Volume 25 - Issue 5, 2025

Healthcare systems are under sustained workforce pressure. Demand keeps rising, roles grow more complex and the distance between expectations and available resources is widening. Shortages, difficulties in retaining staff and rising burnout are tightly connected, with consequences for access, quality, safety and the wellbeing of those who provide care. Across services, leaders, clinicians and partner...

MEDICA in Düsseldorf brings together more than 5,000 exhibitors, 78,000 visitors and international buyer delegations to showcase future health tech, dynamic start-ups and practical AI-driven innovations. Backed by Düsseldorf’s Messe infrastructure and MedValley life sciences ecosystem, it unites business, networking and year-round collaboration in a leading global healthcare hub. MEDICA featur...

Healthcare’s staffing challenge stems from mismatch rather than absolute shortage. Systems should redesign roles, modernise job classes and expand team-based practice. Flexible self-rostering and digital tools reduce administrative load and support retention. OECD, WHO and Eurostat trends show ageing populations, burnout and attrition. Effective responses include task shifting, advanced practice pathways...

Europe’s health and care systems are accelerating digital upskilling, with BeWell mapping 180+ courses and piloting 20 programmes. Regional case studies, from Flanders’ Alivia pilots to Campania’s anti-microbial resistance training, show how AI awareness, data analysis skills, interprofessional teamwork and strong leadership embed digital tools in daily practice and build confident, future-ready work...

Medical error is a systems issue, not incompetence. Recognising three victim groups, making open disclosure routine and applying human-factors thinking within a Just Culture build safety. Belgium’s liability rules deter reporting; a sanction-free national scheme with legal immunity and feedback loops is proposed. Mediation centres turn grievances into learning, while leadership’s ‘golden triangle’...

The NHS faces escalating workforce pressures intensified by generational change, burnout and rising tech demands. The essay analyses tensions between Millennial/Gen Z staff and traditional culture, showing how misaligned expectations, limited flexibility and outdated systems fuel dissatisfaction and attrition. It highlights burnout from understaffing, emotional load and admin burden, and assesses how AI, d...

Healthcare worldwide is showing its cracks. Burnout, shortages and disconnection have become chronic symptoms of a system under strain. Repairing these fractures with gold, inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, means rebuilding from within: restoring trust, strengthening connection, creating psychologically safe teams and reducing friction and moral injury. When we honour what has been broken and rebui...

Healthcare organisations can improve nurse retention by building an integrated system that aligns staffing to competencies, uses dynamic rostering with safe redeployment, offers transparent career progression and invests in continuous education, specialised tracks and digital health training. Safety and learning cultures, open communication and robust mental, physical and spiritual wellbeing support are es...

Radiology in the United States faces a widening workforce gap (about 1,500 fewer radiologists than needed, potentially 3,100 soon) driven by surging imaging demand, more complex studies and attrition from burnout and early retirement. Effects include backlogs and temporary centre closures. Responses span AI-supported interpretations, more training positions and immigration pathways, team-based models, impr...

Imaging AI adoption is accelerating worldwide, with about half of organisations live, Europe leading and Latin America and the Middle East and Africa around 30%. Adoption rises with imaging volume. Most use cases are pixel AI, including CT head for stroke, mammography and chest x-ray, plus MSK fractures and bone age. Platforms from PACS vendors are widely considered. Average active use is 2.2 cases, with f...

Biokyttariki Prognosis in Athens has introduced a United Imaging uMR 670 1.5T MRI system, offering a full spectrum of examinations with high image quality, shorter scan times and fewer repeat studies. The new service strengthens diagnostic pathways, improving patient comfort and access and supporting a future-oriented, patient-centred care model. United Imaging 1.5T MRI expands Biokyttariki Progno...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) offers a low-carbon, cost-effective diagnostic pathway. Compared with CT and MRI, it uses far less energy, needs minimal infrastructure and avoids many transfers, cutting emissions. Greener gels, reusable covers and take-back or refurbishment cut waste. Leadership, green procurement and staff behaviours embed gains, while bedside access supports equity and faster decisions....

Ageing populations face rising multimorbidity and a heavy chronic disease burden, prompting a shift to proactive, patient-centred care. Priorities include prevention and early diagnosis with genomics and non-invasive biomarkers, continuous monitoring via telehealth, wearables and AI, and disease-modifying options from senolytics to gene therapy, supported by stronger primary care and policy action....

Until very recently, the healthcare sector regarded cybersecurity primarily as a technical concern. However, the European Union and other international institutions have long recognised that protecting the healthcare sector extends far beyond mere cybersecurity. This article focuses on hybrid threats, analysing their evolving nature and the cascading effects they can trigger across multiple domains....