Returning to the fundamentals of care
Thursday 16th September 2021
In my career and in my life, I’ve always adhered to the basic philosophy that if you do the right things for the right reasons, eventually you will get the outcomes you desire. I first…
Innovative Outcomes: delivering a fresh new approach to the wound care supply industry
Health literacy, Innovative Outcomes, Personal, Wound care
Wednesday 6th January 2021
The wound care industry has undergone a major transformation in the past 20 years. Back in 2000, the wound care industry was growing fast and yet was extremely under-served by specialist wound centers. As a…
More action is needed to combat diabetes in children, says wound expert Dr. John Capotorto
Diabetes, Health literacy, In Your Hands podcast
Tuesday 24th November 2020
More needs to be done to encourage people to live healthier lifestyles as diabetes cases rise around the world, says Dr John Capotorto, an endocrinologist and co-founder of RestorixHealth, a wound healing centre. Diabetes is…
More needs to be done to provide better wound care
Diabetes, In Your Hands podcast, Wound care
Monday 12th October 2020
More needs to be done to provide better wound care and prevent amputations, says Dr Desmond Bell, a podiatrist who specializes in wound management and lower-extremity preservation. Not only would patients immensely benefit from better…
Technology is driving medical sector advances with far-reaching impacts
Health literacy, In Your Hands podcast
Thursday 10th September 2020
Technology is fuelling advances in medical sector innovation at an exponential rate and the implications for our society are likely to be profound and far-reaching. Drones, medical tourism and brain-based cognitive research are just three…
Robot-assisted surgery
Health literacy, In Your Hands podcast
Wednesday 26th August 2020
The use of robotics in surgery has sometimes provoked a certain amount of controversy. Ever since the concept was introduced in the UK in 1990, people have been wary about the idea of involving anything…
Patients: the unintended consequences
Monday 27th July 2020
Cancer patients have become the unintended casualties of the Covid-19 virus as the lockdown has caused crucial investigations and treatments to be shut down, causing an explosion of stage 3 and 4 cancers. A huge…
The Business of Healthcare
Wednesday 5th February 2020
The business of healthcare is an interesting beast. It has been described as miraculous, uncertain, opportunistic, a right, and even an art form. Semantics aside, healthcare is one of the most significant industries in any…
Why we should celebrate uninsured healthcare
Wednesday 29th January 2020
The film John Q, starring Denzel Washington, was a compelling story that raised awareness over the cracks in the US healthcare system when it came out 20 years ago. Sadly, in this case life really…
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