Enclothed Cognition

In a single hospital, hundreds of thousands of instrument sets are processed monthly which means there is ample room for human error.

Researchers believe they can address an industry-wide inefficiency of the conveyance of pertinent key patient data at crucial shift change handoffs.

In addition to the geographical realignment concerning transplants, the system in which determines who gets a transplant first needs to be redesigned as well.

The consequence of unjust price hikes suffered by patients has lead to huge debts that are often times impossible to pay.

If unnecessary visits could be cut in half, it would save the healthcare system $5.2 billion annually. 

Eliminating sexism in the medical field leads to better patient care because patients will have access to 100% of the collective medical knowledge.

Higher rates of health issues coupled with the number of boomers working in the medical field on the verge of retirement makes the need for an increased number of healthcare professionals highly likely.

Researchers found that the amount of reduction in white matter in an overweight person’s brain was similar to the amount of reduction in white matter in the brain of a non-overweight person 10 years older.

As of 2013, more than a third of the nation’s hospitals did not offer a form of language assistance to this rising population of people for whom English is not their primary language.

Although Africa is a continent with many health epidemics like HIV/AIDS, malaria, and ebola, for many countries, the biggest medical problem of all is the lack of access to basic healthcare.