The design of a sustainable building should include reduction its energy consumption, by considering the embodied and CO2 emissions generated during material manufacturing, transport construction processes. A Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) facility in buildings consumes large amounts energy. aim this work is to quantify carbon HVAC systems installed healthcare centers. For purpose...

Telemedicine is increasingly used across the developing world to expand access healthcare, improve outcomes, and reduce costs. One common model that of telemedicine centers, which are small primary care facilities run by midlevel (nonphysician) providers who conduct a preliminary examination then facilitate visit with remote physician in real time. However, impact this channel delivery—particul...

Background and aim: Access to adequate healthcare systems is seen as a fundamental human right. Therefore, services must be distributed accessible in the most efficient way possible those who need them most. Primary centers are backbone of any system they provide essential general population. Inequalities distribution primary can lead disparities access outcomes. This study aimed assess equity ...

HoSpitalS and HealtH SyStemS are creating new entities to explore and exploit non-traditional solutions to a wide range of systemic health care delivery challenges. Known as innovation centers, the organizations are modeled on similar entities from non-health care sectors and focus largely on quality, access, and cost issues. The California HealthCare Foundation interviewed leaders at health ca...

and 62% of smartphone owners had used their phones to look up information about a health condition [5]. The number of iOS apps including health and fitness groups increased from about 43,000 in 2013 to 98,000 in 2015 [6]. Such growth is not confined to m-health apps. The Internet of Things in the healthcare market is expected to be 117 billion US dollars in 2020 [7]. Regardless of the accuracy ...

Yoga is part of mainstream culture today, with major medical centers, community healthcare centers, and neighborhood yoga studios offering yoga as a mind-body practice to support health and healing. In the US, over 20 million individuals now practice yoga, with studios found in nearly every state. Although yoga has existed in various forms for around 2500 years, the phenomenon of “yoga for heal...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that certain priority groups, such as healthcare providers, receive the influenza vaccine each year, and it is becoming more common that healthcare institutions mandate that nurses employed in direct patient care settings receive annual influenza immunizations. I strongly support the position that all nurses involved in direct patie...