How to build and maintain trust with patients
The concept of trust is important in healthcare because health and healthcare in general involve an element of uncertainty and risk for the vulnerable patient who is reliant on the…
What Is Self-Care, and Why Is It So Important for Your Health?
There’s no way to say exactly what counts as self-care because everyone’s definition is their own and unique. The underlying rule is that it’s something that brings you sustained joy…
Single-Payer Health Care vs. Universal: Pros and Cons
Healthcare reform has been a topic of debate in the United States for decades. Two terms often used to discuss it are universal healthcare coverage and the single-payer system. Yet…
What Is a Healthcare Provider?
A healthcare provider is a person or entity that provides medical care or treatment. Healthcare providers include doctors, nurse practitioners, midwives, radiologists, labs, hospitals, urgent care clinics, medical supply companies,…
What is healthtech in venture capital?
The burgeoning “healthcare at home” movement reflects what consumers are increasingly clamoring for across almost every industry—more convenience and flexibility. While using telemedicine may have once been a matter of…
Healthcare Spending – Our World in Data
A discussion of this argument is presented in Sundin, Jan, and Sam Willner. (2007) Social change and health in Sweden: 250 years of politics and practice. Swedish National Institute of…
Health Insurance: Definition, How It Works
What Is Health Insurance? Health insurance is a contract between a company and a consumer. The company agrees to pay all or some of the insured person’s healthcare costs in…
Information for Pediatric Healthcare Providers
Incidence The epidemiology of COVID-19 in the pediatric population has been challenging to establish for several reasons, including the high prevalence of asymptomatic infection and differences in testing rates between…
From A New Definition Of Sanitization To Working Hands-Free
Kelly Feist is managing director at Ascom Americas. Getty Across healthcare and beyond, we’ve seen a myriad of adaptations in response to the global pandemic. In particular, the strong and rapid…
Morbidity vs. Mortality: What’s the Difference?
Morbidity and mortality are similar terms that mean different things. Morbidity refers to an illness or disease. Mortality refers to death. Both are used by scientists to determine health statistics…