World Cancer Day, an initiative by the Union for International Cancer Control, is created to promote a positive & proactive approach to the fight against cancer. The theme for World Cancer Day 2015 is ‘Not Beyond Us’. To mark this Day and create awareness about cancer, we have published a special post on emerging technology trends in cancer diagnosis and …
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The rise of bioinformatics in countering cancer: How India can change the world
Special guest post by Austin Walters for World Cancer Day. At the tender age of 12, Elana Simon was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer whose treatment required doctors to remove much of her liver. Now 19, she is a healthy and thriving student at Harvard University. She is very lucky: It took doctors several iterations …
Do Electronic Medical Records Improve Patient Compliance?
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are vital for improving patient compliance. The outcome of any healthcare services depends on the compliance or adherence of patients to the recommended treatment regimens. If patients fail to adhere to prescribed treatment or drugs, then there is a high likelihood of causing a pervasive threat to their health and overall …
Medical Software for Doctors: Where is it Used?
As technology progresses, digitization becomes an indispensable need. In a healthcare organization, medical software, a form of digitization, is used for a wide variety of purposes. Its uses range from patient record keeping, insurance and billing to appointment scheduling and even electronic prescriptions. In this article Medical Management and Administration: Medical software use for managing …
Do Electronic Medical Records Reduce Patient’s Waiting Time?
Long waiting time is what upsets patients most. It wouldn’t be wrong if patient’s anxiety is directly related to the waiting time. Therefore, quick access to medical services is most appreciated and spending valuable time in front of the doctor’s office makes patients nervous and practitioners ineffective. In this article How can we optimise? The digitalization …
Best Practices in Generating Referrals For Your Practice
In today’s times, competition has reached new heights. Even if a medical practitioner is great at clinical skills, to outshine direct competition faced from other private clinics, it is necessary to market himself well. Marketing does not need to be an expensive campaign. Few but hard hitting and time-tested techniques can help to increase the …
The Costs of Running a Hospital in India
Medicine today has reached heights never even imagined before. Medical research and development has helped make life more precious and built hopes in the hearts of patients. In today’s rapidly evolving world, it has helped the medical field to grow by leaps and bounds. Diseases which were considered fatal in previous times can today be …
Why Should Doctors Use A Medical Billing Software?
Modern healthcare is a complex system that integrates different services and activities not necessarily entirely pertaining to medical and by all means, not free of charge. Health costs money, so regarding medical side, practices must organize their finances and management. In this article Billing Software is Time Saving The medical billing process is an intricate interplay between …
Best Practices in Managing Associate Doctors
An associate doctor is a licensed health care professional. He is permitted to practice medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. He is responsible for patient education and enhancing care of patients1. He is trained to perform a wide range of medical services in every medical and surgical field2. The history goes back to …
Best Practices in Relocating Your Medical Practice
If you are a practicing physician and have your own medical practice, you are well aware of the difficulties faced in starting a new medical practice. It requires tremendous patience before patients start flowing in. Relocating your medical practice can be an equally daunting task especially if one is planning to relocate to a completely …