Medical Writing Goes Digital

I’ve been doing Digital Storytelling for more than a decade. What new could be done in the field of medical electronics writing?

Digital has been growing exponentially for 15 years now. But where’s the education that supports further development? How many medical writers are there in the Finnish blogosphere blogging about the healthcare industry?

We could create a team blogging about a medical startups. In three months, the project team has to come up with an idea for a Web-based business support operation, pitch it to a venture capitalist and design a site.

Along with technology and creative skills, the program also needs to emphasize entrepreneurship. The digital platform is ubiquitous. Today, it’s just a part of everyone’s way of thinking and communicating and sharing, connecting, buying, doing business.

It’s probably the fastest-paced industry almost anybody could be in right now.

• we can help to create digital marketing strategies for the medical industry
• we want to transform a technology-focused approach to a practical, easy to handle working model
• learning the newest technologies on the job takes time while digital content development is time-consuming
• copywriters and art directors will help the teams to churn out portfolios of creative concepts

We’ve to ensure that the clients are getting what they needed to grow and develop, especially in areas that combine creative approaches and technology.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome As an Occupational Disease

I was talking with India today. There was a mention about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an occupational disease. I still can't figure out why the testing hasn't been taken to the very heart of the problem. Big manufacturing units and office complexes could have a Mediracer field team visiting them. This would even be a functional business model for private service providers. We need to work more on this subject.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome As an Occupational Disease: "Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most well known nerve entrapment syndrome. Involving the median nerve, it is often described as an occupational disease and claimed as a basis for worker's compensation. To provide a perspective helpful in understanding the issues central to occupational CTS, this review will focus on the history of and aspects of epidemiologic research relating to occupational CTS. Armed with such knowledge, physicians will be better prepared to establish guidelines useful in determining whether CTS is directly and solely attributable to a patient's occupation."

Below is additional information from a web page relating to conditions in USA.

Methods: The English medical literature was reviewed on the relationship between CTS and occupational ergonomic risk factors. Recent legislative initiatives are discussed. Guidelines of diagnosing and managing occupational CTS are outlined.

Helge: Mediracer provides a reliable diagnostic method that features mobility and telemedical options. Screening and testing could be made at a big manufacturing unit for maximal flexibility and speed.

Results: Many studies are divided regarding whether CTS is associated with highly repetitive/forceful/vibration work. However, a subset of patients presenting with symptoms related to CTS probably has occupational CTS. These patients can be objectively diagnosed and successfully treated and are able to return to work.

Helge: This subset of patients could be screened and tested at an early stage.

Conclusions: By being armed with knowledge regarding the background of CTS and by following simple diagnosis and treatment guidelines, the family practitioner should be able to manage many patients presenting with work-related CTS.

Helge: Field tests and CTS-diagnosis could even be made by an occupational health nurse trained in the use of Mediracer. Read also about Santa Clara.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Massage Magazine

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Massage Magazine: "

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most frequently studied upper-extremity nerve-entrapment condition. As a result, a comprehensive understanding and definition of this problem has developed.

Unfortunately, because CTS is well known, it has become a very popular diagnosis. There is a tendency to immediately conclude the presence of CTS when someone complains of pain or paresthesia in the hand or forearm region.

CTS is common as a work-related, repetitive-motion injury. It occurs more often in women than in men, though there is no evidence that it is gender-specific.

Rather, the incidence of the condition correlates to certain occupations. People who work on factory assembly lines, with computers, or in other jobs that require repetitive motion are more prone to CTS. Women are more highly represented in these types of positions than are men, which may be why CTS is more common among women.

Effective solutions to treatment and prevention of CTS are sorely needed. Accurate diagnosis of the condition is critical, as other nerve entrapment syndromes are also able to produce some of the symptoms noted in CTS.

For example, thoracic outlet syndrome may create paresthesia in the hand similar to CTS. Massage performed by a knowledgeable and skilled massage therapist may be an affordable and effective alternative to traditional approaches that have proven unsuccessful. At the least, most CTS cases will benefit greatly from treatment strategies that incorporate soft-tissue therapy."

Helge: Mediracer is a tool for Accurate Diagnosis!