Customer Experience
Often, quality medical care can be found in developing nations, with lower costs and an opportunity to have a holiday at the same time. For these appealing reasons, the trend in medical travel is increasing. ...
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) shows promise for treating fear of cancer recurrence in women who have survived breast cancer. The first of its kind study by researchers from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University, Butler University ...
If a doctor expects a treatment to be successful, a patient may experience less pain and have better outcomes, according to a new Dartmouth study published in Nature Human Behaviour. The findings reveal how social interactions between ...
A quiet carpark, ready (or not) for the day ahead. Our three chefs, Jody, Richard and Michael, saunter in before 6am, flicking on lights with a yawn and a stretch. Some days volunteers meet them with ...
At the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, Outpatient and Day Treatment services have been designed to provide a better experience for patients and their families. The different layout and new technology make it much easier for ...
Peter Mac’s prehab program brings together a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to get patients as fit as they can be before cancer treatment like surgery or a stem cell transplant.
Rebecca Hogan, Operations Manager – Virtual Dementia Tour™ at Churches of Christ in Queensland (CofCQ), discusses the need for greater empathy and connection amongst aged care workers and how we can start to achieve it. Current certifications offered in the aged care industry have ...
Could this encounter between young and old help transform the lives of the elderly? As Australia’s older population increases, so too will the issues that affect their health and happiness. Could the solution to a ...
Aging. It happens to everybody. It’s how we respond to it that matters. Do we just allow our health and well-being to decline or do we take action? Eating the right food, being with the right people, ...
A healthcare worker is one who delivers care and services to the sick and ailing either directly as doctors and nurses or indirectly as aides, helpers, laboratory technicians, or even medical waste handlers. There are ...
Provisions within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) encourage hospitals to figure with their communities to improve population health. As such a large amount of things, these efforts can and may begin at home—in this case, the ...
All of us hold a story –our own ‘story of self’- within us. Our story of self weaves the identity that we wear in the world. But what happens when age and illness unravel the ...