Everyone is a Cancer Patient

March 8, 2018

Cancer is a disease of accumulating genetic copy-paste errors; a Russian roulette of cell division subject to an ever-expanding list of environmental vectors. If given enough time, or a long enough lifespan, everyone will develop a malignancy. In the time it takes you to read this white paper, 20 people in the United States (U.S.) will receive a cancer diagnosis. By the end of the year, 1.6 million more people will have joined them, requiring immediate support from the healthcare ecosystem and forever self-identifying as cancer patients.

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whitePaper | July 26, 2022

Healthcare leaders have long recognized the importance of real-time decision making. Take, for instance, sepsis one of the leading causes of U.S. hospital deaths that costs the industry an estimated $62B a year,1 not to mention the preventable morbidity

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The relationship between cybersecurity ratings and therisk of hospital data breaches

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

We investigated the progression of healthcare cybersecurity over 2014–2019 as measured by external risk ratings. We further examined the relationship between hospital data breaches and cybersecurity ratings.

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The value of diverse patient representation and engagementin cancer treatment

whitePaper | June 21, 2022

To improve outcomes for cancer patients and take advantage of the groundbreaking scientific and technological progress made in oncology prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and care over recent years, it is of crucial importance to ensure all patients with cancer have a role and an ongoing dialogue with the healthcare team.

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Can Technology Relieve Pulmonary Complications—and the Staffing Shortage?

whitePaper | March 3, 2023

Hospitals throughout the United States and worldwide have struggled with understaffing for years, with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushing them to their limits.

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Patient Reported Outcomes

whitePaper | May 2, 2022

MEDIcept strives to provide our clients with proven, trusted, and cost-effective solutions. We are an international consulting firm specializing in medical device, IVD,

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Governance Frameworks in Digital Mental Health

whitePaper | November 8, 2022

This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project, insight area or interaction. The findings.

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