What is a Patient Kiosk?
October 20, 2022
Have you been to the hospital or seen your doctor in the last couple of years? Then instead of checking in at the front desk, you were most likely directed to a patient kiosk: a touchscreen device either mounted on the wall or a small standalone booth or table. What is this device? Why are you…
Four Stages in Electric Car Manufacturing
October 18, 2022
Did you know there are 36 electric car companies in the US alone? Besides EV giant Tesla, and “legacy” automakers like US automakers Ford and General Motors, there are Japanese-based Aspark, Chinese Byton, and Croatian Rimac to name a few. So how do so many automakers build their EVs? We cover the…
10 Reasons to Become a Nurse
October 13, 2022
You can’t miss nurses. In fact, you’ve probably encountered them at least once in your life from the school nurse putting a band aid on your cut to waking you up after surgery to check your vitals to input into the hospital computer systems. Along with doctors, registered nurses (RNs) are an…
Best Practices for Batteries in Medical Computers & Tablets
October 11, 2022
Batteries power today’s electronics like laptops, the ever-present smartphone, to even the medical computers vital to many hospital computer systems. Without them, the device is basically an expensive piece of junk. Yet how does a battery work? And why are most using lithium as their key…
A Comprehensive History of Pathology
October 6, 2022
You give a blood sample at your doctor’s office as part of a routine. The next day, you receive an email, linking you to a webpage with detailed results of your current health including requests to seek both a cardiologist and a nutritionist. How did that simple vial of blood yield so much…
Nutrition in Hospitals: The How and Why
October 4, 2022
Did you know the first vitamin, thiamine, was isolated and chemically defined in 1926? From that singular event emerged the science of nutrition and its every expanding role in human health and well-being. Let’s take a deeper look into nutrition in today’s setting, especially how it’s…
Nursing Station: What It Is and Why It’s Important
September 29, 2022
Ever been hospitalized? Or know someone who has? Chances are you have. You’ve probably then spoken to a nurse’s station at one point. There you watched the nurses running about non-stop, performing essential and important tasks which included answering your questions and concerns. We’re covering…
Aquaculture: Solution to World’s Future Food Demands
September 27, 2022
How do you feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050? That’s the question on people’s minds as the current global population of 8 billion continues to grow. Many nations are looking to the world’s oceans for answers. We’ll be covering their efforts in aquaculture from what it is, the various forms, to…
Replace 6 Hospital Equipment with One Medical Computer or Tablet
September 22, 2022
Remember the days people used to walk with stereos and their arms fatigued from holding those bulky video cameras? Now all those devices and functions fit in your pocket via your smartphone. A similar replacement, which we’re covering today, is happening in the healthcare industry thanks to…
Cleaning in Hospital: Keeping Patients Safe
September 20, 2022
Do you ever think about housekeeping staff in hospitals? Probably not. The COVID-19 pandemic, though, brought many hospital departments to public attention in their heroic efforts to protect patients from the highly-contagious disease. Hospital housekeeping is one of those departments. We cover it…
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