Patient Centricity and Pharmaceutical Companies: Is It Feasible?

Is It Feasible or Desirable?

During the past decade, advances in device technology (eg, drug-eluting stents), development of safer anticoagulants (eg, bivalirudin), and refinement in procedural techniques have led to a dramatic improvement in the effectiveness and safety of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), despite increasing clinical and anatomic complexity of treated patients.1 As safety and effectiveness have be...

HIV Eradication: Is it Feasible?

Using Subordinated Debt to Monitor Bank Holding Companies: Is It Feasible?

Academics, policymakers and bank supervisors have expressed considerable interest in using subordinated debt and other market data in the surveillance of banking organizations, especially large and complex financial institutions. However, little research has been devoted to developing practical means of implementing such an approach for subordinated debt. This paper attempts to fill a portion o...

Agent- and Patient-Centricity in Myth

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Patient Safety Behavior in Physicians: How is it Predicted?

Background: Patient safety is a serious global public health issue. Estimates show that every day many patients are harmed while receiving hospital care. Health care staff plays a key role in providing quality and safe patient care, especially physicians who are main members of the medical team and a critical element in patient safety efforts. Objective: ...