The First Edition Of Care City Weekly In June
Leadership, Innovation, Research and More
Introduction
Hello there to all our new subscribers.
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And welcome to June.
June will favor you as you put the required work and spirit into whatever you do.
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"It's our aim as a "Healthcare Media Startup" to ignite conversations, influence culture, and inspire Healthcare Professionals in Africa [and all over the world] through true journalism, community building, innovative storytelling, and commentary on healthcare leadership, innovation, digital health, and more."
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Here we curate the best information from the world of healthcare leadership, innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, digital health and more.
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Table Of Contents
News from Care City
Healthcare Leadership
Science Facts
Digital Health & Healthcare Innovation
Medical Research
Public Health
Care City
Latest from Care City
THE NUAHP ELECTIONS, A FRAILING JOHESU, AND THE NEED FOR A SHOW WITH SOTILOYE—SOME TREK IN THE LAND OF UNDERSTANDING AND REALITY
This particular piece by one of our contributors is worth reading. From a brilliant personal perspective, it explores the current political situation in Nigeria's healthcare ecosystem, from JOHESU's troubles to talking about NUAHP elections. His approach is balanced and well-rounded enough to address some pertinent political matters in our healthcare community.
Dr Akingbade Oluwadamilare, CEO Of The Institute of Nursing Research, Nigeria, Successfully Completes Doctor of Philosophy [PhD] In Nursing From The Chinese University Hong Kong, China
The nursing profession needs more leaders at the top who will sit down and dialogue over important matters of professional development and policy implementation that will benefit the nursing community [especially in Nigeria and Africa]. We need more of them up there. And seeing Dr Akingbade flying this high is a welcoming comfort to many of us advocating for change and reformation.
Collaboration In Nursing: The Best Way For Efficient Outcomes
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses states that collaboration among nurses and staff ensures more efficient, effective patient care and a more supportive environment where team members can develop their practice.
Read more on Care City.
Healthcare Leadership
Making Medicine A Team Sport | Robert Pearl, LinkedIn.
"No one physician can effectively treat the totality of patient problems in the 21st century. Healthcare leaders must undo the myth that medicine is an individual sport."
Science Facts
First "virovore" discovered: An organism that eats viruses | Source: New Atlas
Digital Health & Healthcare Innovation
New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI | BBC Health
"Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to discover a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly species of superbug. The AI helped narrow down thousands of potential chemicals to a handful that could be tested in the laboratory."
Vivoo launch smart toilet device to detect health conditions earlier
"The toilet's ergonomic design – created with user-experience at its heart – coupled with the moving urine strip will allow users to conveniently receive personalised wellbeing and nutritional advice, giving them the opportunity to take control over their own health and wellness via the recommendations provided by the Vivoo App."
Is virtual care delivering on its promise of improving access? | McKinsey & Company
"More than 50 million in-person visits per year could be converted to virtual or telemedicine visits if adoption were extended equally across patient segments."
Digital health: An opportunity to advance health equity |McKinsey & Company
"Digital technology can narrow the equity gap in several ways, from streamlining difficult-to-navigate medical bureaucracy processes to eliminating travel and transportation factors from healthcare access. Access is limited by two chief constraints: affordability and availability."
Combating "Brain Drain" In Africa's Healthcare Ecosystem With Digital Health Technologies | The Digital Health Report
Patients still prefer to talk "face to face" with their doctor or healthcare provider than speak with them through a screen; this is where advocacy, health education, and communication become necessary.
Medical Research
Researchers solve mystery of how statins improve blood vessel health | Standford Medicine
"Using new genetic tools to study statins in human cells and mice, Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators have uncovered how the cholesterol-lowering drugs protect the cells that line blood vessels."
Activity-dependent spinal cord neuromodulation rapidly restores trunk and leg motor functions after complete paralysis | Nature
"Three decades of preclinical1–6 and clinical7–16 research have shown that EES applied over the lumbosacral spinal cord can restore walking after SCI."
Public Healthcare
Screen Time For Kids: What You Need To Know | Healthline
"With the potential risks in mind, you're probably wondering how much screen time is fine and how much other children tend to get. While there are many opinions, most experts agree that less screen time is better, especially for infants and toddlers."
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