• Data Privacy in a Wider Perspective of Risk Management

    Data privacy awareness has increased significantly within the health sector over the last few years; this is mainly due to EU and national legislation. Another reason is the adoption of new technologies, such as the electronic patient file and electronic prescriptions. However, data privacy is not limited to Information Technology (IT); the physical...

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  • New Ways of Optimising Imaging Services

    The Golden Rules of Cost Management Both managers in the medical imaging department (MID), as well as hospital managers, are seeking new ways to provide an optimised service within a climate of shrinking healthcare budgets, competition from private imaging centres, and increased demand for evidence based medical provision. In this article, I will...

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  • The role of Management Development in the Irish Health Services

    Doing more with less is one of the great mantras of management. However, during this time of constrained resources, can service quality really be improved while cost savings are made? In the last two years, the Irish Health Service has demonstrated that it is possible and much of the progress can be attributed to better managers and to better management....

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  • The Irish Healthcare System

    Like most European countries, Ireland, and consequently, its health service, is having to cope with an ageing population. Each year the total number of people over the age of 65 grows by around 20,000 persons. The Department of  Health predict that the population of over-65s will more than double over the next 30 years. This will have significant implications...

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  • Cross-border Collaboration in Ireland

    The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) is the leading membership organisation for health and social care managers and leaders in Northern Ireland. In recent years, IHM Northern Ireland and the Health Management Institute of Ireland (HMI) have collaborated in a number of cross-border initiatives, including shared learning for members. Louise McMahon,...

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  • Editorial

    TIRER LES LEÇONS DE SES ÉCHECS Les excuses que David Cameron a prononcées au Parlement britannique pour les abus qui avaient pu se produire pendant des années dans l'hôpital de Stafford étaient extraordinaires. À notre connaissance, la mauvaise performance d'un hôpital dans l'accomplissement de sa mission de service public n'avait jamais été dénoncée...

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  • AEDH News

    L’AEDH DEVIENT PARTENAIRE AFIN D’ASSURER LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DU LEADERSHIP ET DES COMPÉ- TENCES MANAGÉRIALES À UN NIVEAU INTERNATIONAL S'appuyant sur les objectifs stratégiques de l'OMS prévoyant de développer les compétences managériales, la Fédération Internationale des Hôpitaux (International Hospital Federation, IHF) a proposé de soutenir les bases...

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  • Executive Summaries

    L'évolution du rôle de l'hôpital Par Roland Ollivier, Emilie Hericher, Cedric Arcos La situation des hôpitaux à la fin du siècle dernier pourrait être définie comme transitoire, entre un modèle stable de changements partiellement prévisibles et le nouveau schéma de l'environnement des soins de santé et de la gestion des hôpitaux que nous connaissons...

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  • Editorial

    AUS VERSAGEN LERNEN Spektakulär war die Entschuldigung von David Cameron im britischen Parlament für Missstände, die laut Presseberichten, über Jahre im Hospital von Stafford geschehen konnten. Unserem Wissen nach wurde die schlechte Leistung eines Krankenhauses in der Wahrnehmung seines Versorgungsauftrages noch nie so Medienwirksam in einem europäischen...

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  • EVKD News

    EAHM ZUSAMMENARBEIT ZUR ENTWICKLUNG INTERNATIONALER FÜHRUNGSSTÄRKE UND MANAGEMENT KOMPETENZEN Aufbauend auf der strategischen Schwerpunktsetzung der World Health Organisation (WHO) bezüglich der Entwicklung von Management-Kompetenzen schlug die Internationale Krankenhausvereinigung (International Hospital Federation IHF) in Zusammenarbeit mit den...

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