Utility of lead glasses and eye dosemeters in radiation protection
The number of interventional procedures has expanded steadily over the last two decades as new interventions of increasing complexity... Read more
Medical 3D printing: physicians as artists
The use of 3D printing in medicine has accelerated in recent years, with some hospitals using the technology to plan complicated... Read more
Imaging study provides further insight into subconcussion
New research from Indiana University finds clear differences in the brains of athletes playing contact sports compared to those... Read more
Solid cancer patients: high day-120 mortality post-ICU discharge
The challenge for intensivists is to identify which patients with solid cancers would benefit from ICU care. A new multicentre,... Read more
Pre-hospital ECPR: challenges and benefits
Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has remained low despite advances in resuscitation science. Hospital-based... Read more
Inspiratory muscle training well-tolerated in ICU patients
Respiratory muscle weakness is common in critically ill patients, but the role of targeted inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in... Read more
New actors identified in atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of death and disease in the Western world. Still, there are a lot unresolved questions... Read more
Poor validity of GPs' heart failure diagnoses?
A new systematic review of pooled data of 196,105 patients with heart failure (HF) has confirmed a phenotype of older women with... Read more
Structural heart disease: mHealth improves outcomes
An initial mHealth diagnostic strategy was associated with a shorter time to definitive therapy among patients with structural... Read more
Has the EHR blame game gone too far?
It is a common complaint among physicians that EHR documentation takes too much of their time. They say that EHR systems are not... Read more
Deception technology in battle against cyber-threats
According to an annual study on privacy and security of healthcare data, Ponemon Institute reports that nearly 90 percent of healthcare... Read more
Europe's smart pill tech market set for growth
Smart pill technology is an innovative method of drug delivery. Smart pills are basically medical devices and small embedded electronic... Read more
How to reduce surgery times: stick to the same op
A new study of trained surgeons in the UK shows a strong relationship between the order of surgical procedures and duration of... Read more
Four-steps to fight back against EHR burnout
Burnout among U.S. physicians seems to have reached epidemic proportions. As shown in several recent studies, nearly half of U.S.... Read more
Doctors and patients harnessing the healing power of stories
"What patients bring to their clinicians is their stories," writes behavioural scientist Thomas Egnew. It is through these stories... Read more
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Survey: ICU inter-professional rounding practices
Please see below details of an online survey which is being supported... Read more
Cost Improvement Programmes should be more than just the money, money, money
You might remember 1976. The summer was sweltering, Concorde took to the... Read more
Advances for information exchange between healthcare organisations
Major healthcare IT vendor Orion Health is amongst the first suppliers... Read more
Medical Imaging Convention 2018
The Medical Imaging Convention is the UK’s dedicated trade show for medical... Read more
How Does a Local Heart Foundation Benefit Research and Public Health?
HerzstiftungOlten is a local foundation connected to the Swiss Heart... Read more
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Telemedicine – a new model for pre-hospital ultrasound?
FUJIFILM SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will... Read more
7 Ways to Improve Patient Outcomes in the New World of Value-Based Care
Introduction Hospitals around the world are under increasing pressure... Read more
Regional Healthcare Initiatives in the UK: An Opportunity For Silo-Busting & Integrated Diagnostics
Health authorities in the UK are developing regional initiatives to make... Read more
7 Ways to Maximize your Hospital’s Reputation
Executive summary A hospital’s reputation can do much to help attract... Read more
Taking the Mystery Out of Machine Learning
Radiologists have been taught to fear machine learning. It means what... Read more
Raising Care Standards to Enhance Patient Outcomes
Executive summary Hospitals are under increasing pressure to improve t... Read more
Seven Steps to a More Efficient and Resilient IT Solution
Efficient patient-centric care models require consolidating mountains of... Read more
Breaking Down Silos: Delivering True Clinical Value From a VNA
The vendor neutral archive offers one of the best opportunities to join... Read more
Clinical And Economic Effects Of The i-Stat POCT Solution
INTRODUCTION In Germany, emergency departments (EDs) often suffer fr... Read more
Establishment of Ambulatory Emergency Services at James Paget University Hospital
INTRODUCTION A study of emergency admissions in England found that over... Read more
Canterbury Hospital, Australia
Located in Sydney’s Inner west, Canterbury Hospital has just over 200 beds.... Read more
European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2015: Antibiotics
The European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,... Read more
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Hot Topics in Intensive Care in Turkey
In Turkey intensive care was not a separate specialty for years, and was... Read more
Publiometrics
The significance of research or researchers is frequently discussed and... Read more
Dangerous Boobs Tour
Breast density was a hot topic at the Radiological Society of North America... Read more
Putting Quality and Safety for Patients First: ESR EuroSafe Imaging
The demand for medical imaging examinations is constantly growing, and... Read more
Maged N. Kamel Boulos
Top Quote from Blog: How can the Internet of Things and people help improve... Read more
Interoperability: Slow Progress But Willingness to Improve
A mere 6% of clinicians can effectively access information from healthcare... Read more
