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There is increasing recognition that efforts to improve global health cannot be achieved without stronger health systems.The myriad of opportunities and challenges that come with rapid technological innovations in the medical and health ecosystem, warrant an urgent need to apply systems engineering techniques and skills to solve issues pertaining to healthcare service quality, patient safety, and healthcare cost, as means to improve healthcare systems...
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Many American retail companies that have experienced outbreaks of foodborne diseases and subsequent food recalls have implemented blockchain technology within their food supply chains. A food item's provenance can now be identified in a few seconds when it used to take at least seven days to trace a single product.Thus, blockchain solutions make the recall process more rapid, efficient and cost-effective. Customers have also witnessed the implementation...
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This is the story of the Singapore healthcare system: how it works, how it is financed, its history, where it is going, and what lessons it may hold for national health systems around the world. Singapore ranks sixth in the world in healthcare outcomes, yet spends proportionally less on healthcare than any other high-income country. This is the first book to set out a comprehensive system-level description of healthcare in Singapore, with a view to...
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'A brilliant exposé' - Danny Dorling
Covid-19 has exposed the limits of a neoliberal public health orthodoxy. But instead of imagining radical change, the left is stuck in a rearguard action focused on defending the NHS from the wrecking ball of privatisation.
Public health expert Christopher Thomas argues that we must emerge from Covid-19 on the offensive - with a bold, new vision for our health and care. He maps out five new frontiers for...
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