Health Market Research Insights And Findings
At-home X-rays gaining popularity, research finds
January 2015
Due to more patients seeking at-home care, portable x-rays are gaining popularity with individuals who desire treatment in a familiar setting. A study of 69 elderly patients found that 17 per cent of those who had an x-ray in hospital, suffered from delirium.… Read more...
VNAs are becoming a favoured method for medical image sharing, survey reveals
January 2015
Although VNAs (vendor neutral archives) appear to be gaining popularity as a method of medical image sharing, they have not yet replaced picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). The findings shine a light on a recent survey by SearchHealthIT, which… Read more...
Half of patients would travel 100 miles to evade hospital-acquired infections
January 2015
A survey of 2,003 people in Britain has found that nearly half of patients would travel up to 100 miles for medical treatment, to evade catching hospital-acquired infections (HAI), if their local hospital had a high rate of people catching a HAI. The percentage… Read more...
A&E waiting time in England is the poorest in ten years
January 2015
England’s NHS has missed its target waiting time, new figures have shown, with times falling to the poorest in ten years. The 95% target was missed in the period between October 2014 and December 2014, with just 92.6% of patients being seen in the four… Read more...
Top health related New Year’s resolution in America is drinking more water
December 2014
Drinking enough water in 2015 is the chosen New Year’s resolution for nearly three quarters (72 per cent) of Americans, a survey commissioned by Council for Responsible Nutrition has found. The survey of over 2000 adults in America has found that ranking… Read more...
Britons more likely to ignore diet recommendations from overweight doctors, survey finds
December 2014
A survey commissioned by the Royal Society for Public Health has found that British people are more likely to ignore advice, about their diet, from overweight doctors and nurses. The survey, which polled 2,100 British people, found that 41 per cent of Britons… Read more...
