protection: Dream of A Healthy and Safe World

What Is Global Health Protection?

Global health protection refers to a range of activities that aim to ensure the people’s right to health is not violated at any cost. Essentially, it is a subset of public health function. Unlike a single nation’s health policies, it is a broad concept that encompasses all the preventive and remedial actions that are taken globally. This is in contrast to international health which restricts its activities to the developing nations only.

The primary goals of public health protection are:
● Enhancing public health capabilities
● Responding to global emergencies or disease outbreaks anywhere in the world in an effective manner. Think of the Ebola or Bird flu outbreak.
● Extend global life expectancy
● Increase the quality of life

Apart from these, it also works to address growing health security concerns. For example:Health during a crisis, and the effects of both infectious and non-communicable diseases. Additionally, it covers child and maternal health, health costs, and violence against women (VAW).

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Digital Healthcare Investment: What happened in 2016

Digital healthcare investment showed some strong signs of growth during the first few months of 2016. At the end of the year, it reached an estimated $4.2 billion. Hundreds of digital health companies relished their share of the pie. Interestingly, many of them were startups.

In fact, it was a “good” year for the companies that have revolutionized how we receive and deliver healthcare services. Nonetheless, the market could not keep up the momentum and ended the year with 8% lower total value than what was in the earlier year.

Experts believe this marginal decrease in the amount of digital healthcare investment has little to do with the overall market trend. It is poised to take further leaps in the coming years. This is considering the fact that the number of deals was slightly higher than that in 2015.

Changing Nature of Digital Healthcare Investment. More Deals but Less Total Value!

It’s not always the total value of the investment that drives the market. Several other factors also play a crucial role

As a matter of fact, 2016 was not a great time for digital healthcare investment. But on a positive note, it brought into light a different approach in how investors are pouring their dollars into the market. Here, we take a closer look at what it means

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Exposure to DDT Increases the Risk of Testicular Cancer

Men exposed to the remnants of DDT, a once popular pesticide, have an increased risk of testicular cancer, according to a study published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study shows that men who have high levels of DDT by-product, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), have a 1.7 times more chance of developing tumors in the germ cells of the testicles, when compared to those who have low levels.

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Patients Treated by Female Docs Have Lower Risk of Death

Older patients who are treated by female doctors after being admitted to a hospital may be slightly less likely to die within a month of their admission than those who are treated by male doctors, according to a new study.

Researchers found that patients who were treated by female doctors had a 4 percent lower risk of dying within a month of being admitted to a hospital than those who were treated by male doctors. Moreover, these patients were 5 percent less likely to be readmitted to a hospital within a month, the researchers found.

Read more: http://www.livescience.com/57262-hospital-patients-with-female-doctors-have-lower-death-risk.html

Are Colds and Flu Worse in Women Than in Men?

Colds and the flu may take a bigger toll on women than men, according to a new study based on people's reports of their own symptoms.

The women in the study were more likely than the men in the study to report severe fatigue and muscle aches when they had a cold or the flu, according to the findings, presented in New Orleans last month at IDWeek 2016, a meeting of several organizations focused on infectious diseases. The findings have not been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Read more at: http://www.livescience.com/56945-cold-flu-symptoms-men-women.html

Football-related concussion: A call for action

In 2012, emergency departments treated 325,000 teens for concussion in 2012, almost 40 an hour.

One blow to the head can be a problem, but additional blows increase the risk of catastrophic head injury, long-term neurological disability, and permanent brain damage.

Undetected and untreated, concussion and other kinds of traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be fatal.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started the "Heads Up" project in 2003 to raise awareness and provide training about TBI and concussion. In 10 years, they distributed more than 6 million copies of their materials, and trained over 1.5 million coaches online.

But concerns remain:

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The Risks of Insufficient Sleep

Getting a good night’s sleep is often more easily said than done. The realities of modern life mean that we have far more distractions and sleep stealers than ever before. We can work, shop, and bank 24 hours a day right from our living rooms.

https://www.healthafter50.com/sleep/article/the-risks-of-insufficient-sleep/