10 Tools for Change Management
Technology, rising competition and consumer trends are only some of the many challenges that companies have to deal with in today's ever-changing... Read more
Patient Safety: Reducing Dietary Errors
Dietary errors occurred in 285 events reported to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority between January 2009 and June 2014, with eight events... Read more
Effectiveness of Cross-Border Healthcare
European Patients Forum (EPF) organised a major European conference on cross-border healthcare in Brussels, Belgium. Patient leaders from across... Read more
Study Aims at Reducing Hospital Readmissions
A study shows that patients who refuse post acute care services tend to be young, well educated and healthy. They are also twice as likely to... Read more
Reporting Infection Data Time Consuming
According to a new research, collecting and reporting data to federal health agencies is not the soundest of strategies. The study was presented... Read more
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COVID-19 Outbreak in Greece: Current Response, Personal Responsibility and Social Solidarity
COVID-19 is already a severe public health emergency for citizens, societies and economies of 164 countries, inducing not only a major and unprecedented economic shock but also a social turmoil. According to a survey by McKinsey & Company (Craven et al. 2020), the COVID19 outbreak could potentially result in the decrease of global GDP of 2,5-2%... Read more
Dr Michael A.E. Ramsay: Leadership Must Create a Culture of Safety
On 10 March, Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF), a global non-profit organisation dedicated to achieve zero preventable deaths, announced the appointment of its new chairman of the board of directors – Dr Michael A.E. Ramsay, MD, FRCA. A renowned medical professional, Dr Ramsay shares his vision of the organisation’s future strategy... Read more
What the UAE is Doing to Leverage Health Agility: the Case of COVID-19
According to global reports, from an operational point of view, there is extreme pressure on capacity due to the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), affecting mainly inbound air freight and domestic road haulage in addition to production in China. As the ripple effect, similar pressure is observed in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United... Read more
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Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of Mini-Spike® 2 Chemo V - A Closed System Transfer Device
2019 08 Aug
In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of airborne contamination Jürgen Gebel, Sapuna Kuriakose, Barbara Grüter, Martin Exner; University of Bonn Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Germany BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose a major problem in the healthcare system because they contribute... Read more
Closed Infusion Systems Including Caresite® Extension Set Prevent Microbial Contamination
2019 08 Aug
In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function of closed infusion systems against microbial touch- and airborne contamination Dr. Jörg Brünke, QualityLabs BT GmbH, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany BACKGROUND Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are a major problem for healthcare systems as they contribute to increased morbidity and... Read more
Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of the Safeflow Valve - A Closed System Transfer Device
2019 08 Aug
In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of airborne and touch contamination Juergen Gebel, Sapuna Kuriakose, Barbara Griiter, Martin Exner; University of Bonn Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Germany BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose a major problem in the healthcare system because... Read more
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Transforming Colorectal Surgery Outcomes
How End to End Enhanced Recovery and Prehabilitation Transformed Colorectal... Read more
Liver Intensive Care
Professor Julia Wendon is a liver intensive care specialist and Clinical... Read more
Sustainability
The European Health Management Association (EHMA) is a non-profit... Read more
Publiometrics
The significance of research or researchers is frequently discussed and... Read more
Personalised Medicine: The road ahead
How can healthcare accelerate the implementation of the science? ... Read more
Mansur Hasib
Programme Chair, Cybersecurity Technology ,UMUC, Author “Do not... Read more