V-Marine is proud to share that the Rise 55 has already secured its first two sales, with the first one set to be delivered in Qatar this August, followed by the second sale in Kuwait.
The Rise 55 boasts an unparalleled blend of elegance and functionality, setting new standards for houseboat design. With its innovative architecture and sleek lines, this houseboat presents a stunning presence on the water, leaving admirers in awe. The thoughtfully crafted exterior offers a modern and dynamic appeal that captures attention wherever it sails.
What truly sets Rise 55 apart from its competitors is its interior decoration. V-Marine has collaborated with renowned Italian designers and decorators to curate an ambiance that redefines luxury living. The meticulous attention to detail and choice of premium materials create an environment that epitomizes opulence and sophistication. Every element, from the meticulously crafted furnishings to the handpicked decor pieces, has been carefully chosen to ensure an unforgettable experience for owners and guests alike.
One of the most outstanding features of Rise 55 is its spaciousness. V-Marine understands the importance of providing ample living space, and with Rise 55, they have reimagined the concept of habitable areas on a boat. This houseboat offers an exceptional yacht experience with significantly more room than traditional yachts, all while maintaining the same level of exquisite finishing. What truly captivates potential buyers is that V-Marine has managed to deliver this remarkable vessel at a fraction of the price of other luxury boats, revolutionizing the market and garnering widespread approval.
Speaking about the launch, Wael Joujou Ceo of V-Marine expressed their excitement, stating, "We are thrilled to introduce Rise 55, an extraordinary houseboat that sets a new benchmark in luxury living on water. The combination of exceptional design, unmatched interior decoration, and affordability make this a truly unique offering. With Rise 55, we aim to provide our customers with an extraordinary yachting experience while also ensuring that it is accessible to a wider audience."
With the first sale already confirmed for Qatar, scheduled for delivery in August, and the second sale secured in Kuwait, the Rise 55 is poised to make a resounding impact in the GCC market. Prospective buyers in the region are encouraged to contact V-Marine immediately to explore the exceptional opportunities that Rise 55 presents.
For more information about Rise 55 and to inquire about sales, please visit V-Marine's website at www.vmarine.com
V-Marine, a leading provider of houseboats and floating resorts, is proud to announce the opening of its commercial office in Dubai, UAE. The new office will be led by Giovanni Sorrentino, a well-known figure in the yacht industry for his collaborations with European and GCC yards such as Silent Yacht, an award-winning company for sustainable yacht industry, and Tecnomar for Lamborghini. Sorrentino's contribution to V-Marine's development of sustainable and self-sufficient houseboats, floating villas, and resorts will be instrumental in the company's expansion in the region.
Currently the production is served from Bahrain, while V-Marine plans to set up additional production facilities in GCC to meet the growing demand for houseboats and floating resorts projects in the area. This move is in response to the significant growth and the increasing demand from customers in the region, which is expected to soon outpace the current production capacity in Bahrain.
"We are excited to have Giovanni Sorrentino leading our Dubai operations," said Wael Joujou, CEO of V-Marine. "His experience and expertise in sustainability yachts will be invaluable as we expand our presence in the UAE market and deliver high-quality, self-sufficient houseboats, floating villas, and resorts."
Sorrentino's and V-Marine's commitment to sustainability will drive the development of innovative solutions for houseboats and resorts that are both luxurious and eco-friendly.
"The UAE is an important market for us, and we are committed to serving our customers here with the highest quality sustainable houseboats and floating resorts," said Sorrentino. "With the new production facilities in UAE, we will be able to better meet the growing demand for our products and services in the region while contributing to a more sustainable future."
Wael Joujou added “V-Marine house boats already met the taste of UAE boaters thanks to the quality of the construction and the finishing of the interior space. Now the next step is to bring technology and sustainability to our models in order to offer not only an eco friendly experience but also a valid alternative to the Luxury Yacht industry in terms of luxury and space at a much more reasonable price”
Wael and Sorrentino met occasionally in Qatar during the Launch of the floating pop-up Lounge at the Pearl Doha, produced by V-Marine, during exclusive presentation of the Urus Performante, and that experience led only recently to a fruitful collaboration .
V-Marine has a strong track record of delivering high-quality houseboats and resorts projects to customers around the world, and the company's expansion into UAE represents a significant milestone in its growth trajectory. V-Marine is confident that its presence in UAE will enable it to better serve its customers in the region, and looks forward to continuing to deliver exceptional products and services to its customers in UAE and beyond.
Under the management of Dr. Ahmed Farhoud the CEO of Revital Rehabilitation Hospital, the hospital operates with 50 In-patient rooms for medical rehabilitation, multispecialty outpatient clinics, Allied therapy departments, Pharmacy, Radiology & Laboratory Services, Hi-Tech, advanced and most modern equipment and amenities including hydrotherapy, ICE Lab, in addition to Gait analysis and training.
The Group had announced that hospital team is working round the clock with professional Physicians & Therapists in providing holistic approach towards patients in improving their quality of life.
Revital Rehabilitation hospital is structurally designed allowing flexibility to adapt or expand based on future community needs, as well as its geographic location gives easy access to Al Ain-Dubai highway and to the town center. With ample of car parking facility.
وصرح الدكتور أحمد فرهود الرئيس التنفيذي لمستشفى ريڨيتال للتأهيل، أن المستشفى يحتوي على 50 غرفة خاصة للمرضى المقيمين للتأهيل الطبي، بالإضافة إلى عيادات خارجية متعددة التخصصات، وكذلك خدمات الأشعة والمختبر، والصيدلية ووحدة الرعاية الصحية المتخصصة بخدمات التأهيل المختلفة، وصالة رياضية متخصصة عالية التقنية مع التكنولوجيا المتقدمة. بما في ذلك العلاج المائي ومختبر العلاج بالثلج بالإضافة الى تحليل المشي وتدريبه .
كما أعلنا المجموعة بأن فريق المستشفى يعمل على مدار الساعة مع الأطباء والمعالجين المتخصصين في توفير نهج شامل تجاه المرضى في تحسين نوعية حياتهم.
تم تصميم مستشفى ريڨيتال للتأهيل بطريقة تسمح بمرونة التكيف أو التوسع بناءً على احتياجات المجتمع المستقبلية، فضلاً عن الموقع الاستراتيجي، مما يتيح سهولة الوصول إلى طريق العين - دبي وإلى وسط المدينة. مع مساحة واسعة لمواقف السيارات.
Nurses are empowered by patients, helping, and their own work community – limited possibilities, low wages, lack of respect, and leadership problems, however, prevent them from successfully managing their work. This data is available in the empathy study conducted in Finland by Medikumppani Oy and NayaDaya Inc. in cooperation with the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer) and TE Services’ Network of Healthcare and Social Welfare.
The study, gaining close to 900 responses, was conducted to reveal the Finnish health care professionals’ emotions and the causes behind the emotions in relation to their own work. With the help of science-based empathy analytics, the study showed the impact emotions have on employee behavior, engagement, and resignation.
Among nurses, 38 % expressed only positive emotions toward their own work while 33 % expressed only negative emotions. The respective percentages among doctors were 62 % and 11 %. Polarization of emotions is equally common among nurses and doctors: in both groups 24 % of respondents experience positive and negative emotions toward their work at the same time. Four percent of all respondents expressed no emotions.
The most common emotions nurses feel toward their work are disappointment, interest, and pride. Doctors expressed most often interest, pride, and contentment.
Among nurses, the younger the respondent in question, the more negative the experience seems to be.
Among nurses, the most positive and engaging aspects of work are patients, helping people, coworkers, and own tasks. The patients evoke most often compassion and helping evokes pride. Topics that are polarizing, yet more negative, crippling and cause resignations include the overall perception of own profession as well as the prevailing conditions providing diminished ability to succeed at work. Own profession evokes most often pride, but also regret and disappointment. The idea of succeeding at work most often evokes guilt.
Among nurses, the clearly negative topics ultimately causing resignations are wage levels, workloads, lack of time and respect, poor leadership and decision making as well as personnel resources. Somewhat surprisingly, the Covid-19 pandemic itself was indicated with a very weak signal only.
These results vary significantly between the nurses and doctors. Experiences, emotions, and engagement levels are dominated by positive topics in doctors’ work: patients and helping, own profession and the meaning of work, significance and respect, coworkers, own expertise, and interest toward medicine. The only somewhat negative topic was the workload. Covid-19 pandemic was not mentioned at all.
”Everybody has a right to succeed in their own work environment. At nurses’ work, the basic human conditions are not met. Nurses are forced to carry the load of guilt for reasons they have no influence or authority over. Their experiences at work are dominated, among other things, by low wage levels, excessive workload, and lack of respect,” says Chairperson Silja Paavola from the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer).
One step closer to this change is empathy, our ability to put ourselves in others’ shoes. “Through the empathy analytics we understand what strengthens the healthcare industry’s attraction and retention and what, on the other hand, destroys them. Especially, we know where to target our improvement actions. We now need responsible leaders and actions to change the inhuman circumstances, attitudes, and leadership styles both in public and private sectors,” highlights CEO Teija Koskinen from Medikumppani Oy who ordered the study.
”The empathy study brings visually and concretely forth this multidimensional entity and the challenging systemic problem. The results strongly argue for the fact that the significance of work must be kept as the focal point when organizing work. People are not machines – their performance requires having an experience of significance. We must take this seriously if we continuously want workers for the care giving sector in the future,” notes development manager Ville Luukkanen from TE Services’ Network of Healthcare and Social Welfare.
”The study reveals that helping patients and having good relationships with colleagues have a particularly emotionally supporting effect on nurses. On the other hand, there are many drawbacks that weigh the support down having even crippling and alienating effects. The study raises a question: are we, as a society, exploiting the nurses’ willingness to help and their sense of guilt – or are we providing adequate resources for them to succeed in their work and for sustainable development of health care instead?” ponders CEO Timo Järvinen from empathy analytics company NayaDaya Inc.
The Empathy study was carried out by Medikumppani Oy and the empathy analytics company NayaDaya Inc. together with the Finnish Union of Practical Nurses (SuPer) and TE Services’ Network of Healthcare and Social Welfare.
The emotion data was collected from healthcare professionals through an open online questionnaire with the support of cooperation partners during March 8-March 20, 2022. Total of 866 persons, of which 648 were nurses and 110 were doctors, responded to the study. The respondents had a choice of one or two emotions or an option of ’no emotion’[1] to express their experiences. Total of 1508 responses were given.
The NayaDaya® Empathy Analytics™ is based on the scientific theory of emotions[2], research[1], and algorithm[3].
More information:
Teija Koskinen, CEO, Medikumppani Oy, tel. +358 40 355 8908, teija.koskinen@medikumppani.fi
Timo Järvinen, CEO, NayaDaya Inc., tel. +358 40 505 7745, timo.jarvinen@nayadaya.com
Medikumppani Oy, founded in 2003, is one of the most experienced healthcare recruitment agencies in Finland building better work communities by matching and placing the right talent with the right job and supporting candidates along the way. With deep understanding of their clients, keen discernment of human nature, and empathy at the heart of their expertise, Medikumppani persevere in building better work communities in health care, one recruitment at a time. Further information at https://www.medikumppani.fi.
Medikumppani Oy is part of Empresaria Group, an international organization specializing in HR and staffing services.
He described the main challenges faced by the world, and stated, “There’s now a peace deficit in Europe and the numbers of refugees is rising. There’s also a big deficit in sustainability and I think that’s where academics can really play a part by working with industry. The third main deficit is a deficit of equality. The number of people living in poverty has increased for first time since 1990”.
DMU hosted the conference with PRME – the UN’s Principles for Responsible Management Education team, which focuses on how to educate future leaders to focus on achieving the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, global targets which address issues like hunger, poverty and equality.
The theme of the ninth PRME Regional Chapter MENA Forum and 2022 Conference was the ‘Power of Partnerships in Addressing SDGs’. Over three days, a wide range of leaders from business, charity, humanitarian organisations and higher education joined the event.
Dr Mette Morsing, Director of PRME, said “PRME was launched to nurture responsible leaders. It wants to redefine success, focus goals on society, and focus on skills required. Success is often defined as winning the battle. It is a language of conflict, of conquest. It is not the language of partnerships, of collaboration. That is what we want to change in PRME.”
Moreover, Faiz Shah, the Director of the Yunus Centre, which works to build networks promoting sustainable work, poverty alleviation and social business, spoke about how universities can help connect business in their communities. He highlighted that a consequence of the pandemic was the realization that small businesses can be players in a global market because of modern globalised communication, however, the success is dependent on partnerships.
DMU has twice been chosen by the UN as a global hub for SDG 16, the promotion of peace justice and strong institutions and a big part of this status has been down to the creation of strong partnerships across HE to share practice in supporting refugees in local communities.
Hosting the final day was Professor Simon Oldroyd, DMU’s Pro Vice-Chancellor Sustainability, who summed up the conference’s aims, “The purpose of this conference is to connect networks and ideas to try and enact real change. It’s powerful partnerships with industry which move us towards the SDG goals.”
Experts on blockchains also spoke at the event and outlined how the emerging internet economy could help make the distribution of wealth in society fairer.
All are welcome to these free events at the DMU Dubai Campus and online. Register now for the Conference and Gala. See the event programmes here.
The Conference, Forum and Gala are a collaboration between the UN PRME MENA Chapter member academics, their institutions and De Montfort University Dubai. The event will investigate the possibilities for leveraging change through responsible management and leadership – and will focus on the application of SDG nexus approaches to establish good practices in order to provide a roadmap for creating better partnerships.
This forum aims to be a catalyst for the development of projects and papers through the partnerships established as the legacy of the conference, to strengthen the connection and collaboration of the PRME MENA Chapter Network and UN Global Compact Networks.
To register for the Conference and Forum – or for the Gala (which requires a separate registration) please go to: PRME Conference & Forum Registration - or for the final day Conference Gala Event go to the PRME Conference Gala. All Attendance is free. Once registered you will receive directions for in-person and online attendance.
SDG 17, Partnerships for the Goals is a key SDG that enables the implementation of all SDGs. Achieving the goals Partnership requires a nexus approach to understand and develop methodologies for change. Businesses, governments and institutions will need to undergo systemic changes beyond the limitations of individual organizations or industries by removing their jurisdictional boundaries that resonates especially with SDG 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. This will require higher levels of partnership focusing on linking the implementations of SDGs and engaging with all the stakeholders. The level of partnership and integration is expected to grow as we face unprecedented challenges.
Resources:A Nexus Approach for The SDGs: Interlinkages between the goals and targets
Websites: PRME MENA Conference & DMU Dubai PRME Conference
Enquiries & Press Info: prme.mena22@dmu.ac.uk
Expo Gala Enquiries: dmuevents@dmu.ac.uk
Press Enquiries: prme.mena22@dmu.ac.uk
Strategically located in Dubai International Academic City with a purpose-built, independent campus building, DMU Dubai welcomes students from all backgrounds and offers a perfect combination of high-quality teaching, excellent facilities and a fantastic student experience.
The sessions during the Open Day will encourage prospective students to participate in subject-specific talks, speak to academics, industry professionals, and current students, understand application procedures and admission pathways. Future students can explore the state of art facilities firsthand, including interactive learning spaces, design studios, mechanical and electrical labs, moot court, sports facilities, multi-purpose auditorium, library, and on-campus accommodation facilities.
The Open Day is another great opportunity for eligible students to apply for the university’s excellent scholarships. A wide range of student demographics is covered by the DMU Dubai Scholarship Programme and they fall under family discounts, international students' discounts, sports scholarships, community engagement scholarships, students with determination, merit scholarships, corporate discounts, full advance fee scholarships and early bird discounts.
De Montfort University (Leicester) has been ranked in the top 20 universities for graduate prospects in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 and previous DMU graduates have gone on to win Oscars and work with organisations such as the BBC, HSBC, Nike, BMW and the NHS. DMU Dubai students will be offered the opportunity to transfer their studies to the UK campus at any point of the academic year to experience diversity and exceptional international career support by DMU Works, DMU Leicester's careers and employability service.
Manjeet Ridon, provost, DMU, said: “We know that regardless of discipline, developing graduates for successful trajectories beyond university is of critical importance. Enabling our graduates to have a positive impact, whether that be through creating value that is economic, social, cultural, or environmental – or indeed a mixture of each is the embodiment of our success.”
Admissions are now open for September 2022 intake at DMU Dubai for the foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that include: International Year Zero (with subject pathways), BA (Hons) Fashion Communication & Styling, B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, BA (Hons) Business and Management, BA (Hons) Interior Design, BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance, Law LLB (Hons), BSc (Hons) Cyber Security, B Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, and MBA (Global). Along with this existing bouquet of academic programmes, the university has extended its offerings to employability-oriented programmes which include BSc (Hons) Architecture, MA Human Resources Management, MSc Artificial Intelligence and MSc Strategic and Digital Marketing, among others. To get more information on all programmes and facilities visit: Undergraduate and Foundation courses (dmu.ac.uk)
To know more about Open Days or to arrange a personalised campus tour, please contact DMU Dubai.
The sessions during the Open Day will encourage prospective students to participate in subject-specific talks, speak to academics, industry professionals, and current students, understand application procedures and admission pathways. Future students can explore the state of art facilities firsthand, including interactive learning spaces, design studios, mechanical and electrical labs, moot court, sports facilities, multi-purpose auditorium, library, and on-campus accommodation facilities.
The Open Day is another great opportunity for eligible students to apply for the university’s excellent scholarships. A wide range of student demographics is covered by the DMU Dubai Scholarship Programme and they fall under family discounts, international students' discounts, sports scholarships, community engagement scholarships, students with determination, merit scholarships, corporate discounts, full advance fee scholarships and early bird discounts.
De Montfort University (Leicester) has been ranked in the top 20 universities for graduate prospects in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 and previous DMU graduates have gone on to win Oscars and work with organisations such as the BBC, HSBC, Nike, BMW and the NHS. DMU Dubai students will be offered the opportunity to transfer their studies to the UK campus at any point of the academic year to experience diversity and exceptional international career support by DMU Works, DMU Leicester's careers and employability service.
Manjeet Ridon, provost, DMU, said: “We know that regardless of discipline, developing graduates for successful trajectories beyond university is of critical importance. Enabling our graduates to have a positive impact, whether that be through creating value that is economic, social, cultural, or environmental – or indeed a mixture of each is the embodiment of our success.”
Admissions are now open for September 2022 intake at DMU Dubai for the Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that include: International Year Zero (with subject pathways), BA (Hons) Fashion Communication & Styling, B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, BA (Hons) Business and Management, BA (Hons) Interior Design, BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance, Law LLB (Hons), BSc (Hons) Cyber Security, B Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, and MBA (Global). Along with this existing bouquet of academic programmes, the university has extended its offerings to employability-oriented programmes which include BSc (Hons) Architecture, MA Human Resources Management, MSc Artificial Intelligence and MSc Strategic and Digital Marketing, among others. To get more information on all programmes and facilities visit: Undergraduate and Foundation courses (dmu.ac.uk)
To know more about Open Days or to arrange a personalised campus tour, please contact DMU Dubai.
Strategically located in Dubai International Academic City with a purpose-built, independent campus building, DMU Dubai welcomes students from all backgrounds and offers a perfect combination of high-quality teaching, excellent facilities and a fantastic student experience.
The sessions during the Open Day will encourage prospective students to participate in subject-specific talks, speak to academics, industry professionals, and current students, understand application procedures and admission pathways. Future students can explore the state of art facilities firsthand, including interactive learning spaces, design studios, mechanical and electrical labs, moot court, sports facilities, multi-purpose auditorium, library, and on-campus accommodation facilities.
The Open Day is another great opportunity for eligible students to apply for the university’s excellent scholarships. A wide range of student demographics is covered by the DMU Dubai Scholarship Programme and they fall under family discounts, international students' discounts, sports scholarships, community engagement scholarships, students with determination, merit scholarships, corporate discounts, full advance fee scholarships and early bird discounts.
De Montfort University (Leicester) has been ranked in the top 20 universities for graduate prospects in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 and previous DMU graduates have gone on to win Oscars and work with organisations such as the BBC, HSBC, Nike, BMW and the NHS. DMU Dubai students will be offered the opportunity to transfer their studies to the UK campus at any point of the academic year to experience diversity and exceptional international career support by DMU Works, DMU Leicester's careers and employability service.
Manjeet Ridon, provost, DMU, said: “We know that regardless of discipline, developing graduates for successful trajectories beyond university is of critical importance. Enabling our graduates to have a positive impact, whether that be through creating value that is economic, social, cultural, or environmental – or indeed a mixture of each is the embodiment of our success.”
Admissions are now open for September 2022 intake at DMU Dubai for the Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that include: International Year Zero (with subject pathways), BA (Hons) Fashion Communication & Styling, B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology, BA (Hons) Business and Management, BA (Hons) Interior Design, BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance, Law LLB (Hons), BSc (Hons) Cyber Security, B Eng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering, and MBA (Global). Along with this existing bouquet of academic programmes, the university has extended its offerings to in-demand employability-oriented programmes which include BSc (Hons) Architecture, MA Human Resources Management, MSc Artificial Intelligence and MSc Strategic and Digital Marketing, among others. To get more information on all programmes and facilities visit: Undergraduate and Foundation courses (dmu.ac.uk)
To know more about Open Days or to arrange a personalised campus tour, please contact DMU Dubai.
وفي تعليقه على الحدث، قال وزير الدولة نايجل آدامز:
"يعد التوسع العالمي الذي حققته جامعة دي مونتفورت من قلب ليسيسترشاير في المملكة المتحدة إلى دبي وكازاخستان استثمارًا رائعًا سيسهم في بناء جيل عالمي من الخريجين الجامعيين المتميزين. وهذا يمثل إحدى أروع الصادرات البريطانية أي رعاية المواهب وتنميتها.
"كان من دواعي سروري افتتاح المختبر الهندسي فائق التطور وتهنئة فريق الكريكيت بالجامعة. وآمل أن أرى بعض أسماء اللاعبين الذين تعرفت عليهم اليوم وهم يلعبون الكريكيت في المملكة المتحدة في السنوات القليلة القادمة لصالح مقاطعة يوركشاير العظيمة".
من ناحية أخرى، تعد جامعة دي مونتفورت أحد الشريكين المؤسسين لجناح المملكة المتحدة في معرض إكسبو دبي، وقد استثمرت مبلغ 750,000 جنيه إسترليني في برنامج المملكة المتحدة لعرض مزايا التعليم العالي في المملكة والجامعة في هذا المنبر العالمي.
وكانت جامعة دي مونفورت الموجودة في المملكة المتحدة قد افتتحت رسمياً حرمها الجامعي الثالث في دبي في شهر ديسمبر عام 2021.
وكان من أهم الأسباب التي دفعت الجامعة لرعاية جناح المملكة المتحدة هو التزامن والتنسيق بين إطلاق حرم الجامعة الجديد في دبي ومعرض إكسبو 2020.
ومن خلال هذه الشراكة، نأمل في إقامة وتطوير علاقات جديدة مع دوائر الأعمال في منطقة دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وزيادة توظيف الطلاب للوصول إلى الأهداف التي تنشدها جميع فروعنا جامعية.
كما نتطلع أيضًا لإبراز مكانة ومزايا جامعة دي مونفورت ليستر للطلاب الدوليين الراغبين بالدراسة في المملكة المتحدة.
وخلال زيارته إلى جناح الاستدامة، تعرف الوزير على نهج دي مونفرت دبي الذي يركز على خطة طويلة الأجل للمنطقة في هذا الشأن. وشارك في مناقشات حول قابلية الخريجين للتوظيف والحاجة إلى تطوير المهارات القابلة للنقل.
وقدم البروفسور سايمون برادبري، نائب المستشار الدولي وعميد كلية الفنون والتصميم والعلوم الإنسانية في جامعة دي مونفورت، عرضاً موجزاً للوزير عن الرؤية الطموحة للجامعة. وأوضح ذلك بقوله: "نحن نمتلك سجلاً بحثياً متميزاً بفضل التزامناً بخدمة الصالح العام، من خلال البحث فيما يؤثر على المجتمع وحل المشكلات وإحداث تغيير فعلي في حياة الناس وسلوكهم عبر إيجاد حلول مبتكرة في مختلف جوانب الحياة".
وتلتزم جامعة دي مونفورت، باعتبارها الجامعة البريطانية الوحيدة المصنفة بأنها مركز عالمي للأمم المتحدة لتحقيق هدف التنمية المستدامة (16)، بالعمل على دراسة وإنجاز أهداف الأمم المتحدة بشأن التنمية المستدامة في أنشطتها البحثية والتدريسية ومشاريعها. وفي هذا الإطار، تستضيف الجامعة المؤتمر الثامن لمبادئ تعليم الإدارة المسؤولة (PRME) على مستوى الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا في حرم الجامعة بدبي في الفترة من 21 إلى 24 مارس 2022 لإيجاد منهجيات لتنفيذ شراكات تتمحور حول هدف الأمم المتحدة الخاص بالتنمية المستدامة.
وأضاف سايمون: "تلتزم الجامعة بالعمل على بناء عالم مستدام من خلال نشر مفاهيم التميز البحثي والتفكير النقدي والاستراتيجي والخطط المدروسة بعناية. كما نعتمد استراتيجية بحثية متينة تمثل ركناً أساسياً في رسالة جامعة دي مونفورت".
واستمع المجتمعون أيضًا إلى كلمة من الدكتورة فيديا فينود، رئيسة المجموعة والرئيسة التنفيذية لمؤسسة ستادي وورلد، التي تدير الحرم الجامعي في دبي بالشراكة مع جامعة دي مونفورت- ومن الدكتور مانجيت ريدون، رئيس جامعة دي مونفورت دبي.
وقال الدكتور مانجيت ريدون: "نحن نعلم أنه مهما كان الاختصاص الجامعي، يمثل إعداد الخريجين لتحقيق مسارات ناجحة ما بعد الجامعة أمراً بالغ الأهمية. كما أن تمكين خريجينا من إحداث أثر إيجابي، سواء كان ذلك من خلال خلق قيمة اقتصادية أو اجتماعية أو ثقافية أو بيئية - أو مزيجاً من ذلك كله، هو الشهادة الحقيقية على نجاحنا".
من جهتها قالت الدكتورة فيدهيا فينود، الرئيسة التنفيذية لمؤسسة ستادي وورلد لخدمات التعليم العالي: "تتمتع "ستادي وورلد" بخبرة تزيد عن عقدين من الزمن في تقديم مجموعة واسعة من الخدمات التعليمية بالشراكة مع جامعات دولية من مختلف أنحاء العالم، وستثبت شراكتنا هذه مع جامعة دي مونفورت في دبي مدى فائدتها الكبيرة للطلاب في الإمارات العربية المتحدة والمنطقة بشكل عام. إذ ستساعد شبكتنا الدولية في استقطاب الطلاب من أكثر من 120 دولة ونتطلع إلى تقديم شهادات جامعية رفيعة المستوى والجودة تركز على أهلية الطلاب للتوظيف".x`
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Minister of State Nigel Adams said:
"De Montfort University's global expansion from the heart of Leicestershire in the UK to Dubai and Kazakhstan is an amazing investment that will help build global alumni. It's another fantastic UK export that is nurturing talent.
"It's been great to open the state-of-the-art engineering lab and congratulate the university's cricket team. I hope to see a few of the names I have heard today playing cricket in the UK in a few years playing for the great county of Yorkshire.”
DMU is one of two founding partners of the UK Pavilion at ExpoDubai and has invested £750,000 in the UK programme to showcase UK higher education and the university on a global stage.
In December 2021, the UK-based university officially opened its third campus in Dubai.
One of the key reasons for DMU's sponsorship of the UK Pavilion is the alignment between the launch of the new Dubai campus and Expo 2020.
Through this partnership, we hope to establish and develop new relationships with businesses in the UAE region and increase student recruitment to reach objectives across all of our campuses.
We are also looking to promote DMU Leicester for those international students who would like to study in the UK.
During his visit to the Sustainability Hub, he heard about DMU’s approach focusing on long-term plan for the region. He engaged in discussions about employability and the need for developing transferable skills.
Simon Bradbury, Pro Vice-Chancellor International and Dean of Arts, Design and Humanities of DMU briefed the Minister on the ambitious vision of the institution. He explained: “We have an excellent research record as we are committed to serving the public good, by investigating what impacts society, solve issues and make an actual change in people’s lives and behaviour through originating solutions in various life aspects".
Being the only UK university to be designated the United Nations Global Hub for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, DMU commits to addressing the UN SDGs in its research, teaching and enterprise activity. In line with this, DMU is hosting the 8th Middle East and North Africa MENA, Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) conference at the Dubai campus from 21-24 March 2022 to create methodologies for the implementation of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal partnerships.
“DMU is committed to shaping and promoting a sustainable world by deploying research excellence, critical, strategic thinking and well-built plans. We also have a well-established research strategy that is central to DMU’s mission", Simon added.
The gathering also heard from Dr Vidhya Vinod, Group President and CEO of Study World – the organisation running the campus in partnership with DMU – and Dr Manjeet Ridon, DMU Dubai Provost.
“We know that regardless of discipline, developing graduates for successful trajectories beyond university is of critical importance. Enabling our graduates to have a positive impact, whether that be through creating value that is economic, social, cultural, or environmental – or indeed a mixture of each, is the embodiment of our success,” added Manjeet Ridon, Provost, DMU Dubai.
Dr Vidhya Vinod, CEO of Study World Higher Education Services, said: “Study World has over two decades of experience in providing a range of educational services in partnership with international universities worldwide and this association with DMU in Dubai will prove highly beneficial for students in the UAE and the wider region. Our international network will help attract students from over 120 countries and we look forward to providing high-quality, employment-focused degrees to students.”
NEW JERSEY, United States, ROSTOCK, Germany, and BERLIN, Germany – (EMAILWIRE) & (ARAB NEWSWIRE) -- Arcensus, a commercial-stage digital healthcare and diagnostics company that empowers people to take control of their health is pleased to announce that our Founder, Prof. Dr. Arndt Rolfs, a multi-entrepreneur in biotech and former CEO of several innovative biotech companies, including Nasdaq-listed company CENTOGENE, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Arcensus GmbH.
Prof. Rolfs has succeeded the role from Mr. Michael Schlenk and assumed the responsibilities of CEO on January 01, 2022. We are very grateful for the hard work and dedication of Mr. Schlenk for successfully performing the duties of CEO in 2021 and constructing the organization of Arcensus. We are reassured that Mr. Schlenk will continue supporting Arcensus as an active member of our supervisory board.
Mr Schlenk wished the new CEO every success: "I wish Arndt and the operational team all the best for 2022. There is no doubt that this year will bring great progress for Arcensus after building the company so successfully in a record time. I look forward to supporting the shaping of the business model as a member of the Supervisory Board."
Prof Rolfs is an experienced biotech entrepreneur who knows the necessities and challenges of the healthcare industry very well. Under his leadership, Arcensus will disrupt the genetic diagnostics market through the rapid expansion of its global genomic service and develop new concepts based on genomic knowledge generated worldwide. Arcensus' genomic data already has a diagnostic yield of about 80% in all genetically suspect patients.
Prof Rolfs said: "Our expertise in the high-quality interpretation of Whole Genome DNA Sequencing data reflects the next revolution in modern medicine. Our global genomic knowledge will help pharma partners accelerate the development of new drugs, especially for rare diseases."
ROSTOCK and BERLIN, Germany -- ARAB NEWSWIRE -- A research paper on the frequently misdiagnosed disease Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) and the currently running clinical study ‘Hereditary Angioedema Kininogen Assay (HAEKA)’ was recently published in the international Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.
Patients with HAE are characterized by unpredictable and painful attacks of swellings on different parts of the body. The HAEKA study aims to identify prognostic biomarkers for HAE – molecules that reflect the disease status and are able to predict attacks before they physically start. This would improve patient’s life considerably as they can observe the biomarker level, take immediate actions, and prevent attacks. In the HAEKA study, participants receive study boxes including lancets for finger pricking that allows self-sampling of blood directly during swellings. Such a study design was never applied before for HAE research and gives them hope for exciting discoveries.
The HAEKA study is a unique research collaboration between industry and academia. CENTOGENE GmbH is organizing the study, whereas the Charite is the most important enrolling study center, and Takeda sponsors the study. The concept of the HAEKA study was developed by Prof. Arndt Rolfs, Founder and Ex-CEO of CENTOGENE, Founder of Arcensus, together with Prof. Marcus Maurer and Prof. Markus Magerl from Charite. Both Prof. Rolfs, as well as the first author Dr. Toni Förster (Operational Project lead) and the last author Dr. Volha Skrahina (Director Clinical Studies) are working by now for Arcensus GmbH, a medical start-up company for commercial genetic diagnosis via Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS).
As the study is still ongoing, no final results are available yet. However, the paper presents the current status and intermediate data of the HAEKA study. It further raises awareness both about the disease HAE (for publicity) and about the study per se (for interested HAE patients). Importantly, this paper is a creative example of how to find solutions for operating clinical studies during COVID-19. The idea of self-sampling from home provides not only flexibility to participants, but also depicts the only way of dealing with the strict contact restrictions.
The publication is available with open access: https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13023-021-02021-x
El informe de 2021, titulado «Fostering understanding with self-care» (Fomentando la comprensión con el autocuidado), puede descargarse desde https://umore.app/2021/10/20/impact-report. Además de compartir aspectos destacados sobre cómo funcionan las actividades de autocuidado de uMore, esta primera edición también contiene casos prácticos de dos actividades de referencia: una primera sobre «Cómo identificar tus síntomas de estrés» y otra segunda sobre «Cómo hacer frente a los pensamientos negativos».
Maria de Freitas, directora ejecutiva y cofundadora de uMore ha dicho: «compartimos nuestro conocimiento con este informe y sus próximas ediciones con el objetivo de fomentar la transparencia y el diálogo en la comunidad de aplicaciones de salud digital. Este informe de impacto es nuestro primer paso, y esperamos crecer junto a nuestros usuarios para lograr que todo el mundo pueda acceder mejor al cuidado de la salud mental».
Con una rotunda respuesta positiva del 84 %, los comentarios de los usuarios iniciales han puesto de manifiesto que las actividades les han sido útiles para identificar el estrés y comprender mejor cómo se sienten. Estos primeros datos de los usuarios sugieren también que los que realizan actividades con más frecuencia son menos propensos a presentar niveles altos de estrés.
Todas las actividades de autocuidado de la aplicación uMore se basan en evidencias científicas y pretenden desarrollar habilidades para promover la salud. «Deseamos facilitar cómo las personas aprenden sobre sí mismas. Nuestro objetivo no es reinventar la rueda, sino ver cómo podemos hacer esto posible mediante una herramienta digital atractiva. Por ahora, estamos trabajando en una biblioteca digital de más de 100 ejercicios de autocuidado», ha dicho Alejandro Serrano Saunders, director científico y cofundador de uMore.
La actividad «Cómo identificar tus síntomas de estrés» ha ayudado sobre todo a los usuarios de uMore a hacer un seguimiento propio de sus sentimientos y a comprenderse mejor. Para los usuarios, este autoseguimiento ha sido más útil de lo que creían. «Me ha ayudado a identificar exactamente lo que siento», ha dicho uno de los usuarios anónimos; el 85 % de todos los que respondieron y que habían participado en la actividad han confirmado que les ha resultado útil.
Además, el informe revela que los usuarios que habían completado al menos una actividad de autocuidado en la última semana mostraban un menor índice de estrés elevado, en comparación con los usuarios con estrés elevado que no habían completado ninguna actividad cuando cumplimentaron la encuesta de bienestar en la aplicación.
Las nuevas actividades se irán publicando de forma continuada en la aplicación uMore con los informes de las opiniones periódicas de los usuarios de uMore, que ayudarán a crear el diseño y el contenido de las actividades de autocuidado que están por venir.
«Es para mí un honor formar parte de un equipo con una misión fundamental como la de ayudar a las personas a mejorar sus vidas», ha dicho Maria de Freitas. «Estamos creando una aplicación que tiene la capacidad de mejorar cómo vive la gente y lo que hemos descubierto es que nuestra biblioteca de autoayuda muestra signos de ser una forma fantástica de ayudar a las personas a que aprendan a cuidarse», ha añadido Alejandro Serrano Saunders.
MIAMI, 20 de OUTUBRO de 2021 - O relatório de 2021, intitulado "Promover a compreensão com autocuidados", está disponível para transferência em https://umore.app/2021/10/20/impact-report. Além de partilhar destaques sobre como as atividades de autocuidados da uMore funcionam, esta primeira edição também contém estudos de caso de duas atividades marcantes: a primeira sobre "Como identificar os seus sinais de stress" e a segunda sobre "Pensamentos negativos".
Maria de Freitas, CEO e cofundadora Luso-Brasileira da uMore disse: "Ao partilhar a nossa aprendizagem por meio deste relatório e das suas edições futuras, o nosso objetivo é incentivar a transparência e o diálogo dentro da comunidade de aplicações de saúde digital. Este relatório de impacto representa o nosso primeiro passo e esperamos crescer juntamente com os nossos utilizadores para ajudar a moldar um acesso melhor aos cuidados de saúde mental para todos."
Com uma resposta positiva de 84%, o feedback inicial dos utilizadores revelou que as atividades se mostraram úteis para que os utilizadores identificassem o stress e entendessem melhor como se sentiam. Estes primeiros dados de utilizadores também sugerem que os utilizadores que se envolvem com mais frequência nas atividades são menos propensos a apresentar altos níveis de stress.
Todas as atividades de autocuidados da aplicação uMore são baseadas em evidências científicas e procuram promover capacidades de promoção da saúde. "Queremos facilitar a forma como as pessoas aprendem sobre si mesmas. O nosso objetivo não é reinventar a roda, mas ver como podemos possibilitar uma melhor saúde mental através de uma ferramenta digital envolvente. Neste momento, estamos a trabalhar numa biblioteca interativa com mais de 100 exercícios de autocuidados", disse Alejandro Serrano Saunders, diretor científico e cofundador da uMore.
A atividade "Como identificar os seus sinais de stress" ajudou muito os utilizadores da uMore a autovigiar os seus sentimentos e a compreender-se melhor. Os utilizadores consideraram muito útil monitorizar o que sentiam. "Ajudou a identificar exatamente o que sinto", disse um utilizador anónimo, entre os 85% dos entrevistados globais que participaram na atividade e relataram que foi útil.
O relatório revela ainda que utilizadores que concluíram pelo menos uma atividade de autocuidados na última semana apresentaram taxas proporcionalmente mais baixas de stress elevado, em comparação com utilizadores com stress elevado que não concluíram nenhuma atividade quando responderam aos inquéritos de bem-estar na aplicação.
Novas atividades serão lançadas continuamente na aplicação uMore com relatórios de feedback regulares de utilizadores da uMore que ajudarão a moldar o design e o conteúdo das próximas atividades de autocuidados.
"Tenho a honra de fazer parte de uma equipa cuja missão fundamental é ajudar as pessoas a prosperar nas suas vidas", disse Maria de Freitas. "Estamos a desenvolver uma aplicação que tem o potencial de mudar a maneira como as pessoas vivem e o que aprendemos é que a nossa biblioteca de autoajuda mostra os primeiros sinais de ser uma ótima maneira de ajudar as pessoas a aprender a cuidar de si mesmas", acrescentou Alejandro Serrano Saunders.
MIAMI OCTOBER 20, 2021 - The 2021 report, titled "Fostering understanding with self-care," is available for download from https://umore.app/2021/10/20/impact-report. In addition to sharing highlights on how the uMore self-care activities work, this first edition also contains case studies of two landmark activities -- the first on "How to identify your stress signs" and the second on "Challenging negative thoughts."
Maria de Freitas, CEO and Co-Founder at uMore said, "By sharing our learnings through this report and its future editions, our goal is to encourage transparency and dialogue within the digital health community. This impact report represents our first step, and we hope to grow together with our users to help shape better access to mental health care for everyone."
With a resounding 84% positive response, initial user feedback revealed that the activities proved helpful towards users identifying stress and better understanding how they feel. This early user data also suggests that users who engage more frequently with activities are less prone to exhibit high stress levels.
All self-care activities on the uMore app are based on scientific evidence and look to foster health-promoting abilities. "We wish to facilitate how people learn about themselves. Our goal is not to reinvent the wheel but to look at how we can enable this through an engaging digital tool. As of now, we are working on an interactive library of over 100 self-care exercises", said Alejandro Serrano Saunders, Chief Scientific Officer, and Co-Founder at uMore.
The activity "How To Identify Your Stress Signs" most helped uMore users to self-monitor their feelings and better understand themselves. Users found it most helpful to self-monitor what they felt. "It assisted in identifying exactly what I feel." said one anonymous user, 85% of global respondents who participated in the activity reported it to be helpful.
The report further reveals that users who had completed at least one self-care activity in the last week showed proportionally lower rates of high stress than users with high stress who did not complete any activities when they took their well-being surveys on the app.
New activities will be continuously released on the uMore app with regular feedback reports from uMore users that will help shape the design and content of upcoming self-care activities.
"I'm honored to be a part of a team with a fundamental mission of helping people thrive in their daily lives." Maria de Freitas said. "We're building an app that has the potential to change the way people live for the better, and what we see is that our self-help library shows early signs of being a great way to help people to learn how to look after themselves," added Alejandro Serrano Saunders.
"It is an emotional moment for a patient to stand for the first time after years in a wheelchair,” says SAMK project researcher Taina Jyräkoski. “They are so happy to stand upright while wearing the exoskeleton.”
The exoskeleton is at the campus of the Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) in Pori, Finland. SAMK is an international, multi-disciplinary institute of higher education. They believe in cutting-edge research combined with a multidisciplinary focus, like what they are doing with the exoskeleton.
“The exoskeleton is a device the patient wears so they can walk,” Jyräkoski explains. “It has motors in the hips and knees, so patients can walk even if the legs are paralysed. We don’t do the rehabilitation ourselves, but we help get the evidence that it is beneficial.”
Exoskeletons are commercially available, but they are still an unusual device which you won’t find at every therapist office. SAMK wanted to conduct hard science on exoskeletons in a collaborative model. This brings a variety of specialties to the table.
“We conduct exoskeleton research with a diverse group of partners, such as teachers, researchers, students and physiotherapy clinics,” explains Sari Meri-
lampi, principal lecturer at SAMK. “We have experts at automation, healthtech, data analytics and a variety of disciplines. We are even working internationally, like with a research group in Italy.”
Many physiotherapy clinics and hospitals might be unable to make a large investment in an exoskeleton, but they have been invited to share SAMK’s model. Students get the rare chance to study an innovative device first-hand. The researchers get to be one of the very first to conduct serious studies on exoskeletons.
“This is pioneering work. The world is a small place when it comes to a new field of research like exoskeletons,” Merilampi says. “This is particularly good for the students who get to use such a novel technology. We are creating an entirely new career path as a technology therapist.”
Multi-professional environment
Some of their research includes measurement technology, patient benefits and therapist benefits. The traditional way for a therapist to help rehabilitate a patient relies heavily upon brute force. The therapist must physically help the patient move their legs. This can be demanding, even if the patient is supported.
“A patient can only take as many steps as a therapist can help them take,” Jyräkoski says. “But the therapist doesn’t have to work as hard when the exoskeleton is doing the mechanical labour. She oversees the process and makes necessary adjustments to give the most benefits to the patient.”
Exoskeletons in rehabilitation are still rare, and SAMK is happy to bring in so many specialists to experience it in a multi-professional environment.
“It is great that all these experts can use these newest solutions, which is beneficial to all stakeholders,” says Merilampi. “We work and learn together. It is a tough job, but we aren’t afraid of challenges.”
If you are interested in learning more about SAMK’s exoskeleton or other innovative projects, please visit the website samk.fi/en.
Editor: David J. Cord
There is so much misunderstanding and stigmatisation on why people are overweight. It is a complex issue and people need to be treated individually,” explains Dr André Heikius, medical director of the Finnish company WeightClinic.online.
WeightClinic.online has pioneered what they term “weight happiness”, their concept of a patient improving emotional wellbeing while safely losing weight and improving overall health. Each customer receives personalised advice and support. The goal is for a patient to be happy during the entire process.
“Our weight happiness idea was born in Finland, which the UN has ranked as the world’s happiest country,” says Heikius. “We have a compassionate, accepting way of helping people. We encourage and listen to them.”
Customers from anywhere in the world can receive remote visits from experts on nutrition, exercise, psychology and medicine. WeightClinic.online includes a comprehensive array of both lifestyle and medical services to fit someone’s precise needs. The platform also includes digital tools to help people in their weight happiness journey.
“We have developed this solution over the past ten years in our clinical work and now we are ready to help people internationally,” Heikius says. “You get better results if you feel good about yourself during the process.”
Please visit weightclinic.online if you are interested in starting your personal weight happiness journey or if your wellbeing company is interested in collaboration.
Editor: David J. Cord
A Finnish man lived far from his aging parents, so their main way of contact was by phone calls. He wished there was some video solution so that he could see his parents and health care providers could give them remote care. Since there was nothing satisfactory on the market, he decided to create it himself.
VideoVisit is a family company, founded in 2010 by a Finnish video communication pioneer Mr. Esa Ojala. VideoVisit provides a complete remote care platform with all necessary tools for social and healthcare providers. Over one million virtual care visits have taken place on their platform.
“The challenge healthcare systems around the world face is to provide the best care with a limited amount of resources. We help them meet their goals,” says Juhana Ojala, co-founder and CEO of VideoVisit Global.
Lowering costs and carbon emissions
Finland has been a good place to develop such a solution. The population is comfortable with technology, there are many talented high-tech workers available, and healthcare authorities are eager to try innovative ideas. The City of Helsinki first partnered with VideoVisit in a pilot in 2014 and they are still working together today.
“Today 30,000 virtual visits are made every month on our system, and that is just in Helsinki. About 200 municipalities all over Finland use us. We could practically use the Finnish healthcare system as a reference case,” says Ojala.
Helsinki is a good example of the problems many healthcare systems around the world must solve. They have an increased demand for their services but are constrained by their budget. More people have long-term diseases or chronic ailments and need increased care. Helsinki added virtual visits not as an add-on service, but as an integrated part of their home care.
Helsinki enjoyed major efficiency improvements due to embracing virtual visits. A healthcare worker might be able to make 5-10 physical home visits per shift, but can make 60-80 virtual visits in the same amount of time. Similarly, each physical home visit costs about €40–50, but a virtual visit is only about €5. The City of Helsinki is saving about €10 million annually in operating expenses due to VideoVisit.
Moreover, with about 100,000 kilometres in travelling saved each month, virtual visits are much more environmentally friendly and help municipalities achieve their sustainability goals. Cutting out 100,000 kilometres in unnecessary car travel saves about 12.34 tonnes of CO2 emissions every month.
Safer during the COVID-19 pandemic
“Today we even have another challenge: how to safely provide healthcare in a pandemic,” says Ojala. “Remote care is the answer.”
Healthcare workers are a high-risk group. They need to serve many members of the public but still remain safe and not spread the disease. A good example is the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). When the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic began to be clear, the UK asked for innovators who could support people digitally. Eighteen different solutions were handpicked for the “Techforce 19” programme out of 1,600 applicants. VideoVisit was the only non-UK company selected.
VideoVisit has also expanded to Baltics and Iberia and will add more efforts into other markets such as Nordics and UK. In the fall they launch in Japan, which faces another challenge. Japan’s demographics are aging rapidly and they need homecare solutions for their elderly.
Saudi Arabia interested in virtual care
“The Saudi Ministry of Health had an official visit to Finland and saw a demo of our services in Helsinki. They even got to talk remotely to a patient at home to see how it worked and what he thought about it,” Ojala says. “They were very interested in our solution and invited us to Saudi Arabia.”
Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system faces unique challenges. While Japan needs help with an aging population, the demographics in the Middle-East are different. Saudi Arabia is more concerned with efficiently and effectively treating long-term and chronic diseases.
VidoeVisit’s solution is versatile enough to fit the needs of different countries. It is capable of combining home, primary and secondary care in one system. It can be used by everyone from a social care worker to a specialist surgeon to consult with patients.
“We provide the technology platform, but we also help healthcare systems evolve their care models so they can implement virtual care services,” Ojala explains. “They can change their operational model to give better care to their patients while improving efficiency.”
Helping to make patients happier and healthier
Although healthcare systems can improve care and lower costs, some of the greatest benefits goes to patients and their families. VideoVisit also provides a mobile application for family members so they can talk to their loved ones over a secure connection. This gives them peace of mind when they can see and talk to their family, regardless of how far away they are.
Many patients might have difficulty leaving their homes, due to COVID-19 restrictions or their own conditions. VideoVisit gives them opportunities to socialise with other people.
“We’ve had group-based activities, like physical rehabilitation sessions, book clubs or even virtual visits from local priests,” says Ojala. “Many patients tend to be lonely, so this contact can be very important for their happiness and well-being.”
If you are interested in seeing how virtual visits can help your patients while increasing efficiency, please visit videovisitglobal.com.
Editor: David J. Cord