this paper represents a commentary to marianna fotaki’s editorial: ‘why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ within this commentary, i discuss some of the issues raised by marianna fotaki, and conclude that we should work towards an organizational culture which considers the important concept of compassion by focusing on the well-being and teamwork of all involved.

background determining and understanding of healthcare costs and its financing method is one of the most important subjects understatement of which can cause such major problems as excessive health costs for households due to the high rate of out-of-pocket expenses. objectives the current study aimed to analyze the healthcare costs and determine the share of isfahan province, iran, from the tot...

the main asset of farmers is their labour and the utilization of healthcare services will help to improve their health and thus productivity. some of the problems inhibiting proper utilization of healthcare services in nigeria include non-availability, inaccessibility and high cost of medical care. the aim of this paper is to examine the determinants of the utilization of healthcare services am...

Complex micro- and nano-structures enable crucial developments in the healthcare remit (e.g., pharmaceutical and biomaterial sciences). In recent times, several technologies have been developed and explored to address key healthcare challenges (e.g., advanced chemotherapy, biomedical diagnostics and tissue regeneration). Electrohydrodynamic atomization (EHDA) technologies are rapidly emerging a...

Early detection of new or novel variants of nosocomial pathogens is a public health priority. We show that, for healthcare-associated infections that spread between hospitals as a result of patient movements, it is possible to design an effective surveillance system based on a relatively small number of sentinel hospitals. We apply recently developed mathematical models to patient admission dat...

Doing the right things or doing things right: what is the most important focus for current drug discovery to secure delivery of new drugs of sustainable value to patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare providers? Some of the challenges faced today in drug discovery are addressed here: the relationship between R&D speed, cost and quality; how selection of performance metrics can affect...

RFID is not a new technology and has passed through many decades of use in military, airline, library, security, healthcare, sports, animal farms and other areas. Industries use RFID for various applications such as personal/vehicle access control, departmental store security, equipment tracking, baggage, fast food establishments, logistics, etc. The enhancement in RFID technology has brought a...

In recent years, smart cities have gained in popularity due to their potential improve the quality of life for urban residents. many city services, particularly those field healthcare, big healthcare data is analyzed, processed, and shared real time. Products services related are essential industry's current state, which increases its viability all parties involved. With increasing cloud-based ...

Based on the real-world inventory control problem of a capacitated healthcare apparel service centre in Hong Kong which provides tailor-made apparel-making services for the elderly and disabled people, this paper studies a partial backordered continuous review inventory control problem in which the product demand follows a Poisson process with a constant lead time. The system is controlled by a...