In November, the 2008 edition of the annual Euro Health Consumer Index came out with its facts and figures for the year. This publication, which comprises 34 indicators of quality, ranked the Dutch healthcare system as “the best” in Europe. The overall ranking was divided into six categories: e-health, patient rights, patient information,...
READ MOREUne Dèlègation Danoise En Visite à Bruxelles L’année dernière, notre organisationsoeur, la Dansk Selskab For Ledelse I Sundhedsvæsenet a décidé de créer un sous-comité international. L’objectif était de promouvoir l’échange de connaissances et d’expériences avec la c... Read more
READ MOREInvestissement en e-Santé Par Alexander Dobrev, Tom Jones et Karl A. Stroetmann L’étude récente, intitulée Financing eHealth, fournit une guidance générale aux investisseurs potentiels en e-santé afin de les soutenir dans leur processus décisionnel. La leçon principale en ce qui concerne les modèles à adopter est d’inté grer les...
READ MOREDanische Delegation Besucht Brussel Vergangenes Jahr beschloss unsere dänische Schwester-Organisation, das dänische ,,Selskab For Ledelse I Sundhedsvæsenet“, ein internationales Sub- Komitee zu gründen. Das Ziel ist ein Erfahrungs- und Wissensaustausch mit der internationalen Gemeinschaft, das Verfolgen von internationalen Entwicklungen im Managementbereich...
READ MOREEhealth Investment Von Alexander Dobrev, Tom Jones und Karl A. Stroetmann Die kürzlich fertiggestellte eHealth-Finanzierungsstudie stellt einen allgemeinen Leitfaden für künftige Investoren im eHealth-Bereich dar und liefert eine Unterstützung bei Entscheidungen über Finanzierungen. Der wichtigste Punkt der angebotenen Modelle ist...
READ MOREGreen Paper on the European Workforce for Health Last December, the European Commission adopted a green paper on the EU workforce for health. This marks the beginning of a consultation period which aims to identify common responses to the many challenges facing the health workforce in Europe. A high quality health workforce is crucial for successful...
READ MOREPopulation Growth – A Challenge Latest News from the Association of Hospital Managers of Vienna Population growth and the consequent challenges for the healthcare sector was the aptly chosen theme of the Seventh Training Conference for Hospital Managers held in Vienna in November 2008. The proportion of the population aged...
READ MORECzech EU Presidency The biggest challenge facing the Czech government during its European presidency over the next six months will be to secure agreement on new legislation to update existing European working time rules. Prague, with the help of the European Commission, has just three months to end the stand off between national governments...
READ MOREAuthor Paul Johannesson is Professor of Information Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Erik Perjons is a research engineer at the Institute. Politicians, healthcare managers, and systems designers need new instruments for managing the complexity of today's healthcare systems. One of...
READ MOREAuthor Andrew Hoole, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University, UK. Edwin Claridge, University Hospital, Birmingham, UK. A Mini HIS for Oncology The selection and integration of appropriate information systems is one of the challenges facing hospital managers in their quest to achieve...
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