University of Florida to Use DreaMed Decision-Support
The Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL USA) will begin using the Advisor Pro Decision-Support System... Read more
Siemens Healthineers adds Lung Cancer to its AI Pathway Companion
Siemens Healthineers recently added non-small cell lung cancer support to its AI Pathway Companion. Currently supported pathways are non-small... Read more
AI-Rad Companion: Providing multi-modality imaging decision support
The AI-Rad Companion, our family of AI-powered, augmented workflow solutions, helps you to reduce the burden of basic repetitive tasks and may... Read more
Clinically Appropriate Use of Diagnostic Imaging With Medicalis CDS
Imaging clinical decision support systems are the next generation tools for the appropriate utilisation of diagnostic imaging. Statistics... Read more
Recent Diagnostic Centre Trends
Diagnostic centres now face an unprecedented demand for their services due to an ageing global population and a greater variety of available... Read more
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Connected Care and Utilisation of Patient Data
Connecting care teams to patients can drive patient engagement and improve treatment processes that can assist cooperative care. HealthManagement.org interviewed Xavier Battle, head of Marketing and Sales for the Digital Health Business Line for Siemens Healthineers, about the importance and benefits of connected care, application of real-time data,... Read more
4 Things To Start Doing Today to Reduce Medical Errors
1. Practise Good Self-Care It’s vital for your personal wellbeing that you take adequate breaks from work, including time for relaxation and respite in the form of hobbies and outdoor activities. Yoga and meditation can be particularly helpful for maintaining a balanced and clear mind, which equips you for making good, logical decisions that are not... Read more
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Image Interpretation Principles of 3D Automated Breast Ultrasound – A Case Based Introduction
2022 02 Jun
Ingolf Karst, MD, PhD, MA 1 ; Nadine Gottschalk, MD 2 ; Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, FACR 2 ; Erin I. Neuschler, MD 3 1 Breast Imaging, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA 2 Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA 3 Department of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of... Read more
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis in Screening – Approaches to Reduce Reading Time
2022 02 Jun
Ioannis Sechopoulos, PhD Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Dutch Expert Center for Screening (LRCB), Nijmegen, The Netherlands Abstract The development of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for the detection of breast cancer has resulted in many trials showing that... Read more
Titanium Contrast-Enhanced Mammography (TiCEM): Mammography Becomes a Functional Technique
2022 02 Jun
Arlette Elizalde, MD and Luis J. Pina Insausti, MD, PhD Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Abstract Digital Mammography has evolved into more accurate techniques, such as Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Contrast Enhanced Dual Energy Mammography (CEDEM). CEDEM combines the high spatial resolution of Digital Mammography and the... Read more
Medical Errors in the Preanalytical Phase of Blood Gases Test
2023 26 May
The preanalytical phase of the blood gases study is the most susceptible to errors, causing increased time and costs for patients and hospitals. Knowledge and training of the involved health personnel must be constant to improve results. Introduction Arterial or venous blood gases test is a frequent tool in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)... Read more
Medical Error And Harm
2022 17 Feb
Patients in the intensive care unit generally have complex healthcare issues with underlying comorbidities and organ dysfunction. They are thus more vulnerable to medical errors. Often, the treatment of these patients requires the use of interventions that could potentially result in adverse events, errors and harm. While critical care guidelines... Read more
Medical Error, Harm and Patient Safety
2022 17 Feb
Join our panellists on March 1 at 16:00 CET as they discuss the prevalence and types of medical errors in the ICU, the psychological impact of these errors, and strategies to prevent them and improve the safety of critically ill patients. Moderator Jean-Louis Vincent Editor-in-Chief ICU Management & Practice Professor Department... Read more
Coping With the Psychological Impact of Medical Errors: Some Practical Strategies
2022 17 Feb
Significant efforts have been made to make hospitals and ICUs as safe as possible. As healthcare workers (HCWs) try to get through this pandemic, the focus of this article is to explore practical steps to help these workers better cope with the psychological effects of being involved in an error event. Introduction:... Read more
Patient Safety in the ICU: Exploring Trends in Adverse Events in ICUs
2022 17 Feb
Adverse events (AEs) are common among critically ill patients. Evidence about the nature, preventability and predictability of AEs can be used to reinvest in efforts to reduce them and improve patient safety in ICUs. Case Mr. A, a previously well 70-year-old male was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with respiratory... Read more
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Medical errors: is prevention possible?
How the Patient Safety Movement is striving for zero preventable deaths... Read more
Learning from Medical Errors
Healthcare professionals/trainees are often unprepared to experience... Read more
Coping With the Psychological Impact of Medical Errors: Some Practical Strategies
Significant efforts have been made to make hospitals... Read more
Closing the Loop: The Road to Zero Medication Errors
Summary: It is estimated that even today, medical errors are the... Read more
New hospital policies and procedures required for patient safety
Eighteen Actionable Patient Safety Solutions are the key to zero preventable Read more
Does Technology Gap Cause Medical Errors?
Hardly a day goes by without some new revelation of an information... Read more