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Revenue Cycle Management – Ensuring financial stability of healthcare organizations

“RCM has a critical role, not just in a healthcare organization, but also at a macro level. At an organization level, RCM directly impacts the financial performance of a healthcareorganization in many ways. From a strategic standpoint at individual hospital level, RCM function contributes to shaping the healthcareprovider's market segmentation and positioning which in turn determines the addressable market size and revenue generation opportunity,” says, Agrawal revenue cycle management (RCM) is the process healthcare providers use to track patient care,…

Product update

New global initiative ‘Act4Biosimilars’ launched

Sandoz recently announced the launch of a new global initiative called ‘Act4Biosimilars’ to help address health inequity and inequality worldwide. Act4Biosimilars aims to increase patient access to advanced medicines by facilitating greater approvability, accessibility, acceptability and affordability (the 4 A’s) of biosimilars. The initiative is supported by a multidisciplinary Steering Committee of patient advocacy leaders, healthcare professionals, biosimilar experts and industry leaders from around the world, with a mission to increase global adoption of biosimilar medicines by at least 30%…

Research

Canadian researchers create soft robotic sleeve for treating lymphedema

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada created a soft robotic sleeve to treat lymphedema. Lymphedema involves uid accumulation in tissues because of damage to the lymph system. This wearable sleeve combines a microuidic controller and soft robotic components that apply compression to the arm to reduce and control uid accumulation. The small components avoid the need for a stationary pump to inate the sleeve and allow for tetherless use during regular activities. Lymphedema often strikes breast cancer patients,…

Health Destination

SPAIN’S thriving healthcare sector

The main drivers of Spain's medical technologyindustry are its world-class infrastructure, strongR&D capabilities, and highly skilled workforce. Thecountry also has a well-developed manufacturing sector, and is a leading exporter of medical devices Spain is a country in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. The largest part of Spain is situated on the Iberian Peninsula; its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean…

Features

Philips showcases ultra-low contrast PCI solutions at EuroPCR 2022

The ability to peorm PCI procedures using a very small amount of contrast media enables PCI to be offered to more patient groups, notably patients presenting with both coronary aery disease (CAD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), who are at high risk of suffering contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) - a life-threatening form of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by contrast media toxicity Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, recently showcased innovations at EuroPCR (May 17-20, Paris, France) that…