Consumerism in patient experience is here to stay and studies relating to this aspect are showing the way. Healthcare organizations that care to deliver appropriate, timely patient-centered palliative care, improve patient experience and lead to lower hospital costs.
Maryland’s Prince George County work towards a single population health management platform
Population health management needs to be responsive to patient needs and has to be efficient in order to save costs and improve outcomes. In 2013, Earnest Carter, MD deputy health officer at Maryland’s Prince George’s County Health Department had the vision to involve local stakeholders to work on social issues that influence an individual’s ability to live a healthy life.
The cost of not caring for the mentally ill can be staggering
The mental health state of US faces serious challenges as mentally ill people have nowhere to go. They rarely get sympathy from people around them and often land up on streets, county jails or emergency rooms.
Fat transfer to the dorsum of the foot can change lives of patients
Patients who cannot walk pain free now have a solution. Fat transfer to the dorsum of the foot is being widely discussed in the podiatry field. Fillers have made a difference in patients’ lives. For patients who could not walk pain-free and surgery wasn’t a great idea for them, fat transfer seems to be a better choice.
Protein discovery that could lead to healing diabetes patients
US researchers have conducted a pathbreaking study where they have revealed that a particular protein that affects healing of wounds on the lower part of the leg and foot, amongst diabetes patients has been identified.