CERN is developing a new particle accelerator dubbed miniature linear accelerator (mini-Linac) that is just two metres long and some of the potential uses of this miniature accelerator include deployment in hospitals…
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One million older people affected by poor standards of dignity in hospitals
A comprehensive, statistical analysis of inpatient experience data in NHS hospitals in England has brought to the forefront “widespread and systematic” pattern of inadequate care that lacks substantially in standards of dignity…
BlackBerry has a new bacteria-free smartphone in pipeline
Are you aware of the fact that your smartphone is house to roughly 25,000 germs per square inch? A study published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology claims that around 20 to…
Twitter, big data could help hospitals better plan and handle emergencies
Twitter as a medium of sharing information in few characters has garnered user base and according to researchers tweets from users along with few other information could help hospitals better plan their…
NHS nurses from overseas quitting as ‘North West is nothing like London’
The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust recruited 40 nurses from abroad during 2014, but out of these a quarter have quit their jobs as they have difficulty in understanding local accent and…
Facebook ratings said to reveal quality of care in hospitals
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that hospitals in which patients were less likely to have unplanned re-admissions within 30 days after discharge had higher Facebook ratings than those…