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12/20/2011

Trauma networks ensure effective cooperation

Improved cooperation, a database for artificial joints, antibiotics against pathogens – orthopaedic specialists and surgeons are banking on different ways of increasing patient …

12/19/2011

The Global E-Health Forum

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12/06/2011

Presumed consent not answer to solving organ shortage in U.S.

Changing the organ donation process in this country from opt-in — by, say, checking a box on a driver’s license application— to opt-out, which presumes someone’s …

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 …

10/27/2011

USA: The new Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

In 2012, Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital will be in transition, with a change of name as well as location, when its top class technology, physicians, scientists, staff …

10/20/2011

MIR 2011

It was not the sunshine of the Cote d’Azur in September that lured radiologists to picturesque Nice. Far more enticing was the stimulating programme offered by the Annual …

08/31/2011

The role of hospital management consultants

‘Public hospitals are not yet acknowledging the necessity of engaging management consultants in the same way as private institutions. Management and organisational consultancy …

08/31/2011

Referral management and referral cooperation

‘New market dynamics’ in healthcare, with characteristics such as crowding out, internationalisation of medical services, increasing transparency of services due to the media, …

08/22/2011

Trust leads research knowledge transfer

UHB is leading the way in creating key networks with other European centres of excellence to share knowledge between renowned specialists. The project is already enhancing the …

08/11/2011

How radiotherapy errors can be reduced

A combination of several well-known safety procedures could greatly reduce patient-harming errors in the use of radiation to treat cancer, according to a new study led by Johns …

08/01/2011

A real partnership, with older patients in a central role, is the way forward

Older patients and citizens should play a central role in the design and implementation of solutions for active and healthy ageing, in order to respect their rights and meet their …

07/08/2011

Lack of dignity for older patients

The Dignity in Practice study followed a number of national reports showing that the NHS does not always treat older people with care, dignity and respect and that the lack of …

07/06/2011

Paris Hospitals’ technology transfer arm generated EUR 17M revenues in 2010

One of the world’s leading public health establishments, AP-HP (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) generated EUR 17 million in revenues thanks to its technology transfer …

06/16/2011

Well organised against EHEC

In late May, a particularly aggressive and new strain of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) posed an enormous challenge for northern German hospitals. In Hamburg, the …

05/20/2011

Medical Technology associations commit to advance ethical behaviour globally

Leaders from medical technology associations across the globe have today committed to further advance ethical behaviour globally by signing the “Global Compliance Statement on …

04/19/2011

Identifying risk, averting risk

The introduction of comprehensive risk management to a hospital is challenging. Although initiating quality and safety processes is often easy, the structural changes in a …

03/15/2011

New association launched to support Cross Border Healthcare in Europe

In February this year, the European Parliament approved the EU Directive on Cross-Border Healthcare, establishing a framework for patients to exploit their rights to healthcare in …

02/28/2011

Partnership delivers improvements in pathology services

Southampton University Hospitals’ Department of Laboratory Medicine has recently transformed the way it delivers its pathology service, becoming one of the largest automation …

02/25/2011

The importance of medical teamwork

In 1935, following the spectacular crash of the much-heralded Boeing B-17 bomber, it was concluded that the ‘modern plane was too much for one man to fly’. Similarly, given …

12/28/2010

Quality is the route to improving healthcare

Changing for the better does not depend on the number of hospitals, physicians or beds you have; it’s about eliminating inefficiencies in the pathways of patient care. The …

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