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How cloud based software is revolutionizing the medical profession



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Modern clinics and surgeries are changing how they manage their administration through the use of new technology based entirely online in the cloud.  Now is the time to move away from paper based records and take advantage of the new technology that is available .

Not only will it give patients and clients a better service, but it will also increase the efficiency of the clinic and save both time and money, allowing more resource to go towards the health and well being of clients.

A better service for clients and patients, a better system for clinics

The benefits to a clinic that manages all the office and medical information through software clinic cloud are sizeable. Designed to facilitate the day to day workload of the medical professional it can manage all aspects of a clinic or medical surgery.

It allows complete electronic control over appointments and agendas, and can also provide a booking service that allows patients and clients to request their appointment online for the comfort of their own home, and can even allow them to choose the professional they would like to see. It can then be configured to send alerts to the booked professional, help avoid double booking and also helps avoid missed reservations by sending reminder emails or SMS.

Each professional at the clinic will be able to have their own user access to the program and their bookings calendar, with access permissions set to suit each users, so that they only have access to the information they need.

Not only is this software improving the booking process, it provides excellent assistance during the appointment. Full medical history of the patient is available at the click of a button, all stored in electronic format, with the ability to add information at each appointment. Some programs even have anatomical model modules that allow the recording of information in a visual way.

Streamlines accounting: Make invoices, budget, review defaults and carries a comprehensive cash control.

Improve the promotion of your business: Clinic Cloud also facilitates customer loyalty, for example through the creation of marketing campaigns by SMS.

Each professional will have their own agenda, so that the management of appointments and their payments will never have been so simple. In the same way, with the medical software you will be able to make the cash and the accounting easily.

The complete history system makes it really fast and simple: take the cards, comply with the Data Protection Law, make reports per session, and have absolute control of the patient’s account, their bonuses, and bills.

And because the software is stored in the cloud online, it is accessible from any device with an internet connection, for example on computer, tablet or smartphone. This means clinic management is simple and accessible 24/7, even when not in the office.

Not only does it hold medical records and appointment history, it can also manage billing and invoicing in a simple and easy to use way, making accounting much simpler.

Easy to use and easy to access

The great thing about cloud based software, is that it is very easy to access even for those with very little experience in software. No installation is needed, because it is stored online, and this means there are no upfront high licencing costs, cost is based on usage instead meaning clinics only have to pay for how much they use and store.

It also means not having to worry about updating the software, updates are carried out by the host without any impact on users.

Ease of access however, does not mean however that patient data is open to the world. The security of personal information is paramount, stored on servers that have the highest levels of security and comply with any data protection and privacy regulations. It is only accessible by those who have been given permission to do so, and should there ever be a problem with the host servers, the information is backed up regularly and can simply be accessed by another device.

Suitable for all types of clinics

The software available now is capable of being adapted to many different specialities.

Whether it is needed for general medicine, an aesthetic clinic, dermatology , podiatry, or dentistry all of it can be managed electronically online.

Good software will even have specialist modules, for example for dentistry to help manage that specialism.

Not only that it can also be used for targeted marketing to attract new and repeat customers through, and help drive additional revenue and footfall to the clinic with promotional campaigns.

The future of medical professionals is going to be embracing new technology, and the best way to start this is to begin managing your clinic online.

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Cryotherapy, the hidden beauty secret of celebrities to burn 600 calories in 3 minutes



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Cold and ice have been used as a treatment for physical ailments for a long time. In ancient Greece, famous physicians like Hippocrates use ice for anesthetic purposes as to reduce inflammation.

Nowadays, is used as a fundamental therapeutic treatment of physical complaints such as sprains, dislocations, contractures, spams, pulled muscles and swollen tissues.

As well, to manage diverse pathologies symptoms as fibromyalgia, psoriasis, chronic pains, among others.

Cryotherapy benefits have gone way beyond of what we can imagine. Not only is a pain management treatment but has become a top model treatment of celebrities and supermodels.

Film stars, high performance athletes and celebrities like Tom Cruise, Jennifer Aniston, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kim Kardashian are a few example of the many followers of this therapy that recommend it in their social media by showing their experience after each session because of it multiple benefits

What is cryotherapy?

Cryotherapy is the exposure of the skin surface of the body to very low temperatures (between -110ºC and -196ºC) by using a cryotherapy cabin which uses “vaporized” liquid nitrogen.

Because nitrogen has a very low temperature without applying extra cold, it can easily achieve the extreme temperature required for this treatment.

At a room temperature, liquid nitrogen can easily pass from a liquid state to a gaseous state. This is the reason of nitrogen use in this kind of treatments and this is why it is said that uses nitrogen “vaporized”.

When exposing the body to very low temperatures because of liquid nitrogen evaporation, the body responds at different levels involving the circulatory system, muscles and the neuroendocrine system. This happens because the brain receives a cold shock caused by a drastic reduction of body’s temperature. The hypothalamus releases series of substances in our body to combat an imminent hypothermia situation. Among these substances we can find dopamine, serotonin and endorphins, which increases blood flow, lipolysis and the production of free radicals catalytic enzymes, while reducing the production of inflammatory cytokines.

Cryotherapy benefits

One of the main benefit of cryotherapy -and the reason why it is so popular, is the burn of calories. The extreme cold application causes a decrease in body’s temperature, and to compensate this situation the body generates energy by burning localized fat deposits –such as the fat in the belly, therefore a loss of weight occurs togheter with a swelling in the lower abdomen. This same process works for all the body fat deposits. It also reduces, considerably, the annoying cellulite giving an appearance of youth to the body. Additionaly, cryotherapy builds up tissues tone and prevents flaccidity, allowing the body to remain firm and giving the skin a smoothly and healthy look.

Among other benefits, cryotherapy has been proven to be a non-invasive treatment helping to manage and alleviate symptoms of chronic skin diseases such as psoriasis, neurodermatitis, dermatitis, seborrheic complex syndrome, eczema, erythematosis and scleroderma. This due to the peripheral vasodilatation that occurs because of the decreasing in body’s temperature, carring a large amount of oxygen to the body and increasing the blood flow.

Experts explain that there are several and diverse cryotherapy benefits:

  • It helps fight migraine and insomnia.
  • It improves blood circulation and inhibits varicose veins.
  • It reduces inflammation, stress, anxiety and fatigue.
  • It accelerates metabolism generating a boost of energy.
  • It increases the caloric expenditure -between 500 and 800 kilocalories in the next few hours after a 3-minute session.

Finally, research show that cryotherapy helps in recovery processes and chronic pain issues, and it is also recommended for diseases such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, or multiple sclerosis.

Is cryotherapy dangerous?

Like any other medical-aesthetic treatment, if handled properly there is no risk for our health and integrity.

Provided temperatures reached by liquid nitrogen are very low, it could cause burns when used incorrectly. This is why the skin is only exposed for a very short period of time on the skin -from 2 minutes to 4 minutes, and always in a controlled environment under medical supervision.

As a general rule, cryotherapy is a safe treatment for everybody. However there are exceptional cases where the use of cryotherapy is not recommended:

  • People with heart problems and serious health problems, because the sudden decrease in temperature could have a negative effect on the health of people suffering from heart problems.
  • People with little resistance to cold, as they would suffer excessively during the session due to the low threshold of pain towards the cold.
  • Pregnant women and children. This due to negative effects this treatment could have on fetus of a pregnant women and in children it is not advised because of they are still developing their bodies.
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Dental tourism, actually one of the most popular



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Commonly known as dental holidays in Europe, it is actually a subset of medical tourism which is experiencing an important growth in this late times, since people from all around the globe is on a more frequent basis using their vacations to seek dental care outside their local healthcare systems. Today, globalization has created an interdependent market which is developing exponentially, where technologies spread out throughout the world quicker than ever, allowing people to find good dental care services at locations where costs are way lower than those at their places of origin.

But, why is this happening?

This has become an unstoppable phenomenon due to the economical differences existent nowadays amongst countries, especially between those that share borders. Obviously people seeking dental care, travel for a huge variety of reasons but an undeniable fact that affects decisions is driven by money, being able to have access to the necessary solution at a significant lower cost, is a strong element in decision making, even more when the quality of the service is as good as the local one only by passing over to a neighbor country.

For example, people from Austria travel to Albania, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Bosnia. Citizens from the United States and Canada go to Dental Solutions Algodones Mexico in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and Ecuador; patients from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Ukraine and Poland; and from Australia to other countries of South-East Asia. Some people travel because the funding of public healthcare at their place of choice turns out to be more convenient, or the general access to healthcare at that specific place fits their personal needs.

Freedom of practice

But not all the reasons for dental tourism are due to economics. In Europe, dental professionals are allowed to move their practice from one country to another and they are required only a minimum set of qualifications approved by the country of destination, giving them a greater freedom of practice. This is intended by the union to standardize dental services all over the areas of its members. Furthermore, dentistry universities of the union have developed programmes to help their students on completing some of their education at foreign facilities. This standardization brings down barriers for patients mobility within the area.

How about quality?

Since the main reason in most cases is related to pricing, low prices come with dentists that offer minimum fixed costs, less government issues and lower expenses including those derived from insurance to patients with a high income. Outside the country of origin, many bureaucratic steps are inexistent, allowing dentists to focus more freely on their task. Procedures such as porcelain veneers or dental implants become affordable for many people that can not pay for them back at home. And right here is where the main questions about this matter are focused. First, does price differentials imply lower quality results?, and second, Is it safe to undergo a large scale dental procedure abroad on a short period of time?.

The answers here are NO and YES, and here is why. As previously mentioned, globalization has a lot to do with this, because the latest technologies, materials and techniques are more accessible today than ever before anywhere in the world. In the first case, a dentist with a proven professional record, will charge the appropriate fees according to the country where they work, and the lower price does not necessarily mean poor quality, it means that the patient comes from a place where income is higher but expenses are higher too. In the second case, it is easy to figure out that the answer is affirmative since, as stated in the previous point, quality has nothing to do with the price in this case, and regardless of whether the procedure is something simple or complex, if the work is well done, there is no reason to expect any further problems.

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