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The Efforts to Improve the Doctors’ Working Condition
Tags: Unions, Taiwan, Healthcare, Medical, Doctors

The Taipei Doctors Union was founded in 2017, and it has been nearly four years since we advocated reforming doctors’ working condition in many ways.

First, we consider that the number and items of salary should be written clearly in the contract between all the medical care institutions and the doctors; however, only few residents working at private hospitals are applicable to Labor Standard Act, so most of the clinics and public hospitals provide unclear pay to the attending physicians and may even reduce the wages as the revenue of the medical care institutions declines.

Second, we think that it is necessary to obligate the employers of the medical care institutions to give full salary and compensation when the doctors cannot work normally because of occupational injury or diseases. To provide more labor rights to the doctors, to reduce the risk of working in the hospital, and to respond to our announcement, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) rolled out a Medical Care Act amendment in March 2019; nevertheless, the Executive Yuan has not sent it to the Legislative Yuan so far in order that the amendment cannot go through the legislative procedure. We think that the government is not supposed to delay the amendment; therefore, we devised more visible advocacy campaigns including going on the TV show, writing contributions to newspapers, and lobbying several members of parliament.

We devised more visible advocacy campaigns including going on the TV shows and attending press conferences.

Last of all, most of the doctors are very concerned about the benefit package of the National Health Insurance (NHI) because it can influence the doctors’ income and the treatments of many diseases. We consider that there should be more representatives of health care workers in the NHI Committee; besides, we must improve and strengthen the supervisory mechanism of the government, so we can have a better policy to meet the need of doctors.
Medical Faculty Hiring
By: Doctify India
Tags: Medical, Diagnosis, Doctors

About medical faculty hiring

Hospitals are large organizations that employ numerous types of professionals which consists of professional doctors, staff nurses, and other medical faculty. Hospitals hire both clinical and nonclinical faculty to care for patients and keep the hospital running smoothly.

Faculty hiring need

Hiring the right people is of great importance to the success of the hospital and its ability and capacity to maintain the adequacy of the staff. The hiring process is done on the predetermined policies and guidelines that ensure that hospitals hire the best people based on merit and that the hiring process is free, fair, and transparent. The hiring policies and procedure must also ensure that the hospital complies with the various rules and regulations such as labor laws and regulations of that place.

Jobs for medical faculty are in high demand because people are always in need of health care and treatment of various diseases. Hospitals have to hire numerous people in both patient care and business positions to operate effectively. The perks of working in a hospital include:

Job stability

Flexible work schedules

Helping others

Excitement and variety

Opportunities for career advancement

How DoctifyIndia helps in faculty hiring

Do you establish a new hospital or new diagnostic center or health care center or anything linked to the medical sphere? Are you looking for different types of doctors, nurses, or other medical faulty for your hospital? And you can’t able to get them or don’t have time to search for them as you are already occupied by a lot of work. Then you don’t have to worry about it, you can sign up and simply join us. Our company is always there to give a hand and satisfy all your wants. Our company provides all the services starting from job postings, advertising the same, managing candidates, solving their queries and allow them to connect with the well-known entities all under one roof. No matter what type of professional you want like MBBS doctors, nurses, assistants, specialists, or any other medical faculty; we work our best to provide them.

Our company deals with more than 35 companies that hire thousands of MBBS doctors throughout India. The top recruiters for medical faculty are mostly Hospitals, Medical Research Centres, and Pharmaceuticals, and many more. The list of top hiring companies where medical faculty vacancies available are:

Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd

CK Birla hospital for women

Cribs Hospital

Medanta (medical institution)

Hiranandani hospital

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Machine Learning to Predict Parkinson’s Disease
By: Frederik Bussler
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Health, Disease, Medical, Machine Learning

2percent of elderly people are affected by Parkinson’s — a debilitating neurodegenerative disease — but up to a quarter of cases are misdiagnosed¹.

As the Mayo Clinic writes, diagnosing Parkinson’s is no simple task². There’s no specific diagnostic test, and a trained neurologist needs to review a patient’s medical history, symptoms, and conduct a neurological and physical examination, using techniques like dopamine transporter scans, as well as blood tests and imaging tests to help rule out other disorders.

The difficulty in making a diagnosis is amplified in developing countries, which have fewer medical resources. As with many other disorders, undiagnosed and untreated cases of Parkinson’s have likely increased during this pandemic. Parkinson’s may even emerge as a third wave of the pandemic³.

Fortunately, there are faster, easier ways to diagnose Parkinson’s, that don’t really on intensive, in-person visits. Parkinson’s patients exhibit characteristic vocal features, and machine learning can be used to capture these characteristics, effectively screening potential patients.

(Small) Data

Parkinson’s Disease affects speech with symptoms like difficulty articulating sounds, lowered volume, and reduced pitch range.

The University of Oxford collected 195 voice recordings from 31 people: 23 with Parkinson’s and 8 without. The columns include extracted features like the average vocal fundamental frequency and measurements of variations in frequency and amplitude.

With just 195 rows of data, this is a great example of a “small data” use-case. A pervasive myth is that AI needs big data, and while deep neural network accuracy tends to increase with more data, not all AI is necessarily data-intensive. In another article, I showed how a dataset of under 100 rows could be used to predict 2020’s political instability.

Analysis

We can upload the data as-is to the AutoML tool Apteo to make a predictive model for Parkinson’s Disease.
Concerns of Insurance Administrative Load on Physicians Worries Seema Verma
By: George Steven
Tags: Medical Coding, Healthcare, Medical Billing, Medical, Medical Billing Services

The administrative burden on physicians and medical billing services has been a constant worry. CMS administrator and American health policy consultant Seema Verma considerably acknowledges this concern and has asked insurance companies to modify their policies to rectify problematic areas.

She asked them to support the idea of accessible value-based healthcare by working on transparency, interoperability, data access, and value-based facilities for the progressive healthcare industry.

At America’s Health Insurance Plans’ 2019 National Conference on Medicare, Seema said that patients, doctors, and medical billing companies are fed up of high expenses, surprise medical bills, and complex medical billing and coding system.

Low Patients Engagement

The idea of an empowered healthcare system seems daunting when clinicians and patients do not agree with the process.

It is so difficult for medical billing services to satisfy insurance companies on behalf of medical practices. The qualifying criteria are so strict that a large number of medical claims get denied, causing revenue loss. This is one of the major reasons for low trust level on private payers by patients and stakeholders of healthcare organizations.

The administrative burden kept on increasing for a few years, although the mission is to simplify the billing process while curbing the cost.

Difficulties Faced by Medical Billing Services

In the name of prior authorization and quality reporting, insurance companies rules have gone strict. Especially medical practitioners who do in-house medical billing, spend a big time of their day on creating accurate medical claims.

On the other hand, medical billing and coding companies certainly have resources to match the expectations of clinicians and medical billing services. Still, they have to spend so much time on a single claim.

Seema Verma has shown evidence to support the complexities in medical billing and coding process that led to increased burnout ratio in physicians and medical billing staff. She further added that many stakeholders of healthcare industry chant the motto of “Medicare for All”, which is a threating situation for private payers.

Insurance Companies Need to Simplify Rules

According to Seema, insurance companies need to adopt an alternative way to stand side by side by patients and physicians. We all want price transparency and quality care services, and only by taking smaller but constructive steps makes survival easy.

Technology can play a forefront role in implementing feasible value-driven practical solutions.

What are your thoughts on this?
MEDICAL ALERT DEVICE WITH GPS AND FALL DETECTION PROVIDES BETTER SAFETY
By: Scarlett Wilson
Tags: Medical Alert Systems, Health, Healthcare, Medical, Medical Devices

What is a Medical Alert Device?

A medical alert device is made up of a medical alert pendant and a medical alert bracelet. Both parts are attached to a speaker to assist in case of emergency or need of medical help. You can communicate to the operator by just pressing a button.

What is GPS? What is fall detection and how it is useful?

GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and it allows satellite-based navigation to locate the user precisely. Most of the electronic devices use this technology for better and accurate results. Medical alert devices with GPS assures you about the safety of your loved ones.

Fall detection refers to the condition where the user slips or falls on the ground and needs medical help; the device detects the situation quickly and sends emergency help for rescue.

Most of the medical alert safety devices have a vital feature of motion detection. This feature allows to sense the motion and if it discovers that the user is at the abnormal position or has is on other than vertical posture, it triggers an automatic call and sends help if the user needs.

In such cases, the call for help is utterly automatic because in some situation user might not be in a condition to press the button. It is somehow challenging to choose the right system for you, but it is equally significant.

WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF FALL DETECTION FOR SENIORS?

The older adults need more attention and care in such emergencies. If older people suffer from an injury after a fall, they need immediate help or rescue. Hence, the new technology of fall detection proved to be useful for them. They are often on risks of falling, and this system gives peace of mind to those who love their parents and grandparents.

A reliable medical alert system provides a long battery life, water-resistance feature, mobility and portability. One should check all these features while buying medical alert devices with GPS for the safety of their families.

A medical alert device with GPS and fall detection technology works precisely and triggers an automatic call when it senses a fall. Protect the senior members of your family with the system of medical alert and live a peaceful life.
Medical trends: what to expect in 2021?
By: Sanjeev Seenath
Tags: Medical, Sanjeev Seenath

Sanjeev Seenath — It is quite common to hear the expression “time is passing by too fast”, isn’t it? And anyone who likes to stay on top of events knows that, in the medical field, the advances are increasingly surprising. In this Sanjeev Seenath article, we bring you the main trends in medicine for 2021. Keep reading!

Integrated medicine

One of the main trends in medicine that is already being put into practice and should continue to increase in the coming years is integrated medicine. It unites the precepts of Western medicine, focused on diagnosis and treatment, with the techniques of Oriental medicine, aimed at preventing diseases and health habits.

Genetic mapping

The mapping of human genes for the early diagnosis of diseases is already a reality within the trends of medicine. It also allows for the most appropriate study and treatment of the problem, as well as an analysis of the health of that particular individual.

Technology and robots

Technological innovation remains one of the biggest highlights in terms of medical trends. Diagnostic imaging tests are surprising for the quality of the information, as well as the data storage technology.

Patients can also benefit from the trends of Medicine, as there are already health apps for smartphones that encourage the adoption of healthy habits, offering support for treatments such as diets, exercises and even, for the control of medication intake, with device alarm, for example.

3D printing

Another technique that is constantly improving within the trends of medicine is the production of prostheses, organs and tissues in 3D printers. The production of prostheses using 3D printers, used by human beings, is already a reality.

Transplants of artificial organs and tissues performed in laboratory tests have also had records of successful cases.

In research, these artificial pieces are of great help in the work of surgeons, since they allow to improve the precision of the procedure even more.

Did you like the news and trends of medicine in the future? Have you studied or tried any of them? Share with us by leaving your comment in the post.
Best Medical Shows on Netflix Right Now
Tags: Netflix, Medical, Best Medical Shows, Medical Shows

Medical Dramas are always entertaining from one way or another, whether you are seeing an extremely difficult operation happening right in front of you or watching a love story set in a medical environment. Medical dramas have been with us for many years and they have always been entertaining, but some are also downright garbage, so we are making a list of the best medical shows on Netflix right now.

Grey Anatomy (2005 — Present)

Grey Anatomy has been a long-time running series and it has changed some or all of its cast at one time or another, but the series is set in a hospital named Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital where young doctors join the hospital as interns. The series followed Meredith Grey who is the daughter of a famous surgeon. She struggles to maintain relations with her colleagues, mainly with the one-time Chief Richard Webber because of a pre-existing relationship with him and her mother. Grey Anatomy follows the whole cast and their lives as they grow personally and professionally.

Hart of Dixie (2011–2015)

Hart of Dixie follows a young New Yorker named Zoe Hart (Rachel Bilson) who has a dream to become a Cardiac-thoracic surgeon but she isn’t getting anywhere in New York so she accepts an offer from a man to become a doctor in Bluebell Alabama, but when she gets there she realizes that the man who offered her the job is dead and has left half of his in her name. Hart of Dixie is a mystery, medical, comedy-drama series and its an enjoyable watch.

Charite At War (2019)

Set in Nazi Germany during World War II, Charite at War shows us the story of a hospital in Berlin and the people who work in it, We see the effects of cruel Nazi policies on Doctors, Nurses, and Medical Students, there is a constant nerve-racking distrust, and sadness throughout the series. This six-part miniseries is the sequel to the German series Charite. The series shows us the deterioration of the hospital and the effects of World War II on people.
Advances in Stem Cell Therapy in Case of Diabetes Mellitus ,
Tags: Stem Cell Research, Diabetes, Medical, STEM, Sugar

Advances in Stem Cell Therapy in Case of Diabetes Mellitus , Stemmedicaindia Feb 23·2 min read

Definition : Diabetes is defined as inability of body to produce or to respond /utilize insulin resulting abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates which increase blood glucose level .

in case of type 2 diabetes mellitus insulin production by beta cells of Pancreas is normal but muscles are incompetent to use that insulin against glucose.

Which Stem cells are used for Type 2 Diabetes :

Autologous Stem Cell Therapy (from Patient body ): Bone Marrow & Adipose /Fat Stem Cells ,Venous Blood Platelet rich Plasma.

Allogeneic Stem Cell Therapy : Umbilical Cord tissue Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

how shall procedure done :

Bone marrow Harvest: 100ml Bone marrow harvested from iliac crest under local anesthesia & intravenous Sedation.

Processing of Stem Cells : by minimal manipulation both bone marrow & blood PRP processed .

Re administration : systemic & local.

Intravenously, into Pancreatic or hepatic artery, Subcutaneously..

Type 2 Diabetes Pathophysiology.

Clinical Trial Data :

Clinical Trials Publications Worldwide.
Medical Thawing System Market Size Worth $278.8 Million By 2027
By: Rajesh Varma
Tags: Medical

Medical Thawing System Market Growth & Trends

The global medical thawing system market size is expected to reach USD 278.8 million by 2027, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. It is expected to expand at a CAGR of 7.5% during the forecast period. The growing demand for medical thawing systems in blood banks and laboratories, where it requires warming of products such as crystalloid infusion solution, whole blood, and RBC before transfusion into a patient, is expected to drive the growth. Technological advancements in automated thaw systems at the point of care settings and rising demand for rapid thawing techniques of frozen plasma in various surgical procedures are the factors augmenting the market growth. Besides, the rising use of thawed cells due to the high incidence of road accidents, diabetes, cancer, and trauma cases are also creating demand.

The rising number of surgical procedures and increasing incidence of hemorrhage related conditions in these surgical procedures are driving the healthcare thawing system market growth. Rising demand for thawed blood to be more rapidly available for hemorrhage in various invasive surgical procedures is the major contributor to the market growth. Moreover, the increasing number of product launches and continuous improvement in the features of the thaw system is also contributing to the demand. The increasing number of embryo donors and the rising awareness about third-party reproduction is also augmenting the demand for thawing systems. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 2.6 lakhs attempts at in vitro fertilization in 2016.

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Is Toenail Fungus Holding You Back? Look Into This Treatment (Clinics Included)
Tags: Toenail Fungus, Laser, Chiropractic, Medical, Fungus Treatment

If you are still struggling to find a cure for your toenail fungus, then you probably have not heard of laser phototherapy units.

Laser phototherapy units are a type of portable, laser-emitting medical device intended to treat nail fungal infection (onychomycosis) using low-level laser treatment (LLLT).

These units typically have a digital display for clinicians to customize settings, as well as a treatment platform for the patient’s foot.

What is onychomycosis?

Although not life-threatening, onychomycosis (a fungal infection of the nail, usually caused by a dermatophyte) constitutes an important public health problem because of its high prevalence (

Affecting roughly 10% of the U.S. population, onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nail. It is caused by a dermatophyte fungi or yeast (namely Candida albicans); non-dermatophyte molds may also be responsible.

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Fortunately, for patients there a range of product lines that are on the market.

A few examples include:
Spares and Accessories — D & H (Partnership) Ltd
By: D H Partnership
Tags: Health, Healthcare, Spare, Medical, Accessories

D & H (Partnership) Ltd can provide spares and accessories — including medical lights for all applications, from large surgical lights for general surgery in an operating theatre to smaller examination lights for emergency rooms and clinical environments.

We are specialist company that primarily supplies, installs and maintains surgical lighting including theatre operating luminaires and examination luminaires. Our services also cover associated equipment including emergency standby battery units, theatre control panels, replacement bulbs, as well as medical and surgical suction equipment.

We also offer a complete operating light refurbishment service which can be particularly helpful in the current financial climate where both the NHS and private healthcare sector have restrained budgets.

Please browse our product pages to find the surgical light for your particular needs. Each page has a full product brochure available to download. Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team. Please note that we currently only supply to the UK.
Trends in Telehealth 2020
By: Roger Blake Md
Tags: Healthcare, Medtech, Roger Blake Md, Technology, Medical

Telemedicine started more than 50 years ago. Today, virtual healthcare has only become more substantial, with millions of people seeking physician’s help through mobile apps, websites interfaces, and through calls and emails. In 2020, three trends will define telemedicine:

Increased Adoption

For many years, hospitals have employed telemedicine only in unique medical cases. However, technology is now part of medical practice. According to a study by FAIR Health, non-hospital telemedicine grew by 1,393 percent between 2014 and 2018. These cases involved patients recovering from illnesses having video calls with remote physicians. Most people seek the help of a doctor remotely for illnesses such as the common cold and skin rashes, which are not so fatal.

Today, more than 15 percent of physicians in the US work in practices where telemedicine takes a larger share of the day to day activities. In 2020 and beyond, more people will adopt telehealth.

Better Pay for Physicians

One of the hurdles in telehealth is low reimbursement. Both private and public players in the telehealth industry realize the immense savings that come with accessing healthcare remotely. According to one study, an individual saves between $19 and $121 for every visit.

Today, up to 40 states in the US have reimbursement-friendly telehealth parity laws. With such laws, people no longer view telehealth as a secondary option but as a standard way of receiving medical care.

Increased Apps and Systems to Help Vulnerable Populations

Today, telehealth helps more millennials than the elderly and the vulnerable. However, with better systems and advanced apps, the elderly and vulnerable populations can access telehealth.

The younger population can use any digital technology, including emails, apps, phone calls, and much more. The elderly and people with chronic conditions comprise up to half of the American population. This group can benefit more from telehealth than millennials.

Medical providers seek new ways to provide healthcare for the disadvantaged; telehealth is one of the ways that specialists consider.

Other Trends

With increased telehealth adoption, the industry will see other trends. These include increased home messaging devices, growth in clinical tools such as blood pressure monitors with patients, monitoring center links, and telemonitoring devices for vulnerable populations. In 2020, doctors and patients will become more accustomed to the use of these tools. The use of these devices will cut healthcare costs for patients who are chronically ill.
Social Media and Board Applications
By: Everyday Med
Tags: Covid 19, Medical, Medicine, Healthcare

Source: Business 2 Community

Hi everyone!

There are so many updates to our organization! We have created an Instagram page for our organization so you can go follow it @everyday.med. We will post updates and featured articles there. We also created a website where we can post all the articles that our Board has written. The website will be updated regularly with new articles every week.

We also released Board applications for our organization! There are 3 positions available with 12 total positions: researcher, editor, and graphic designer. Researchers are required to research and write articles about medical topics and COVID-19. Editors are required to edit articles and create a shortened version to post. Graphic designers are required to create graphics for the article and post. Check out our Instagram to apply! I am so excited to be able to expand on this organization!

As for the blog, I will be updating it regularly each week with new updates on the organization, more stories, interviews with medical professionals, as well as a featured story written, edited, and created by our Board.

I also want to announce our Vice President, Surabhee Eswaran. She is a rising senior at Little Rock Central High School and we will be working together in this organization to make it the best we can. I can’t wait to see what will come from this organization and I hope we are able to spread medical information as far as we can!

Article written by Sreelakshmi Raghav
Operating Theatre Lights — D & H (Partnership) Ltd
By: D H Partnership
Tags: Medical, Hospitality Industry, Lighting

D & H (Partnership) Ltd can provide operating theatre lights for all applications, from large surgical lights for general surgery in operating theatre to smaller LED operating theatre lights for emergency rooms and clinical environments.

We also offer a complete operating light refurbishment service which can be particularly helpful in the current financial climate where both the NHS and private healthcare sector have restrained budgets.

Being a specialist company we are able to give our personal attention to your requirements using our highly trained and experienced engineers. Unlike most service organisations we are able to undertake the repair and service of any make of operating light together with emergency standby battery units and control equipment. This is particularly useful in theatre suites which have a “mixed bag” of operating lights, which utilise various operating lights from different manufacturers.

Please browse our product pages to find the surgical light for your particular needs. Each page has a full product brochure available to download. Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team. Please note that we currently only supply to the UK.
Needle-Free Diabetes Management Market Comprehensive Review of its Applications Growth Opportunities and Future Prospects
By: Pramod Kumar
Tags: Research Reports, Diabetes, Medical, Market Research Reports, Medical Devices

The market is driven by factors such as growing geriatric population, high prevalence of diabetes, technological advancements and increasing awareness regarding the safety issues associated with needles.

Needle-Free Diabetes

The needle-free diabetes management market comprises of treatment device, diagnostic device and artificial pancreas. In 2016, the treatment device led the market, whereas artificial pancreas is expected to grow at the fastest rate during the forecast period. In terms of type, needle-free diabetes treatment device market has been segmented into insulin pen and jet injectors, insulin patch and pump, and insulin inhalers. The needle-free insulin pen & jet injectors contributed the largest revenue in the global market during 2016, owing to the increasing compliance for jet injectors for diabetes treatment and improving dosing rate through jet injectors.

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Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region in the needle-free diabetes management market. The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in Asia, which is the key growth driver for the needle-free diabetes management industry in the region. China is expected to have highest prevalence rate followed by India, due to increase in industrialization, urbanization and westernization. Another key factor creating huge demand for needle free diabetes management is the large geriatric patient pool. Older people are more diabetic prevalent; therefore, it significantly drives the Asia-Pacific needle-free diabetes management industry.

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The demand for needle-free diabetes management market is increasing due to increasing prevalence of diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing due to the alteration in lifestyle and lack of access to preventive care. To reduce the worldwide burden of diabetes, the demand for technologically advanced diabetes management is increasing, which is further expected to increase the demand for needle-free diabetes management devices, as they are easy and safe mode of insulin delivery and blood glucose monitoring.

Some of the key players in the needle-free diabetes management market include Medtronic plc, Insulet Corporation, Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pharmajet, Inc., Zogenix, Inc., Antares Pharma Inc., and Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies Ltd.
Fixing America’s Medical Debt Problem
By: Startup Health
Tags: Health Transformers, Debt, Healthcare, Medical, Innovation

Fixing America’s Medical Debt Problem

You might think that Americans’ collective $1.6 trillion in student loan debt is the №1 reason for them filing bankruptcy. But you’d be wrong. It’s medical bills.

When it comes to medical debt, the US takes home the cake. A recent academic study found that 66.5% of all bankruptcies in the US were tied to medical issues — either because of high costs for care or time out of work. The research, which was published in the American Journal of Public Health, revealed that an estimated 530,000 families turn to bankruptcy each year because of medical issues. While some other industrial nations have health insurers, most avoid five-figure medical bills as a result of how insurers and doctors are regulated.

More often than not, low- and moderate-income patients in the US face the common scenarios that become catalysts for medical debt. For instance, let’s say a woman goes to the emergency room to treat a particularly bad migraine. A doctor orders an MRI to rule out any major medical conditions. Later, she receives a bill from the radiologist who interpreted the scan at full cost. While the hospital was within her health insurance network, the radiologist was not.

Navigating the nuances of insurer coverage, and determining which financial resources will help can feel like a full time job. Fortunately, there are a handful of innovators that are working at the cross-section of healthcare and finance to help patients find their way out of debt, and avoid it all together. EmPower App provides employees liquidity to pay for medical events whenever they need coverage, lowering the cost of care. Vivor’s proprietary technology catalogues and keeps up-to-date over 1,000 financial assistance resources from hundreds of organizations. And Hoy Health has created a unique set of interconnected cash-pay products that are designed specifically for medically underserved markets. There are others. Each of these Health Transformers are tackling a unique angle of medical debt; all of them are working to achieve the same Health Moonshot: reduce the cost of care to zero.
The Health Benefits of an Orthopedic Mattress
By: Dr. Thomas Falls
Tags: Comfort, Medical, Mattress, Orthopaedic Mattresses, Sleep

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A good physician will always give you three key factors for maintaining good health: a balanced diet, plenty of exercise, and getting a good amount of sleep. Sleep is often more overlooked than the other two factors, but getting it right can be the difference between a body always in pain and a healthy lifestyle. Where you sleep and what you sleep on can make a world of difference. That’s why orthopaedic mattresses can be so beneficial, especially for those suffering back pain or recovering from an injury.

What is an Orthopaedic Mattress?

Very simply, an orthopaedic mattress is a firm bedding material that supports your body while you sleep. It takes the pressure off your joints and keeps your spine in alignment, which reduces pain and provides a number of other wonderful benefits!

What are the Benefits?

Good Posture

Orthopaedic mattresses can help you improve (or maintain) your posture. Keeping that spine straight is key to alleviating back, shoulder, hip, and even knee pain. When your spine is in alignment, your body carries its weight more efficiently, which decreases the amount of pain you suffer when going about your day. Also, people notice great posture, which is always nice!

Pain Relief

Suffering from chronic back pain or dealing with an injury recovery can be especially tough when the pain is disrupting sleep. Sleep is supposed to be the time your body can settle down and recharges from the previous day. If you’re looking for a solution to pain-riddled sleep, really consider investing in an orthopaedic mattress. Orthopaedic mattresses will help you keep a comfortable sleeping position during the night, keeping pressure away from your painful areas. This means you’ll get better sleep, heal faster, and you won’t wake up feeling stiff.

No Tossing and Turning

Your back pain isn’t just affecting you. The spouses and partners of pain-sufferers often report having their sleep affected as well. Pain can jolt you awake at night and cause a lot of tossing or turning, which can interrupt your bed partner’s sleep. An orthopaedic mattress can keep you in a comfortable, pain-free position all night, ensuring you stay still and helping you and your partner get needed rest.

Conclusion

Investing in an orthopaedic mattress can improve your posture, reduce your pain, and keep you from interrupting your partner’s sleep. You’ll get better sleep and be able to meet each day with a better mood. If you suffer from back pain or are recovering from an injury and sleep has been difficult, considering investing in an orthopaedic mattress! You’ll be glad you did!
Thank you mom
By: Jimmy Streich
Tags: Medical, Family, Love, Cancer

I never got the chance to thank you while you were with us so as we approach the anniversary of your loss to cancer I think it’s time to finally thank you for all you have done for us and for making me the man I am today.

Thank you for always being there when we needed you even though you worked two jobs most of my childhood you were never to tired or busy for us when we needed you. Working 3rd shift in a factory than coming home and getting ready to work 1st shift at the dry cleaners no one would have held it against you if you were to tired when we needed you.

Thank you for letting me choose my own path, not forcing religion on me but letting me make up my own mind on the subject.

A huge thank you for always holding me accountable and never blaming others if I did something wrong or failed at something. Thank you for not blaming the teachers if I did bad in school or blaming my friends if I did something wrong at home. Holding me accountable for my own actions helped make me who I am today and able to accept responsibility for my actions good or bad.

Thank you (and my father) for showing me what true love is, for 50 years you were still best friends and it showed. You never fought (at least not in front of us) and even when you did disagree you showed compassion for the other side of the argument. Showing your children that there are some things more important than money and I hope someday I’m lucky enough to find 10% of what you guys had.

Finally thank you for never letting us know how bad things were when they were bad, you took on all the stress yourself and I’m just now realizing how hard that was. Not once growing up did I ever think we were poor and in danger of losing our home or having utilities shut off even though now I know we were. You took that all on yourself along with my father and never let it show to us kids, you let us be kids.

While I was mad that you hid your illness from us for so long (until it was to late) I now realize why you did it. You’re whole life you put others ahead of yourself and you feared that not working and losing health insurance would mean your husband (our father) wouldn’t be able to get the care he needed. Right until the end you put everyone else ahead of yourself, I only wish I had noticed you were sick sooner.

Finally thank you for being a fighter, when given a 5% chance of surviving the infections and health issues after your cancer surgery you not only came home but fought to be with use for 3 more years even though you were in obvious discomfort and going through chemo and radiation.

You made me the person I am today, I hope I have and will continue to live up to your expectations. Thank you so much for being you and we miss you every day.
The Infinite Filing Cabinet
By: Hayden Lancaster
Tags: Memoir, Add

The Infinite Filing Cabinet

My mind is a labyrinth. I feel like if I had all the right stimuli, I could remember almost every little thing that has ever happened to me. But my brain is so thick with information (most of which is essentially useless) that it can make it nearly impossible to remember something.

Sometimes my brain just forgets to remember. A piece of information can easily enter and leave my thoughts faster then I can commit it to memory. Countless times I have had someone relay me instructions, turned to go and complete them, and then immediately needed to go back and ask them to repeat it. Whatever is intended to catch my memories has holes in it.

The major difficulty in a mental illness (at least in my own experience) lies primarily in that you have no good state of wellness to compare yourself to. With a physical illness, the symptoms are easier to notice, Even if you’re chronically ill, it’s usually a lot easier to tell you’re not well. But with a mental illness, the symptoms can often go ignored. It’s natural to simply assume that everyone else has the same thought process as you, and that perhaps you’re just forgetful, or inattentive, or lazy. Some of these thoughts hurt more then others.

This inability to compare your thoughts to others was compounded in my case by the fact that I have a tendency to not realize things about my body/life are out of the ordinary until they’re back to normal. Many times I’ve gone through the entire process of being sick only to realize afterward I felt like my head was going to explode because I had a cold all week.

Another reason behind my lack of awareness of my mental illness was that I was a very quiet kid. I was academically smart, could get good grades, and didn’t act up in class. I didn’t do much to stick out at all. Because of this, any late homework assignments or poor test grades were chocked up to laziness. My teachers knew I was a smart kid who could do good if I tried, so clearly I wasn’t trying.

I find it very hard to describe what exactly this sensation felt like. To feel as though the simple act of being “normal” was a constant climbing and clawing. I was in a constant cycle of maintaining normalcy (or at least the appearance of it) for a while, until one small mistake always sent it all crashing down.

“What is wrong with me?”

“Why am I like this?”

“Why is this so hard?”

I often avoided thinking about it because the problem held more gravity and complexity then I felt comfortable with. Was I broken? Had some horrific mistake happened somewhere along the way to turn me into this? Was I really just incapable of keeping up with everyone? The more I contemplated, the less I liked what came out of it.

I resigned myself to this constant failure cycle even further when I decided it was inescapable. Nothing I did seemed to make a difference for long, so why even try? This was a dangerous mindset that only made things worse. I spiraled deeper and deeper, reaching rock bottom in my junior year of high school.
If You Don’t Make Time For Your Kids Now …
By: Brent Kocal
Tags: Dads, Personal Development, Parenting, Fatherhood, Kids

… how do you think that plays out for you in the future?

All They Really Want Is Your Time

It’s funny how pop culture can hit you over the head with all the subtlety of a 20 pound sledge hammer.

The other day, I heard the song “Cat’s In The Cradle” for at least the 500th time in my life … but this time it was different.

I listened to the words and realized how sad of a song it is and how much it mirrors the way I was as a father … and the way I bet a lot of you are too.

In the song, the dad has a young son who wants to play catch him, but the dad is too fucking busy to do it. “Sorry son. Scrolling my Instagram feed” is the modern day equivalent of what they were talking about in the song.

The son isn’t pissed when his dad tells him he’s too busy. He just goes and plays by himself.

It goes on like this for a while … the son wants his dad’s attention and his dad is too busy with his own shit to make the time. Then the roles get reversed …

The son is home from college and the dad wants to grab a beer, but this time the son is too busy.

Later in the son’s life, the dad calls and wants to come visit him. The son … too fucking busy with his own shit now that he’s got kids and business to attend to.

At that moment, the dad in the song realizes that his son grew up to be just like him. That’s also the moment the air went out of the room I was in when I was listening.

The dad in the song was me. My five year old son would always come up to me and want to play. I was always too busy with my own shit … most of the time with my phone in my hand scrolling my Instagram feed.

Really. That’s why I was too fucking busy to play with my son?? Maybe I would be sending an email to someone for work … but did that really have to be done right then?

When I listened to the end of the song, my mind flashed forward 25 years and I saw my son brushing me off to hang out with his friends. It wouldn’t be out of spite … he’s the sweetest kid ever … it would be because I taught him the connection between us was secondary to the things we wanted for ourselves.

It’s no wonder young men in this country and around the world are doing all sorts of horrible shit to people. As men, we’ve failed to teach them how to follow in our footsteps … or worse, they follow our footsteps down the wrong path.

Guys … we’ve got to get better. There’s only so much time where our kids want to be around us. I know the days can seem SOOOO long, but the years are short.

If you invest the time to guide them now … how do you think that plays out for your in the future?
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Tags: Dads, Parenting, YouTube, Review, Tech

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What lies beneath…
By: Carlos Cantu
Tags: MIT, Oil And Gas, Dads, Technology

What lies beneath…

Hi there, I’m Carlos. We may have met before but maybe not. Either way, I’m still happy you stopped by.

So I was sitting down this morning drinking my cup of coffee thinking about what to write for my inaugural post. Technology or dad stuff or startups or the evolution of data and software in the oil and gas industry. Then it hit me. Literally. Right on the teeth.

I was watching the boys (4 and 6), and making breakfast on this fine Wednesday morning while my wife was at work. I made my usual cup of coffee in the Keurig using the coffee mug that I sometimes leave on the machine from the day before (don’t judge me). Well, I loaded a pod, made a cup, added cream and sugar and even stirred it! Deep in thought and an episode of Trolls the TV Show, I drank half the cup before I even noticed.

You see, my wife runs scalding hot water over the brush heads to sanitize them and she had done so before any of us woke up. This gaffe was totally on me.

As I took stock of my life and the situation I wondered what the universe was trying to teach me. What lesson could I glean from this besides the obvious (always look in your cup before you pour something in it) and how could I tie it into things that I’m interested in these days…

When poop happens, sometimes you gotta shrug it off. I went ahead and finished the cup of coffee, toothbrush heads be damned. Again, don’t judge me. It tasted fine.

Relating it to what’s been on my mind a lot recently, if you’re going to build software applications or analytical tools (the coffee) for an industry notorious for sketchy data quality. (Oil and gas) always stay on your toes for freaking toothbrushes or other randomness in your coffee. Is that a stretch? Perhaps, but you’ll learn that I do quite a bit of mental associating. Deal.

Mistakes happen, learn from them and stay humble. You’ll notice the brush heads were in my big MIT mug. Yep, aways stay humble.

All in all, it was an eventful morning. Oh and yes Honey I re-sanitized them but this time I used your mug.