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Vendor-Driven Standards for Interoperability
David Hancock, the healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems, was recently elected vendor co-chair of INTEROPen, a UK collaboration that promotes open standards for interoperability in the health and care sector. HealthManagement.org spoke to David about why he wants INTEROPen to be vendor-led and how this approach will help both suppliers and...
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EUSOBI 2019
About 1000 breast Imaging professionals are meeting this October for the EUSOBI Annual Scientific Meeting in Budapest. Congress organiser, Gabor Forrai spoke to HealthManagement.org about what’s in store and the organisation’s ambitions for the future. What are some of the key challenges in the field of breast imaging and how will these be...
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Improving Patient Experience in the Era Of Digitisation
An overview of Affidea’s journey embedding digital tools across its network to orchestrate patient care and improve patient experience. It was the airline industry which proved 60 years ago that through digitisation, airports could become more efficient and safer. Airports introduced the air traffic control technology which allowed them to...
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How the Brain Works: Looking Inside to Target Treatments
Summary: Groundbreaking study at the University at Buffalo uses brain stimulation to assess how large-scale patterns of brain activity could vary between cognitive systems and across people. Our research at the University at Buffalo explores brain activity and its association with cognitive systems. Each cognitive system consists of a network...
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Emerging Concepts in Nutritional Therapy for the Critically Ill Child
Prudent strategies to optimise nutrition for the critically ill child, improving long-term outcomes, and preserving quality of life. Introduction Optimal delivery of nutrients to the critically ill patient might prevent nutritional deterioration and expedite recovery. Prospective cohort studies have demonstrated the independent association...
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Objective Malnutrition Diagnosis and Personalised Nutrition Delivery in the ICU
Poor ICU nutrition delivery remains a challenge worldwide. Objective malnutrition diagnosis and personalisation of nutrition delivery may be one way of addressing this problem. Modern, and increasingly expensive ICU care now allows prolonged survival from illness and injury by providing life-sustaining support for extended periods of time,...
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The Role of Speech and Language Therapy Supporting Nutritional Management in ICU
Speech and language therapists play an integral role in identifying dysphagia risk factors, facilitating oral intake, and improving clinical outcomes. Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) are recognised members of the multi-disciplinary team working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with a focus on the rehabilitation of communication and swallowing...
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Knowledge Transfer to Improve Outcomes in Critically Ill Immunocompromised Patients
An overview on sharing information, improving clinician skills, and transferring knowledge to ICU specialists about the care of immunocompromised patients. Background Studies have reported a volume-outcome relationship for cancer patients admitted to the ICU. In acute respiratory failure, mortality in ICUs managing more than 2 patients...
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Challenges in the Management of the Critically Ill Patient
Interview with Massimo Antonelli, Professor of Intensive Care and Anaesthesiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Massimo Antonelli is a Professor of Intensive Care and Anesthesiology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. He serves as the Director of the Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and Emergency...
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