Compelling need for stabilisation measures

Commentary: Academic health centers: the compelling need for recalibration.

Although academic health centers (AHCs) represent a unique combination of teaching, research, and patient care, it is no longer enough to say that their missions are solely education, research, and patient care. Rather, these "missions" must be viewed as functions that enable institutions to achieve their overarching mission: the improved health and well-being of their communities. Focusing mor...

Risks, Limitations and the Need for Additional Measures Against Ransomware in the Health Information Technology Infrastructure

Introduction: Even before the Covid 19 pandemic, one of the lucrative targets for attackers behind ransomware attacks was Encroaching on the continuity of services in the field of health information technology. In this study, for the first time, while introducing, relying on statistics and modeling, it is shown that the prevention and counteraction of these attacks in the IT infrastructure of t...

Kernicterus in Two Generations: A Need for More Aggressive Preventive Measures

Bilirubin induced brain damage is still a common cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigerian infants. No much success has been recorded in decades despite the fact that brain damage from bilirubin toxicity in the newborn is easily preventable with affordable and effective means. We report a case of a newborn with acute bilirubin encephalopathy. This case was considered of interest because the ...

Assessing the need for health status measures.

Compelling comments.

In our era of up-to-the-minute reporting and social networking, newly published scientific discoveries—especially those appearing in high-profile journals—are reaching larger scientific audiences and the general public with greater efficiency. However, these online media are also being used more and more to broadcast criticisms of a study’s technical merit or conclusions. This changing landscap...