A simple app that enables you to save pubmed abstracts. You may add a personal note to abstracts. You may also email the abstracts and export the saved data. The app is for free. Made by an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Vikrant Azad. I coded this app for my personal use and […]

The way we use the web has changed over the years and so has the technology that comes with this behavioral change. To get an address or a telephone number we simply hit up google and perform a search. 50% (1) of the time we do so, we do it via […]

In the run-up to the 19th European Health Forum Gastein, this year themed “Demographics and Diversity in Europe – New Solutions for Health”, which will take place in Austria´s Gastein Valley from 28th September to 30th September 2016, the International Forum Gastein is welcoming applications for the European Health Award […]

  Denkt man an Webseiten im Gesundheitsbereich, erliegt man leicht der Versuchung, anzunehmen, dass nur die fähigsten Designer und Entwickler in diesem Bereich arbeiten, um ausschließlich die besten und benutzerfreundlichsten Seiten zu erstellen. Die Realität sieht allerdings oft anders aus. Gerade bei kleinen skalierten Projekten, wie etwa Ordinationswebseiten oder Webseiten […]

28th to 30th September 2016, Bad Hofgastein, Austria. The main theme for the 19th European Health Forum Gastein has been announced: Demographics and Diversity in Europe – New Solutions for Health It is no news that life expectancy at birth keeps increasing – on average by three to four months […]

How privilege and power in the economy drive extreme inequality and how this can be stopped. The gap between rich and poor is reaching new extremes. Credit Suisse recently revealed that the richest 1% have now accumulated more wealth than the rest of the world put together. This occurred a […]

EchoCalc  EchoCalc is the official App of the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) made freely available to download. It contains all of the BSE normal reference values for transthoracic echocardiography and other widely used reference values, including those for prosthetic aortic and mitral valves. The app is free to download and […]

2016 Yellow Book CDC Health Information for International Travel (commonly called the Yellow Book) is published every two years by CDC as a reference for those who advise international travelers about health risks. The Yellow Book is written primarily for health professionals, although others will find it useful. Key Features […]

    With the term “healthcare” in mind, one tends to think that only the best designers and engineers are hired to work in this field, building only the best and most usable websites and applications available on the market. Meanwhile in the real world they do not (most of […]

The end of 2015 is slowly approaching, and it surely has been a memorable year, both for European politics in general and for healthcare politics on a national and international level. The predominant topic on policy-makers’ agendas, especially during the last months, has been the refugee crisis.   The challenges […]