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The Challenge of Change
Wi th the evolution of the European Union, we are witnessing a parallel, multidimensional process of structural change which has impeded the creation of a shared Europe. The failure of efforts to establish a European constitution and mounting scepticism among citizens about the direction in which the Union is...
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Reporting – the First Step Towards Improvement
Critical incidents and adverse patient episodes caused by avoidable and deficient processes or decisions are a daily occurrence in hospitals and other healthcare institutions. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals agree that everyone must learn from dangerous events to enable them to prevent their reoccurrence in the future. The question,...
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Protection Systems for Sharps
Uniform European rules are in place to regulate the key elements of occupational health and safety, with Article 118a of the European Treaty underpinning European minimum standards for health and safety in the workplace. The Federal Republic of Germany transposed European law in this area by means of the Occupational Safety Law, which has since been...
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Reprocessing Medical Devices in Europe
In 2005 the European Commission introduced a proposal to amend the medical devices directive and thereby signalled its intention to boost competitiveness in the European medical devices sector. The purpose of the proposed changes was to simplify and clarify the existing legal framework. The amendments included provisions to enhance patient safety...
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Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton
The award-winning Queen Mary’s Hospital at Roehampton breaks new ground in the design of adult, mental health, in-patient facilities in the UK. Uniquely, it provides mental health facilities that are integrated within a community hospital setting. A decision based initially on economics has come to signify a step change in attitudes to mental health,...
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Managing Healthcare Waste Together
Waste management is one of the biggest challenges for our society now and in the future. Since one of the main factors in economic growth is consumption it follows that waste volumes generally increase along with this growth. The healthcare sector in Ireland has increased its business activity just like any other industrial sector. The growing population and...
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The Portuguese Healthcare System
The state of Portuguese hospitals at the beginning of the decade made significant gaps apparent: quality control was absent, and there was no standardised information system to facilitate the control of the performance of managers and healthcare establishments. These managers did not have any effective incentives, or the autonomy necessary, especially...
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EU Affairs
Author: Rory Watson Health Consumer Index and MRI legislation Austria runs a healthcare system that is consumer friendly and provides excellent results, according to the Euro Health Consumer Index, which nominates the country as the winner in its latest annual survey. It is placed narrowly ahead of the Netherlands, France, Switzerland,...
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RFID Bed Management:Experience of the Insel Hospital Bern
Author: André Calame , manager, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland Email andre.calame(at)insel.ch und Gregor Hotz , Consultant, pom+Consulting AG, Zurich, Switzerland Email: [email protected] Like other large university...
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Executive Summaries
Qualitätsevaluierungssysteme in Der Gesundheitsversorgung Eine Europäische Perspektive p. 14 Von Ewa Gojniczek Ein gemeinsames Problem für alle Krankenhäuser in der EU ist die Notwendigkeit einer Norm für die qualitativ hochwertige Gesundheitsversorgung und die Möglichkeit diese zu messen und zu garantieren. Vier Ansätze der...
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