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AEDH : Les Premiers Résultats D’un Nouveau Souffle Le Conseil d'administration de l'Association européenne des directeurs d'hôpitaux s'est réuni pour la première fois après les élections et sa nouvelle constitution lors du congrès de Zurich en 2010. Cette 92ème réunion dans l'histoire de l'AEDH s'est tenue le 20 mai 2011 au secrétariat...
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Hospital Mergers: Managing Complex Change in a Complex Environment
Hospital mergers are an increasingly common phenomenon in the healthcare sector but how can we successfully manage such radical changes? (E)Hospital spoke to Dr. Soki Choi, a consultant, teacher and researcher from the Karolinska Institute to find out more about the topic. Dr. Choi performed an extensive study of the flagship merger of two Swedish...
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Enhancing Prescribing Efficiency Through Increased Utilisation of Generics at Low Prices
Pharmaceutical expenditure is increasingly scrutinised across all sectors due to its rapid growth outstripping other components of healthcare. This growth has been driven by well-known factors. These include changing demographics, strict clinical outcome targets, rising patient expectations, continued pressure from pharmaceutical companies and the...
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The Obstacles to Safe Medication Administration
In Norwegian hospitals pharmaceuticals are put out to tender in order to save costs. Each year a list of the hospital's drugs is prepared based on the results of these tenders. This article describes the practical consequences of this procedure, based on a study among hospital nurses. The results showed quite unanimously that the nurses were concerned...
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Overview of Healthcare in the United Kingdom
Healthcare in the United Kingdom (UK) is mainly provided by the National Health Service, a public health service, which provides healthcare that is free at the point of use to all permanent residents of the UK, and is paid for from general taxation. Though the public system dominates healthcare provision in the UK, private healthcare and a wide variety...
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Modernising the NHS: Health and Social Care Bill 2011
Like all European countries the UK was hit hard by the financial crisis. Since its formation, the new coalition government has announced widespread cuts across public sector spending. Although the healthcare budget was exempt, the government announced plans in January 2011 to modernise the National Health Service in the hopes of improving care and...
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The Institute of Healthcare Management
The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) is the professional organisation for managers throughout health and social care in the UK, including: the NHS; independent providers; healthcare consultants and the armed forces. IHM's focus is improving patient/user care wherever and whenever they need healthcare. The route to achieving this is through...
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Editorial
Une Europe Plus Forte L'europe doit actuellement faire face à de grandes difficultés. Nous souffrons toujours des effets de la crise économique et financière et les discussions concernant la dette publique dans les États membres contraignent encore nos activités. Une gestion de crise est nécessaire. Il fondamental que l'Europe reste pour tous un...
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AEDH : Les Premiers Résultats D’un Nouveau Souffle
Le Conseil d'administration de l'Association européenne des directeurs d'hôpitaux s'est réuni pour la première fois après les élections et sa nouvelle constitution lors du congrès de Zurich en 2010. Cette 92ème réunion dans l'histoire de l'AEDH s'est tenue le 20 mai 2011 au secrétariat général, à Bruxelles. C'est le nouveau président, M. Heinz...
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Putting Patients First », Le Patient Au Centre Des Soins De Santé
Le Forum des patients européen (European Patients' Forum, EPF) a été fondé en 2003 afin de devenir « la voix des patients » au niveau européen, manifestant la solidarité, la puissance et l'unité du mouvement des patients en Europe. Ses cinq objectifs stratégiques sont l'égalité d'accès, l'implication des patients et la prise en compte de leur point...
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