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Leading Remote Teams Effectively in the 21st Century: Strategies and Case Studies is a comprehensive guide designed to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in the rapidly evolving world of remote work. As technological advancements, globalization, and the COVID-19 pandemic have fundamentally shifted the workplace...

Embark on a Journey of Self-Discovery and Transformation

Are you standing at the threshold of a new year, filled with a mix of excitement and perhaps a touch of trepidation? Do you feel the familiar tug of wanting more - more joy, more purpose, more fulfilment - but aren't quite sure how to get there? "Reimagine Your Tomorrow" is your...

Connected health also known as technology-enabled care (TEC) is the collective term for telecare, telehealth, telemedicine, mHealth, digital health and eHealth services. Connected health involves the convergence of health technology, digital media and mobile devices. It enables patients, carers and healthcare professionals (HCPs) to access data...

Making sure that people are involved and central to their care is now recognized as a key component of developing high quality healthcare. Adopting person-centered care as "business as usual" requires fundamental changes to how services are delivered and to roles - not only those of health care professionals, but of patients too - and the...

With the present emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, computational "machine learning" techniques for training and generalisation from data, and cutting-edge statistical techniques, will play a significant role in analysing multidimensional datasets generated by the new technologies of systems medicine. This progressively but...

"You are not here to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget that errand." - Woodrow Wilson

From the core of our being, we need to develop the right attitude toward...

By changing the way you think, you change the way you run your life.

Very few people would turn down a chance to improve the way they think, if they knew how to go about it. When you have the ability to think more effectively, you can make better decisions and become a much more efficient thinker. You will learn new things faster and easier,...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a simulation of the process of human intelligence through computers.

AI has cemented its status as a powerful technology with the ability to propel a paradigm shift in healthcare and medicine of the 21st century and the future. The insights and values gained from AI and its subset, machine learning, are essential...

There is increasing recognition that efforts to improve global health cannot be achieved without stronger health systems.

The myriad of opportunities and challenges that come with rapid technological innovations in the medical and health ecosystem, warrant an urgent need to apply systems engineering techniques and skills to solve issues...

With the advent of big data analytics and informatics, and its associated technologies, a rapid growth in career opportunities, coupled with continual technological innovation, has led to an increasing need for qualified professionals who are able to analyse big data and manage technology and information in the healthcare industry.

This book is...

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are being increasingly used in healthcare, and especially in patient education. Although these two technologies are very similar, virtual reality engages users by transposing their virtual avatars into an artificial environment for users to interact with, while augmented reality engages users in...

We live in an era of the digital health revolution where technological and knowledge breakthroughs greatly enhance the care we deliver to patients. However, our healthcare system still holds many friction points.

This book examines cases where Blockchain can be a leverage to address some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Blockchain technology,...

“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set.” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Like what is needed for the practice of any art, the practice of the art of loving needs self-discipline, concentration, and patience. Everyone starts life with high hopes of loving and being loved,...

This book provides an introduction to epidemiological research and statistical methods covering key concepts and all the main types of epidemiological study. It elicits a critical understanding of the purpose and context of quantitative research including the basis for selecting appropriate research designs from a thorough grounding in the uses...

This book provides an introduction to ethics, research design as the most important part of the qualitative research process, the importance of theoretical frameworks and the relationship between the researcher and the researched in the qualitative research process.

It also provides an introduction to epidemiological research and statistical...

“Everything is guiding you to your authenticity. No matter what happens to you. It is all feedback and on the way. By asking quality questions that equilibrate the mind and liberate you from the bondage of pain, infatuation, resentment, and pride and shame, you are freed to be authentic, where you: love, feel inspired, are grateful, are present,...

This book aims to identify the policy and programme challenges for improving the health of populations in low- and middle-income countries. In this book we define policy as ‘a purposive course of action followed by an actor or set of actors in dealing with a problem or matter of concern’. In looking at public policy, we are concerned with the...

The aim of this book is to give you a thorough grounding in, and comprehensive overview of the role of public health in the management of disasters, including the requisite preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery relating to these situations.

The first principle of the health care profession is to protect life. Disasters threaten both...

This book provides an introduction to ethics, research design as the most important part of the qualitative research process, the importance of theoretical frameworks and the relationship between the researcher and the researched in the qualitative research process.

The book is organised according to the following chapters: ethics and...

This book aims to critically examine the contribution of the discipline of sociology and a number of theoretical sociological perspectives, from classical to postmodern to our understanding of health, illness and medicine. Specifically, the broad areas covered in this book include: critical perspectives on key sociological theories and themes in...