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The Future of Emergency Medicine: Innovations Making Patients The Point-of-Care
Every minute spent without treatment could reduce the chance of survival in case of medical emergency and trauma patients. Digital health innovations making patients the point-of-care could become a great help for first responders and emergency units in the battle against time. Here, we collected what trends and technologies will have an impact on the future of emergency medicine. Six minutes before brain damage Car crashes, home injuries, fires, natural disasters. The difference between life and death often depends on the speed and efficiency of emergency care services. The work of doctors, paramedics, and nurses being in...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: imported CPR digital health emergency emergency medicine EMS first aid first response future Health 2.0 Healthcare Innovation technology Source Type: blogs

Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine
Applying some principles learned in Palliative Care to every-day Emergency Medicine practice – a guest post by Professor Ian Rogers FACEM, of St John of God Murdoch Hospital and University of Notre Dame in Perth, Western Australia Earlier this year I did a sabbatical in Palliative Care. I deliberately chose to work with a purely consultative service based in a tertiary teaching hospital. They did not admit under their own bed card nor was there a hospice on site to admit to. We saw patients from all across the hospital; from outpatients to ED, from ICU to slow stream rehabilitation. My aim was to gain an understandin...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 12, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mike Cadogan Tags: Palliative care Ian Rogers Prof Ian Rogers Source Type: blogs

Tropical Travel Trouble 008 Total TB Extravaganza
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog aka Tropical Travel Trouble 008 Peer Reviewer Dr McBride ID physician, Wisconsin TB affects 1/3rd of the population and one patient dies every 20 seconds from TB. Without treatment 50% of pulmonary TB patients will be dead in 5 years. In low to middle income countries both TB and HIV can be ubiquitous, poor compliance can lead to drug resistance and malnourished infants are highly susceptible. TB can be very complex and this post will hopefully give you the backbone to TB m...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 16, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Clinical Cases Tropical Medicine Genexpert meningitis TB TB meningitis Tuberculosis Source Type: blogs

Medical Drones Will Thrive in Healthcare: A Safe Road to Health
Time is crucial in healing, no matter whether it’s about a natural disaster, heart attack or an organ transplant. In future medical emergencies, where urgent response will be necessary, drones will mean the fastest answer. They will fly the extra mile in delivering drugs, vaccines, blood or organs. Drones are the future of delivery According to my geek calendar, 2017 will be the year of the drone. These advanced versions of model airplanes or unmanned aerial vehicles are everywhere on the rise. According to the estimates of the Consumer Technology Association, 9.4 million units were projected to be sold in 2016 worl...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 12, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Mobile Health disaster relief drone drone delivery drones emergency GC1 Innovation technology Source Type: blogs

Peek into the Future of Hospitals: Smart Design, Technologies and Our Homes
A simple, round table with a desktop computer and a projector, where the patient and the doctor have their friendly chat. Whenever an examination is necessary, they cross the “blue line” in the room indicating the “boundaries of the clinic” elegantly. It’s definitely not rocket science, but the patient satisfaction index is soaring. What’s the secret? Radboud University Medical Centre & Cleveland Clinic leading the way into the future of hospitals The scenery takes place at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The head of the departm...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 6, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design architecture future of hospital gc4 hospital design Innovation technology Source Type: blogs

Thalidomide - The Real Story & The First Seal Baby By James Linder Jones, M.D., M.H.A., FACEP
http://www.healthworldnet.com/articles/the-best-of-the-best/the-first-seal-baby-the-real-story-of-thalidomide.htmlThalidomide, despite its sordid past is undergoing a sort of renaissance and is being manufactured and used worldwide for a variety of illnesses including leprosyThe Thalidomide story had a complex course, full of unintended discoveries, with unforeseen consequences including the elements of an adventure story; heroes and heroines, bad guys, villains, intrigue, deception, antagonists and protagonists, even Nazis.It was December 25, 1956. In Stollberg, Germany. A young, nervous, to-be Dad was waiting for news fr...
Source: PharmaGossip - May 20, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs

Advance Care Planning and End of Life (ACPEL) Conference
Discussions: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Video Intervention - Maureen Douglas, University of Alberta  4. Identification of indicators to monitor successful implementation of Advance Care Planning policies: a modified Delphi study - Patricia Biondo, University of Calgary5. The economics of advance care planning, Konrad Fassbender, University of Alberta; Covenant HealthSession 2: Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, and Goals of Care: The Challenge to Get It Right in OntarioHealth Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, and Goals of Care: The Challenge to Get It Right in Ontario - Tara Walton, Ontario Pal...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 15, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - September 27, 2022.
Conclusions:This study revealed strong and consistent patterns of association between digital health literacy and the use of a web-based PHR. The results indicate potential actions for promoting PHR uptake, including improving digital technology and skill experiences that may improve digital health literacy and willingness to engage in web-based PHR. Uptake may also be improved through more responsive digital services, strengthened health care, and better social support. A holistic approach, including targeted solutions, is needed to ensure that web-based PHR can realize its full potential to help reduce health inequities....
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs