Thursday, March 21, 2019
According to the Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report, 20 hospitals have filed for bankruptcy since 2016. Looking ahead through 2019, medical cost trends remain stable but extremely high as healthcare costs continue to rise. HRI projects 2019’s medical cost trend to be 6%. This is consistent with the last five years, which have seen trends between 5.5% and
[ Read More ]What makes Super Bowls, banking transactions, and online search results altogether more special? As an ardent supporter, concerned customer, and curious observer, I keep witnessing all three of them in real time. I want the best experience every time that I am the end user, and so does everyone else. In this day and age,
[ Read More ]There’s nothing quite as great looking as a full head of lustrous hair. Great hair is very attractive to other people, but the reality is that many men tend to lose their hair as life goes on. Though women do lose some of their hair with age, female baldness just isn’t the issue that it
[ Read More ]Experts agree, getting an extra 60-90 minutes of sleep per night can help Americans feel happier and healthier. Throughout much of society, sleep was hardly seen as a key component to human health, but as more technology developments lead to new discoveries about how/why we sleep, it’s now more clear than ever just how vital it
[ Read More ]Late last year it was announced that the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was implementing a plan to phase out fax machines and replace them with digital alternatives by 2020. The key drivers behind this change were improving patient privacy and cybersecurity, both of which are major concerns for the healthcare industry as a whole.
[ Read More ]As part of my regular rounds at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, I check on one of my heart patients who is recovering from cardiac surgery. I monitor his blood pressure, his glucose and lipid levels lipid levels, his heart rate and other vitals. But this patient isn’t in Israel. Or even the Middle East.
[ Read More ]We’re living in an era of unprecedented technological advancement. This development is affecting how people live in a variety of ways. The healthcare world is set to disproportionately benefit from the fruits of evolving technology. Here are six tech trends that are currently driving change in the healthcare industry. Telehealth is Becoming More Widely Utilized
[ Read More ]Going through substance abuse can make you feel like being in an endless pit with no way out. The craving to use drugs can intoxicate your entire life to the point that it affects not just you but also those around you. Fortunately, there are multiple ways to recover from drug abuse and dependency –
[ Read More ]Chances are you’ve encountered the advertising by now: a man is shocked to learn where his ancestors came from, or a woman discovers her predisposition to certain inherited disease. These life-altering revelations, we’re told, are thanks to DNA testing made available directly to consumers. The process is so simple, the information is so interesting, and
[ Read More ]Nowadays, many of us hold desk jobs. While having a desk job is less tiring than, say, laying bricks in the sun all day, sitting at a desk for eight hours straight can harm your body. If you work in a busy office environment, taking care of your health may not be your first priority.
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