Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that Sir Stuart Rose, who turned around the fortunes of Marks and Spencer, will advise how another British institution, the NHS, can attract and retain the very best leaders to help transform the culture in under- performing hospitals. It will run alongside a separate review into how the NHS...
READ MOREA Catalyst for Change Addressing Inequalities in Cancer in Europe A unique group of patient advocacy organisations, healthcare leaders (including two former health ministers and a Nobel Laureate) and Members of the European Parliament against Cancer (MAC) came together to launch the European Cancer Patient’s Bill of Rights to coincide with...
READ MOREAttended by over 450 delegates from 18 different countries, the 24th EAHM congress was a resounding success, packed with top quality speakers, inspiring roundtable discussions and a lively social programme. The two day congress was split into three sessions: Strategic Guidelines in Crisis, Business Process Re-Engineering and New Buildings, New Logistics,...
READ MOREIn the first study of its kind, a consortium led by UCLA physicians found that giving stroke patients intravenous magnesium within an hour of the onset of symptoms does not improve stroke outcomes. However, the 8-year trial did find that with the help of paramedics in the field, intravenous medications can frequently be administered to...
READ MOREIn research that could ultimately lead to many new medicines, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a potentially general approach to design drugs from genome sequence. As a proof of principle, they identified a highly potent compound that causes cancer cells to attack themselves and die....
READ MOREOngoing Research by the Low Energy Hospital Project Authors: Tarald Rohde cand.oecon SINTEF Robert Martinez Norconsult [email protected] The Low Energy Hospital research project started in 2010 and will end in April 2014. It is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and public and...
READ MORELa 43 ème Assemblée générale de l'AEDH a eu lieu dans la matinée de la première journée du congrès de Luxembourg. Le président Heinz Kölking a accueilli les délégations et a débuté par le rapport des activités 2012-2013. En évoquant les activités de l’an passé, le président souligna l’importance de la directive européenne relative...
READ MOREInterview : Pr Schubert Le professeur Hans-Joachim Schubert, directeur général du centre hospitalier du nord et président du comité scientifique luxembourgeois, a joué un rôle clé dans l'élaboration du programme du congrès 2013. Il a aussi avec beaucoup de justesse, résumé les points principaux du congrès dans un discours de...
READ MOREDie Krankenhäuser in Europa sind in der heutigen Zeit erheblich herausgefordert. In allen Ländern geht es darum, unter sehr schwierigen Bedingungen die medizinische und pflegerische Versorgung mit hoher Qualität, hoher Effizienz und Effektivität zu sichern. Immer noch wirkt die Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise. Die demografische Entwicklung...
READ MOREDie 43. Generalversammlung der EVKD fand am Morgen des ersten Tages des erfolgreichen Kongresses letztes Jahr in Luxemburg statt. Präsident Heinz Kolking hieß die Delegierten herzlich willkommen und gab mit seinem 2012-2013 Aktivitätsbericht den Startschuss für die Versammlung. Bezüglich der Aktivitäten des letzten Jahres unterstrich...
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