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07/01/2009

Hard-to-heal wounds

In `Hard-to-heal wounds: a holistic approach´ a paper produced by the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), the authors analyse the calculation of treatment costs, based …

05/01/2009

64% of medical professionals suffer abuse

64% of medical professionals are subjected to threats, coercion and insults. 34.4% have suffered threats and coercion on at least one occasion and 23.8% on numerous occasions. …

05/01/2009

Reimbursement for new medical technologies

Olaf Winkler, Head of Department for Healthcare at BVMed, the German Medical Technology Association, outlines the obstacles that must be overcome to integrate medical technology …

03/27/2009

"Hospital of the future" opens according to master plan

The new Clinic of the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, which opened on 2 February, is part of a "master plan" to transform the UKE into one of the most …

03/27/2009

Children's hospital recognised for excellence

This January, staff members at the Siegen children's hospital Siegen received a Recognised for Excellence (3 stars) certificate for quality services from Dr André Moll, project …

03/01/2009

Airport style check-in for patients

United Kingdom - Next year, patients arriving at a new 1,200-bed hospital opened by the new University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) will be able to register …

03/01/2009

Speeding up health-care administration

Human interaction is of the utmost importance in healthcare services, but with ever-increasing demands on tight budgets, which increase pressures on staff and service levels, it's …

02/17/2009

Meeting the needs of different cultures: Austria

Anna Köck, Dipl. Rel-Päd (FH), Catholic Hospital Pastor at Graz University Hospital, Head of the Centre for Graz Hospital Staff and Head of the Christians and Muslims in the …

02/17/2009

Meeting the needs of different cultures: The Czech Republic

Our correspondent Rostislav Kuklik (above) reports that the physician-to-patient relationship is always very specific when it comes to different cultures or ethnics. 'Worldwide, …

02/17/2009

Meeting the needs of different cultures: Germany

Migrant medicine as a course for German medical students? This is a unique concept in a country where it is currently only being offered at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen. …

02/17/2009

Meeting the needs of different cultures: Switzerland

From Switzerland, Dr André Weissen reports that there are no consistent hospital guidelines regarding patients' faiths. 'There are neither any directives nor binding rules as to …

12/18/2008

Harvard Business School Executive Education

Healthcare delivery is undergoing a profound transformation. To compete effectively, healthcare executives are charged with improving both the financial performance and medical …

10/28/2008

First UK University to acquire Von Hagens Plastinations for anatomy teaching

His work is discussed controversially across the world: his supporters call it art, his opponents call it illegal an immoral. Nevertheless, Gunter von Hagens' plastinations …

10/28/2008

The sense of health statistics

Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, …

10/27/2008

First European University Hospital - a viable proposition

In line of the MCC Hospital World 2008, the International Congress for Decision Makers in the Hospital Market, that took place in September in Berlin, Germany, several highly …

09/30/2008

Management prize for German hospitals

A long overdue prize finally recognises successful management teams and concepts in German hospitals: the RFH Hospital Innovation Prize, jointly sponsored by the College for …

09/08/2008

German hospital groups launch new quality initiative

The “quality medicine initiative” aims at ensuring and improving the quality of diagnostics and therapy. It was launched today by six German hospitals and hospital groups and …

09/01/2008

EHFG

The programme for this year's European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) - its 10th gathering - covers a far broader range of topics than before. During over 20 plenary sessions, forums …

09/01/2008

Efficient processes in the Finnish hospital HUS

The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) is the biggest of 20 hospital districts in Finland. It provides specialised and university level health care services in and …

09/01/2008

Courses for future hospital managers

Today hospital managers have to meet varied and complex requirements. Their field of activities covers multiple disciplines and the decisions they make are of far-reaching …

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