Amanda Pritchard said same day care was one of the biggest changes in recent years (Image: Getty) A huge transformation of urgent and emergency care has spared hundreds of thousands of people overnight hospital stays, the head of the NHS says today. Specialist facilities aiming to diagnose, treat and discharge patients on the same day … Read more
Hospital stocks fell up to 11% on Friday, witnessing their second successive decline following the Supreme Court’s diktat on cost rationalisation. The biggest loser on an intraday basis was Max Healthcare Institute which hit the day’s low of Rs 706.45 on the NSE. It was followed by Yatharth Hospital & Trauma Care Services which plunged … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little to prevent such breaches. Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use of online technology to support … Read more
More than 8,500 patients were being treated on virtual wards in the run-up to Christmas. But the so-called hospitals at home are not a “silver bullet”, nurses said. Figures from NHS Digital revealed some 8,586 patients in England were treated virtually in December, allowing most to have Christmas at home. Virtual wards allow patients to … Read more
