Die F ü hrung Eines Krankenhauses Die Wirtschaftskrise und verschiedene Skandale haben das öffentliche Interesse an jeglicher Unternehmensführung verstärkt. Im Gesundheitswesen ist die Unternehmens - führung seit jeher ein Schlüsselfaktor für die Organisation und das Management einesKrankenhauses. Angesichts der Evolution des Gesundheitswesens...
READ MORERentabilité du Contrôle de l’Infection: une Approche Triple Par Ellen E. Stobberingh, Ed E.J. Smeets et Frank H. van Tiel Les infections contractées à l’hôpital sont un problem global qui débouche sur un accroissement de la morbidité nosocomiale et de la mortalité, ainsi que sur une augmentation de la charge financière de l’hôpital...
READ MOREGovernance Hospitali ére La crise économique et plusieurs scandals ont affiné l’intérêt du grand public pour la gouvernance au sein des entreprises. Dans le secteur des soins de santé, la gouvernance est depuis longtemps un élément crucial dans l’organisation et la gestion des hôpitaux. Vu l’évolution des soins de santé et la situation...
READ MOREThe Netherlands “Striving For a Healthy Crisis” The Dutch week of public health took place from the 6th to the 12th of April, coinciding with World Health Day. The motto for this year was "Striving for a Healthy Crisis". An initiative of the Dutch Public Health Federation (NPHF), the aim: to generate broad media attention, putting public...
READ MOREHealthcare Associated Infections Cost Europe 5.5 Billion Euros per year A round table on patient safety and healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) organised by Health First Europe and cohosted by MEPs Liz Lynne and Amalia Sartori revealed the extent of the burden of HCAIs on Europe’s healthcare systems. The European Centre for...
READ MOREThe Political Fight Against TB Political pressure is growing on the European Union and national governments to increase resources in the fight against tuberculosis as new research reveals that 55 people are diagnosed with the disease every hour in Europe. A cross-party group of members of the European Parliament has tabled...
READ MOREKosteneffektive Infektionskontrolle: Ein Drei-Zangen-Ansatz Von Ellen E. Stobberingh, Ed E.J. Smeets und Frank H. van Tiel Im Krankenhaus erworbene Infektionen sind ein globales Problem, das zu erhöhter nosokomialer Morbidität und sogar Mortalität führt, und die finanzielle Belastung für sowohl das Krankenhaus als auch die Gesellschaft...
READ MOREThe IT@ Networking Awards 2009 (IT@2009) aims to select outstanding European healthcare IT solution in hospitals and healthcare facilities and bring them to the pan-European stage. The event will take place in Brussels from 29 - 30 October 2009. The attendees will consist of CEOs, CIOs, hospital and healthcare IT Managers, physicians with...
READ MOREThe ontology-driven Semantic Interoperability Workshop in ehealth was organised on June 22-23 in the framework of the epSOS project. The goal of this meeting was to advance the evolution of e-health systems in the direction of semantic interoperability. The use and integration of terminologies and associated coding systems as well as ontology-based...
READ MOREThe European Association of Healthcare IT Managers (HITM) and their official journal, Healthcare IT Management were proud supporters of the third Baltic Conference on e-health that took place this September under the patronage of Ulla Schmidt, German Federal Minister of Health. The theme was cross-border healthcare and the event made possible a crosssector...
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