Reducing Costs: Slow Work
The U.S. healthcare system has been described by some analysts as expensive and inefficient. Rising drug prices are known to be a key driver... Read more
Where are the Women?
A new study presents one area where gender inequality in healthcare is observed: women are ignored when it comes to medical society awards. According... Read more
U.S. Senate Healthcare Repeal Bill Fails
For the third time, the Republican-dominated Senate has failed in its efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Through the so-called... Read more
Culture Matters: M&As
Mergers and acquisitions often are made in the hope that business operations can be rationalised so as to provide customers with better products... Read more
Healthcare Staff Suffer Above Average Depression
An independent UK healthcare body dedicated to improving patient experience and supporting frontline staff in the sector says National Health... Read more
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How to Tackle Diabetic Retinopathy in a Megalopolis like Mexico?
Imagine travelling to Portugal or Cuba and that 100% of the population you see has diabetes! This sounds like a nightmare to me, and I would assume the same for you if you know the burden this disease represents for health systems. This science fiction scenario is no longer fiction in Mexico, we are one of the most affected countries in the world due to... Read more
The essential Guide for Doing a Personal SWOT Analysis
Improve Yourself and Your Healthcare OrganisationOne of the most basic lessons you learn in first year business school is the SWOT analysis - strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It's a great framework to apply to your business to understand what you do well, what you can improve on, and where the greatest threats to your organisation... Read more
What Steps are Needed for Value Based Healthcare?
Tremendous progress has been made in healthcare over the last forty years. However there are still three outstanding problems which are found in every health service no matter how they are structured and funded. One of these problems is huge and unwarranted variation in access, quality, cost and outcome, and this reveals a further two: Underuse... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
7 Ways to Improve Patient Outcomes in the New World of Value-Based Care
2017 16 May
Introduction Hospitals around the world are under increasing pressure to improve outcomes – whether because they are operating in a fee-for-performance or value-based care environment, or simply because today’s increasingly informed patients are deliberately pursuing treatment at facilities with a reputation for superior care. Whatever your hospital’s... Read more
7 Ways to Maximize your Hospital’s Reputation
2017 07 Apr
Executive summary A hospital’s reputation can do much to help attract patients, qualified staff, and recommendations from referring physicians. This white paper examines the factors that shape hospitals’ reputations in the eyes of these audiences, the assumptions that patients make about hospital quality, the role of the Internet and public performance... Read more
Raising Care Standards to Enhance Patient Outcomes
2017 21 Mar
Executive summary Hospitals are under increasing pressure to improve their overall quality of care. In order to contend with this challenge, many hospitals have implemented measures to establish high-quality care standards. For the most part, hospitals have elected to establish clinical pathways designed to govern the entire care process, with impressive... Read more
From Our Journals
Patient Access to Diagnostic Data: Satisfied Patients and Financial Savings
Dr. Roberto Tarducci, Chief of the Medical Physics Dept, Santa Maria della... Read more
Putting Quality and Safety for Patients First: ESR EuroSafe Imaging
The demand for medical imaging examinations is constantly growing, and... Read more
EAHP: Representing Hospital Pharmacists
Joan Peppard is President-Elect of the European Association of Hospital... Read more
The Care Continuum
Thinking Digitally IT is critical to the way Philips designs, develops... Read more
Implications of Dense Breasts, Interview with Prof. Murray Rebner
Prof. Murray Rebner is Immediate Past President Society of Breast Imaging;... Read more
EPF: Patient Empowerment Campaign
As European health services face an ageing population and an increase in... Read more
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HAMILTON-T1 Ventilator : Intelligent transport ventilation
The HAMILTON-T1 combines for the first time the functionality of a fully featured intensive care unit ventilator with the compactness and ruggedness required for transport. This is why the HAMILTON-T1 enables you to provide optimal ventilation therapy...
HAMILTON-MR1 Ventilator: Intelligent Ventilation from ICU to MRI
The fully featured ICU ventilator, HAMILTON-MR1, guarantees uncompromised continuous ventilation care from the ICU to the MRI scanner and back. Its reliability and high performance, with advanced lung-protective strategies and patient-adaptive modes,...
Laboratory freezer / chest / 1-door CLINI-RF Bright Instrument
CLINI-RF
The Clini-RF is a new type of freezer designed to rapidly freeze specimens for sectioning or processing. It has a rapid freezer tank which can hold object holders as well as hexane for immersion of the specimens. The Clini-RF eliminates the need to use...
Rotary Microtome Cryostat OTF 5000
OTF 5000
Based on the long-established and reliable OTF/AS cryostat, the new OTF5000 brings the extensive range of Bright cryostats completely up to date. New styling coupled with improved user ergonomics, the latest blade systems in the ever-reliable and powerful...