Handshake Ban to Curb Hospital Infections
Hospital-acquired infections are a serious and potentially life-threatening problem in hospitals, and the unwashed hands of healthcare workers... Read more
#ESAGeneva: Physician-Assisted Suicide - Yay or Nay?
Physican-assisted suicide continues to remain a controversial topic. Both medical experts and the general public have so far failed to come... Read more
Charismatic Leaders: Too Much of a Good Thing?
If your organisation is in the process of selecting candidates for leadership positions, it may be worth considering this finding from a new... Read more
Using Technology to Enhance Patient-Physician Interactions
Electronic health records (EHRs) are essential to providing medical care for patients. With the growing use of EHRs, the computer has become... Read more
Using AI to Improve Revenue Cycle Management
For many healthcare providers, finding ways to accurately and efficiently bill patients for their services remains a challenge. Current estimates... Read more
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My Respect for Full-Time Staff Nurses
My dear readers, It is time again for thoughts from the island. May is particularly important to nurses as we celebrate Florence Nightingale's birthday on 12.05, International Nurses' Day. I am very proud to belong to this community. To be part of this epic community is more than sharing professional views and skills. I cannot put... Read more
Logistics Platform and Centralised Purchasing: Efficient Change in the Madrid Health Service
The COVID-19 pandemic, following the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March 2020, which elevated the health emergency to an international pandemic, and the rapid evolution of subsequent events on a national and international scale, required the adoption of immediate and effective measures to deal with this situation. ... Read more
What Student Nurses Have To Go Through During Their Training
My dear readers, It is time again for nursing thoughts from the island. Before I begin, I hope you all had a great start to 2023. May this year be in some way kinder to nurses, midwives, doctors, and healthcare professionals. But we shall see.... This month, I want to share my thoughts with you about my experiences, which I gathered with... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Clinical Decision Support for Prostate Cancer Care
2021 08 Oct
Executive Summary Cancer care is becoming increasingly complex and personalized. More and more patient characteristics and disease specific data – clinical history, comorbidities, imaging, laboratory data, genomics/ proteomics, lifestyle factors, pathology results – have to be factored in when deciding on diagnostic measures and care pathways.... Read more
Improving Medical Technology Management Through Value Partnerships
2021 03 Aug
Executive Summary Value Partnerships™ are the enduring relationships that Siemens Healthineers forges with customers in order to optimize operations, expand capabilities, and advance innovation within healthcare enterprises. One of the areas where optimization can transform care delivery and improve patient experience is in the holistic management... Read more
How to Create the Healing Environment of the Future
2021 03 Aug
The human-centered approach to healthcare facility planning and design. Executive Summary Transforming care delivery through facility design and planning Healthcare environments continue to evolve, with new pressures from patients, staff, and payers driving care providers to be more people-centered and value-driven. Meeting the challenges... Read more
From Our Journals
Nursing on the Move: cross-border hiring
Addressing pitfalls and best practice examples for successful hiring... Read more
Consumerism in Healthcare – Current Status, Benefits and Challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed healthcare to move towards consumerism.... Read more
ECR 2020: Leadership and Collaboration
Summary: Leadership, collaboration and insights from nations leading... Read more
Can Blockchain support advances in radiology?
In 2019 we will embrace Blockchain and innovation as necessary support... Read more
Challenging Paradigms: Practising at the Top of Your Licence
Is a division of labour approach in which health professionals limit... Read more
Integrative Diagnostics: A Vision for Better Care
Integrative Diagnostics is a pathway to more patient centered care with... Read more
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HAMILTON-MR1. Intelligent ventilation from the ICU to MRI
The HAMILTON-MR1 has been especially developed for the MRI suite. The ICU ventilator combines reliability, compact size, and high performance with patient-adaptive modes that support advanced lung-protective strategies. It is the ideal choice for transporting...
HAMILTON-T1. Intelligent transport ventilation
The HAMILTON-T1 is the first transport ventilator that combines the functionality of a fully featured ICU ventilator with the compactness and ruggedness required for transport. This combination enables you to provide optimal ventilation therapy to all...
uMR Omega
The World's first ultra-wide-bore 3T MRI
The uMR Omega™ is designed to break traditional boundaries without compromise. Regardless of the sizes of patients, the revolutionary 75cm, ultra-wide bore could better address patients' condition, greatly boosting your clinical confidence and broadening...