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Women's Health

#EUSOBI2019: Stand-Alone Tomosynthesis Breast Cancer Screening Wins EUSOBI Award

A paper on tomosynthesis screening research won the EUSOBI Award for the most quoted breast imaging paper published in European... Read more

Tomosynthesis and Multi-disciplinary Teams at EUSOBI

  The European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) is preparing to open its doors to nearly 1000 participants from across... Read more

Surveillance MRI in breast cancer survivors

The addition of breast MRI to mammography in screening breast cancer survivors for new cancers results in higher cancer detection... Read more

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Coronavirus Outbreak: On the Verge of Global Emergency

Coronavirus Outbreak: On the Verge of Global Emergency

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), is reconvening the International... Read more

WHO

WHO Committee to Meet on Coronavirus ‘Emergency’ Status

The Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) will be reconvened by the World Health Organization Director-General... Read more

Prostate is Now Most Common Cancer

Prostate is Now Most Common Cancer

Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England. According to the data revealed by Public Health... Read more

Radiology and Imaging
Waiting room

Improving Patient Experience in Radiology Waiting Rooms

In providing imaging and other medical services, the "human factor" is key in creating a positive patient experience. Based... Read more

Lead Apron

Do Lead Aprons Still Serve A Purpose?

  In the x-ray room, lead apron has been a common fixture used to shield patients from radiation.   While this ritual of covering... Read more

Informatics

Informatics Tools Demystify Radiology Reports For Patients

As more patients become engaged in their care, they require medical communication like radiology reports to be more understandable.... Read more

Healthcare IT
Cybersecurity

WEF Proposes 4 Cybersecurity Measures For 1 Billion Users

As the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting continues in Davos , Switzerland, the global private-public organisation... Read more

Healthcare apps

German Doctors To Prescribe Health Apps in ‘World First’

  The German healthcare system is undergoing several digital upgrades this year in order to improve the service.   One... Read more

WEF 2020

Most Companies Have No AI Plan: WEF Promotes AI Toolkit

Global technology investment is rising to $52bln in the next three years, and expected to double the annual growth rates of... Read more

ICU and Emergency

VITAMINS Trial: No Significant Benefit of Vitamin C Cocktail

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that causes nearly one-third to half of all hospital deaths. It is also responsible for... Read more

Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest

Post-anoxic brain damage after cardiac arrest is a complex condition that is managed through targeted temperature management... Read more

Potentially Preventable ICU Admissions

As our population continues to age, and as medical conditions become more complex, the need for intensive care unit beds continues... Read more

Cardiology

The Year in Cardiology Imaging

During 2019, a major area of interest in cardiology was multimodality imaging and the application of artificial intelligence... Read more

Top Heart Disease, Stroke Research Advances in 2019

Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. Over the years, scientific research and technological... Read more

5 Practices to Improve Doctor-Patient Relationships

A new paper published by researchers from Stanford highlights five practices that could play a critical role in implementing... Read more

Blog

Reimagining Hospitals

  One of the most cost-effective ways to reinvent hospitals will be throug Read more

To Have a Healthy Work Environment, Mind the Gap

Staffing. Burnout. Retention. Quality. You don’t often speak to direct... Read more

Zoom On: Prof. Mamas A. Mamas

Prof. Mamas A Mamas is a structural interventional cardiologist, treating... Read more

2020: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

This New Year is significant for World Health as the World Health... Read more

What does the competitive landscape for your areas of specialisation look like?

What are the factors that drive innovation and change? AI in... Read more

Reinventing breast tomosynthesis

Expanding leadership based on clinical evidence  In early September,... Read more

White Papers and Case Studies

Spreading Point-Of-Care Ultrasound Across Northern Spain

The rapid scanning and dynamic imaging capabilities offered by point-of-care... Read more

Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of Mini-Spike® 2 Chemo V - A Closed System Transfer Device

In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of... Read more

Closed Infusion Systems Including Caresite® Extension Set Prevent Microbial Contamination

In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function of closed infusion... Read more

Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of the Safeflow Valve - A Closed System Transfer Device

In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of... Read more

Peterborough City Hospital One for all – standardising medical equipment

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is widely used in hospitals across... Read more

How to improve patient-ventilator synchrony

Waveform analysis and optimization of ventilator settings... Read more

UCI Health: Spotlight on Central-line associated bloodstream infections

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) result from contaminati Read more

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Spotlight on Sepsis

In 2015, UPMC a global multi-hospital system that has over 40 hospitals... Read more

Telemedicine – a new model for pre-hospital ultrasound?

FUJIFILM SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will... Read more

Taking the Mystery Out of Machine Learning

Radiologists have been taught to fear machine learning.  It means what... Read more

Seven Steps to a More Efficient and Resilient IT Solution

Efficient patient-centric care models require consolidating mountains... Read more

Canterbury Hospital, Australia

Located in Sydney’s Inner west, Canterbury Hospital has just over... Read more

From Our Journals

Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent MD, PhD

Cost-Effectiveness

In medicine the benefits of treatment are always weighed against possible...

Mr. Andre Heinz

What Are the Keys to Attracting and Retaining Qualified Staff in Healthcare?

For the CEO 's of many organisations in the healthcare industry, attracting...

Dr Michael Ramsay MD, FRCA

New hospital policies and procedures required for patient safety

Eighteen Actionable Patient Safety Solutions are the key to zero preventable

Prof. Massimo Antonelli MD

Challenges in the Management of the Critically Ill Patient

Interview with Massimo Antonelli, Professor of Intensive Care and Anaesthe

 Luis Martí-Bonmatí

Creating the Dream Team in Radiology

Summary: A modern successful radiology department team needs top-flight...

 Les Jebson MHA, FACHE, FACMPE

Guiding Population Health Strategy with Visual Data

An emerging management approach in healthcare delivery is that of a migration...

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