Some hospitals believe they can't afford investing in assistive technologies that improve patient safety and protect nurses from injury. Can they afford not to? Click the link above to read more.
The general public have a particular image of nursing in their heads. It's a caring individual at a patient's bedside giving medications, explaining conditions, and ensuring comfort. But, as most nurses can tell you, a more accurate picture involves searching through a supply...
The general public have a particular image of nursing in their heads. It's a caring individual at a patient's bedside giving medications, explaining conditions, and ensuring comfort. But, as most nurses can tell you, a more accurate picture involves searching through a supply...
There is a whole field of medicine related to keeping patients safe in hospitals, and many of these professionals' daily jobs involve making sure patients are helped, not harmed, while receiving hospital care.
A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure replaces a patient's diseased aortic valve through a delivery device introduced in the groin. The procedure is often used for patients too sick or weak for traditional open-heart surgery. However, TAVR is fairly new and...
Could patient-centered design lead to reduced readmission rates and less expensive outcomes? As hospital construction has held steady during the downturn, more administrators and healthcare leaders are weighing the possible benefits of patient-centered design. Click the link to read more.
