Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a severe health problem that affects millions of people every year. A common type of infection in the body, it can also be a hospital-acquired infection. Not all patients show symptoms though most of them have some symptoms. Also, each
Though antibiotic drugs greatly reduce illness and death from infectious diseases, unnecessary and prolonged use of such drugs allows infectious organisms (that were targeted to kill by the drugs) to get adapted to them and cause antibiotic-resistant infections. The most effective way to tackle this
With the Ebola outbreak, the efficiency of electronic health records (EHRs) in handling infectious diseases has been questioned. This October, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) co-hosted a webinar to discuss the
Medical transcription of doctors’ recorded observations and treatment details is of great significance from the point of view of appropriate diagnosis and treatment. The transcripts have to be accurate, and there is no room at all for error.