Keywords: Patient Safety

05/06/2013

Anaesthesiology

A UK study has highlighted the issue of patients waking up from a general anaesthetic while undergoing surgery. The research, which questioned more than 7,100 consultant …

03/04/2013

Germany’s White List

A large survey for leading German health insurers has resulted in a hospital evaluation portal thatenables patients to compare and choose a doctor and treatment or care centre …

03/01/2013

The nose knows

Cliff, a two-year-old beagle, has recently demonstrated his talent for detecting Clostridium difficile according to doctors at the Vrije University Medical Centre (VUMC) in …

02/01/2013

Simpler risk scoring

Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) supports physicians in vital treatment decisions. …

01/30/2013

Trumpf distrubtes ViKY in the Middle East

Robotics and systems providing assistance during procedures harbor great potential for medical use. …

01/18/2013

BVMed asks for immediate action

The German Medical Technology Association BVMed is asking the European Commission, the Council and the Parliament to take immediate action in bringing forward appropriate measures …

01/08/2013

Europe’s pressing need for transcultural competence

Patients with a migration background can create underestimated difficulties in healthcare systems in Western countries. …

01/07/2013

Birmingham hospital leads the way on hourly nursing rounds

Patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham are already seeing the benefits of hourly nurse rounds, which are expected to be rolled out nationwide, under plans announced …

01/07/2013

‘The perfect murder is one that isn’t actually discovered’

Austrian specialist: If the science is not used the impact on crime detection will be negative …

11/28/2012

Toshiba boosts CT scanning to maximum performance

The new Aquilion ONE ViSION is the widest, fastest, thinnest-slice CT ever built, capable to pushing both anatomical and functional studies to new levels. …

11/27/2012

Carestream opens portal for patients to view images

No more CD or DVDs! MyVue Patient Portal empowers patients to securely access, manage and share their medical images and radiology reports with specialists and healthcare …

11/16/2012

European certification for medical products

The recent scandal around faulty breast implants from France started it, first the talk about the entire medical devices industry, and then progression towards the monitoring and …

11/13/2012

Physicians fail to disclose conflicts of interest on social media

As the use of Twitter and other social media by physicians and patients rises, more and more physicians seem to forget to do what many consider crucial for building doctor-patient …

11/12/2012

Reading the changing face of lab medicine

The 24th International Symposium of the AACC Critical & Point of Care Testing Division. Report: Michael Reiter …

11/09/2012

Acute hospital care in England could be on the verge of collapse

With growing bed shortages and increased demand on clinical services, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says that the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is approaching …

09/13/2012

Crisis as an opportunity

Rarely have the topics at the EHFG been so relevant to the current international economic crisis – reason enough for EH correspondent Christian Pruszinsky to interview the …

09/04/2012

The chronic lack of donor organs

4,500 scientists, transplant teams and related social groups from 94 countries gathered in Berlin for the International Congress of the Transplant Society. …

09/03/2012

Battling against hospital acquired infections

Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are among the most common complications during a hospital and care home stay in the West (although they also occur in developing countries, …

09/03/2012

France: Almost 30% of medical acts are unjustified

A recent poll of more than 800 hospitals and private doctors reveals that only 72% of medical acts are fully justified. In conclusion 30% of all medical acts in France are …

09/03/2012

Organ donation

Rumour had it for a while, and many found out when the bomb was finally dropped at, of all places, the Congress of the International Transplantation Society, held in Berlin this …