Spring 2022 Online Exclusive

SHARING innovations in medicine

Hospitals Emulating Hotels? Technology Integration Saves Lives.

The emotional turmoil that an emergency room visit stirs for an individual cannot be compared to a luxurious stay at a five-star hotel....

Hepatitis C: Eliminating an Epidemic

Is it possible for the world to coordinate its efforts to destroy the threat of a virus that annually affects over a million people per...

The Case for Scheduled Dialysis Care for Undocumented Immigrants with End-Stage Renal Disease in US

Undocumented immigrants in the United States basically have to wait until they are on the brink of death to receive care for renal...

The Vision Loss Pandemic

Studies are showing the world is slowly losing its vision. In recent years, nearsightedness, also known as myopia, has started to affect...

Generic Market Competition

Despite critique, the United States actually leads health care systems in its generic penetration of the pharmaceutical market. In an...

New Smartphone-Connected Pacemaker Device Has Life-Saving Implications

“John” comes into the emergency room with feelings of an irregular heartbeat, saying he feels like his heart is rapidly fluttering. His...

Telehealth: The Great Equalizer?

Despite the devastating impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on human lives, the technological and healthcare advancements that have...

Gene Therapy: A Step Into The Future

Genes contain the biological instructions that dictate every part of our biological composition from the color of your eyes, how tall you...

Virtual Reality: Promising but Worth It?

The incorporation of new medical technology into our healthcare system has lagged behind the pace of innovation. However, as medical...