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NHS Wales staff have been using their expertise and experience to suggest new ways of working.
Hospital building work in East Sussex.
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Collaboration is key to successful partnerships.
Youth workers use a ‘window of opportunity’ to try and stop cycles of violence.
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Youth workers try to use a ‘window of opportunity’ to help young victims of violent crime get out of a cycle of violence.
Women who have had a heart attack are less likely to be given an angiogram (a special X-ray to detect blockages of the heart), rehabilitation, or medication than men.
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New research shows women receive sub-optimal care after they have a heart attack and are twice as likely than men to die six months after the attack.
A patient collects her medication at a clinic in Khayelitsha, South Africa.
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The bill to provide universal health care in South Africa is not the silver bullet for the challenges in the health sector.
As of June 2018, the U.S. is short on 182 drugs and medical supplies, including IV bags.
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The US is currently short on 182 drugs and medical supplies. The problem isn’t new, but it’s frustrating health care workers.
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Digital records are all well and good, but they still don’t match the versatility of paper.
Nearly every Canadian family has a wait time story. This is because our system is not designed to provide optimal care for patients with multiple chronic diseases.
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To improve wait times for surgery, Canada needs to fix its health-care system. Developing a national seniors’ strategy would be a good place to start.
Is this device safe for use in a hospital?
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In a complex environment with massive numbers of internet-connected devices, the key barrier to better cybersecurity isn’t funding: It’s ensuring staff at all levels take action against the threat.
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These professional entertainers are trained and paid to go round hospitals cheer up children with music and laughter.
British soldiers on the frontline.
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As tens of thousands of injured soldiers filled the UK’s overwhelmed hospitals, the scale of World War I became all too apparent.
When staff make a mistake, hospitals should follow three simple steps to better care for patients and avoid litigation.
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Litigation may sound like an obvious route for someone who experiences a medical injury. But it’s a lengthy and stressful process, and rarely provides relief to patients and their families.
The five yearly negotiations have long generated controversy and angst.
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Public hospitals in Australia are owned and operated by state (and territory) governments. So why does the Commonwealth government attract blame for lack of hospital funding?
Government price controls start with good intentions but often result in unintended consequences.
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We are paying more for our health insurance because we are using it more. No crude, short-term measures to restrict premium growth will deal with this fact.
The rate of complications varies markedly between hospitals.
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One in four patients who stays overnight in hospital endures a complication.
End of life care isn’t just about dying, it’s about living too.
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Half of all patients diagnosed with cancer in the UK still die of the disease.
Around 3,000 more Australian patients have a complication in their hospital care in January than in other months.
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New medical staff start in January and may not be as skilled or adept as their predecessors, meaning more things go wrong.
Pills and ills.
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Antimicrobial stewardship is proving effective, but we’re not fully across what is happening.
Patients fear the penalties will end up reducing patient care.
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The reality of how the so-called penalties will work won’t match the rhetoric.
Information on patients’ experiences with their hospital care is often not reported back to public hospitals at unit or ward level.
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We have lots of data about hospital safety, but it’s not used to make us safer or more comfortable when we’re admitted.