Paul Castel Preseident of the EAHM Wh en, on the March 27, 1957, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy signed the Treaty of Rome for a European Economic Community (EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), the basis of our European Union was thereby founded. ...
READ MOREAuthors: Kristof Eeckloo , LLM (corresponding author) Doctoral researcher, Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research Faculty of Medicine, K.U.Leuven Kapucijnenvoer 35 B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Ph: 0032/16/33.70.21 Fax: 0032/16/33.69.70 Email: [email protected] Luc Delesie,...
READ MOREAuthor: Hindrik Vondeling, PhD, Associate Professor, Institute for Public Health, Department of Health Economics, J.B. Winsloews Vej 9B DK 5000 Odense C, Denmark Email: [email protected] In many countries of the industrialised world, healthcare systems are faced with a common challenge for the future. An ageing...
READ MOREAuthor: Alfred Simon , PhD; Director of the Academy of Ethics in Medicine, Göttingen, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.aem-online.de/ Ethics consultations are becoming increasingly important in German hospitals. For example, hospitals must offer such consultations to qualify for KTQ certification...
READ MOREAuthors: Dr Arnaud Hansske, General Director of Arras Hospital; France Email : [email protected] Jean-François Cros, Deputy Director of Arras Hospital Email : [email protected] Alain Lecherf, Initiator of the project, Arras hospital, like all healthcare...
READ MOREAuthors: Dr Alain Pradignac, Therapeutic Nutrition Unit, CHU – Hautepierre, France Email : [email protected] Pr Jean Louis Schlienger, President of the Feeding-Nutrition Liaison Committee, CHU – Hautepierre, France Email : [email protected] Feeding,...
READ MOREAuthor: Xenophon Karageorgiou Managing Director, General Hospital of Thebes E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] It happens all too often, although illogical, that a relocation from an old and smaller hospital to a new and bigger one takes place without modifications on the operational basis of departments...
READ MOREAuthor: Dr. John Halamka, Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical Faculty, USA Medical School E-Mail: [email protected] Over the past 5 years, payers and providers in Massachusetts, US have implemented web-based, handheld and electronic medical record integrated e-prescribing. As a...
READ MOREContact Information: Kees H. Polderman, MD, PhD Vice Chairman, Department of Intensive Care University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel.: +3130 2503261 Fax: +3120 7620294 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] In recent years the issue of temperature management...
READ MOREAuthor : Prof. Juraj Nemec Faculty of Economics, Matej Bel University Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic Email: [email protected] The Slovak government in the post- Soviet era started massive reforms, focusing on maintaining the access to, and increasing the quality of healthcare systems. Other priorities were to...
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