Ultrasound in Breast Biopseas: Research Aims to Improve Cost-Effectiveness When performing breast biopsies doctors often need to combine MRI and ultrasound to obtain tissue samples with a fine needle, as around a third of tumours are invisible to ultrasound. Imaging takes place inside the MRI scanner, and the biopsy needle is inserted...
READ MOREAuthors: Willy Heuschen Secretary General/Editor-in-Chief EAHM Jos Vanlandyut Assistant to General Secretary EAHM The hospital care environment is changing as our hospitals, under increased pressure and scrutiny, strive to maintain and improve quality of care with reduced budgets. For this...
READ MOREΑ uthors: Ugo Luigi Aparo Direttore Sanitario IDI-IRCCS Roma A Aparo Docente di Strategic Management La Sapienza Universita Roma Gianfranco Finzi President ANMDO We are living in a very turbulent time: new, difficult, and often perceived as negative....
READ MOREAuthors: Stephen Leyshon Deputy Programme DIrector and Advisor in Patient Safety Eva Turk Senior Researcher Tita Alissa Listyowardojo , Senior Researcher Anna Hayman Robertson Senior Researcher DNV GL Research and Innovation , Høvik Norway Healthcare is...
READ MOREAuthors: Vanni Agnoletti Giorgio Gambale Department of Emergency, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital Buccioli Matteo Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital Emanuele Padovani Rebecca Orelli Levy...
READ MORECompliance with the new EU Directive on Sharps Injury Prevention Author: Percy Stubbs Health and Safety Consultant Hazardous Substances, Medisch Centrum Haaglanden Netherlands In recent years, much work has been done by healthcare worker associations to highlight the danger of sharps injuries,...
READ MOREAuthor: Viktoras Meižis Director of Druskininkai Hospital Background Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the largest of the three Baltic states. The Republic of Lithuania is a parliamentary Republic with some attributes of a semi-presidential system. The country is divided into 10 counties that are further...
READ MOREAuthor: Edmundas Baltakis Chairman of the Lithuanian Association of Hospital Managers Head Doctor of Joniskis Hospital Over the past five years, the number of state hospitals has fallen by 17.6 percent, meaning that as many as 18 facilities (mainly specialised – 47.6 percent) were merged into separate...
READ MOREAuthor: Stasys Gendvilis President LAHMP The Association of Hospital Managers Physicians of Lithuania (LAHMP) was founded 22 years ago by a small group of enthusiasts - managers of healthcare institutions. Over the last decade it has changed in terms of numbers (the number of members has increased from 50 to 130),...
READ MOREWir Stellen Vor: IMPO – Ein Neues Arbeitsmodell Für Die EAHM Von Willy Hesuchen, Jos Vanlandyut Die EAHM ist sich der vielen Veränderungen auf dem Gesundheitssektor bewusst, und auch deren Bedeutung für Krankenhäuser und hier insbesondere Krankenhausmanager. Im selben Maß, wie unsere Krankenhäuser sich neuen Umständen anpassen und...
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