The Future of Medicine: Protecting Privacy Without Impacting Quality of Care

The prevalence and cost of chronic, cardiometabolic conditions like Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease is one of the greatest healthcare challenges we face today. Luckily, price points are coming down on cellular and Bluetooth-enabled medical devices like blood pressure cuffs and glucometers, and at the same time, enhanced interoperability capabilities are allowing us to seamlessly pull patient-generated data from the devices into analytics platforms and combine it with patient record data from the EHR. The connection gives clinicians a more complete view of their patients’ health whether at the point-of-care or virtually giving them the ability to detect costly complications before they happen, and prompting them to intervene with appropriate guideline-based management.

Learn more on burn injury, prevention and the immediate care needed for patients with burn injuries. In the United States, approximately 486,000 people seek medical treatment for burns each year. Many people may not recognize their risk of burn injury. It will cover the classification system used for burn injuries describe the local and systemic effects of a major burn injury, discuss the potential fluid and electrolyte alterations of the emergent/resuscitative and acute phases of burn management, describe care of the patient with burn injuries, and identify the appropriate patient referral to a burn center.

When and how should vertical programs for family planning and other health needs be integrated in primary health care (PHC), particularly as countries undertake reforms in pursuit of universal health coverage? Experts from Results for Development, Population Services International (PSI), Marie Stopes International (MSI), ThinkWell and Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) explored this question in a webinar.

Healthcare data breaches have increased 70 percent between 2010 and 2017, according to a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. While healthcare organizations have increased discussions around cybersecurity, hackers have matched their pace, continually targeting the sector. This webinar will provide you with situational awareness on what is happening in terms of threats, mitigation, resources, and tools you can use.