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04/26/2013

Multi-dimensional planning is the future

Hospital refurbishment or new buildings can quickly run into several million euros. …

10/30/2012

Dynamic technological change is transforming European CT markets

– The demand for multi-slice computed tomography (CT) systems will drive growth in the European CT market. …

09/11/2012

China Medical Service Industry Development Summit 2012

Demand for health services in China is on the surge, and democracy pre-empts an upward trajectory. …

09/04/2012

Magellan is quick and good for complex ops

Surgeons at a leading UK hospital are pioneering robotic endovascular surgery to treat patients with complex conditions. …

09/03/2012

Connectivity and interoperability

Roche’s new information system aims to tackle the complexity and variability of clinical processes within and beyond laboratories. …

07/16/2012

The new Alder Hey Children’s Hospital

Britain’s many new hospitals are more than brave architectural statements – they consistently win awards, inspire others and, above all, improve life for all who use them. Now …

07/10/2012

Centre Hospitalier de Rambouillet

Copper and its alloys reduce the rate of nosocomial infections in hospitals by 40%, according to an American study led by Michael Schmidt (University of South Carolina). For the …

06/29/2012

The Queen opens new Northern Ireland hospital

Her Majesty the Queen officially opened the new state-of-the-art South West Acute Hospital, in the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen on June 26th. The £276 million hospital is …

02/22/2012

MedAustron is becoming a reality in Wiener Neustadt

Currently there is a truly enormous hole in the ground in the city of Wiener Neustadt, Austria, but by summer 2012 MedAustron, one of the most modern centres for ion therapy and …

02/15/2012

Shopping for bargains at a virtual trade show

Stretchers, beds, furniture, defibrillators, scanners, pumps, sterilizing units, indeed equipment for all medical disciplines and departments, you name it, a browse around the …

12/20/2011

Leipzig´s futuristic operating theatre

The next generation of integrated operating systems celebrated a world premiere in clinical use this November in Leipzig Germany. EH Correspondent Holger Zorn was there when …

12/20/2011

A conceptual shift for medical device manufacturers

Much has changed for medical device manufacturers. Take scanner development; whereas the aim has long been to increase multi-slices, produce higher field strengths and sharper …

12/20/2011

Surgical lighting

Berchtold has been among the world’s leading manufacturers of quality surgical equipment for almost 90 years, today offering operating theatre lights, tables, ceiling supply …

10/27/2011

Manufacturers, please! - Improve medical products labels for quicker recognition

For 100% safety, medical products should be better labelled. While legislators, regulatory authorities and certification bodies stipulate that manufacturers should provide clear …

08/31/2011

Purchasing diagnostic systems

The acquisition of large diagnostic imaging equipment is clearly expensive – but further costs also result from their energy consumption and maintenance, as well as hidden costs …

06/20/2011

Copper: The relentless killer on our side

Professor Bill Keevil, Director of the Environmental Healthcare Unit at University of Southampton’s School of Biological Sciences, was among the first microbiological …

06/20/2011

Killing copper

In Europe, nosocomial infections cause about 25,000 deaths every year. Copper has strong antibiotic effects and may reduce hospital acquired infections. …

05/06/2011

How green is your hospital?

Sometimes small efforts can have a big effect. In a pilot project, a team at the University of Heidelberg is studying what are the real energy guzzlers in hospitals and what cost …

02/25/2011

Ergonomic design in medical technology

The application of ergonomic principles can enhance product design and, more importantly, the usability of medical devices. Ideally the operation of the product is adaptable to …

12/29/2010

New service contracts for reprocessing endoscopy systems

Smooth, flawlessly running reprocessing systems ensure regulatory hygiene standards as well as the constant availability of all endoscopes. To this end, along with the established …

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