Dumai Akan Akreditasi Seluruh Puskesmas

harianhaluanPemerintah Kota Dumai melalui Dinas Kesehatan setempat kini tengah mempersiapkan status akreditasi terhadap semua Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat (Puskesmas) agar fasilitas pelayanan memenuhi standar yang ditetapkan.

Kepala Dinas Kesehatan Kota Dumai, Paisal, kepada sejumlah awak media, mengatakan semua Puskesmas sekarang ini tengah dipersiapkan menuju terakreditasi sebagai suatu kewajiban atas fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan tingkat pertama.

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Philips launches access to quality care solutions

dailynewsCLINICIANS will be sporting smiles of glee with the announcement that Philips will be launching its Efficia suite of solutions in the country. The solutions that will bring these smiles will include patient monitors that will allow them to provide diagnosis, monitoring and therapy even in remote areas.

According to a statement from Philips, these solutions highlights commitment to enhance access and enable quality care across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment, recovery and home care, including in remote areas.

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Upaya Pemprov Riau Maksimalkan Pelayanan Kesehatan

riaueditorPerhatian Pemprov Riau pada masyarakat miskin sangat besar, hal tersebut disampaikan Plt Gubernur Riau, Arsyadjuliandi Rachman. Plt Gubri menegaskan, pemrov Riau telah menganggarkan dana untuk pelayanan kesehatan masyarakat miskin dalam Anggaran Pendapatan Belanja Daerah (APBD) Riau.

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Improving Health and Healthcare

AEIExecutive Summary:

Despite, and in a sense because of, the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, US health care is still badly in need of reform and revitalization. Instead of more federal regulation and subsidies, what US health care needs is adoption of market principles, starting with broad empowerment of the patient-consumer. The proposals advanced in this volume would replace many counterproductive and outdated federal policies with practical, market-based reforms that aim to provide all Americans with access to high-quality health care at affordable prices.

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Peningkatan Pelayanan Kesehatan Menuju Riau Sehat

riaueditorMahalnya biaya pengobatan yang selama ini menjadi momok menakutkan bagi masyarakat, sejak beberapa tahun lalu mulai menjauh. Masyarakat tak lagi harus terjebak dalam ironi menahan rasa sakit dan menguras kantong jika ingin berobat. Tentunya, kata-kata ini bakal pas jika diimbangi dengan pelayanan yang memuaskan dari pihak medis.

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Vietnam needs to develop stem cell industry

vietnamA stem cell industry in Vietnam is needed to meet the demand for stem cell applications in treatment and aesthetic procedures in the country, according to an expert.

This is an industry worth thousands of billions of dollars in which the country should invest, Dr Le Van Dong of the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi said.

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