Botox: An Injection to Treat Depression?
New study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research reports that patients injected with onabotulinumtoxin A (“Botox”) demonstrated... Read more
Frost & Sullivan's GIL 2014: Europe - A New Healthcare, Sustainable and Affordable
A new concept of ‘frugal innovation’ will be crucial to address the market challenges of the next few years Frost & Sullivan's annual congress... Read more
Dr. Roberto Frontini - President European Association of Hospital Pharmacists
Dr. Roberto Frontini, President European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)Currently Director of Pharmacy at the University Hospital... Read more
Could 50% of Breast Cancer Cases be Preventable?
According to a new report published online in The Cancer Journal for Clinicians, half of breast cancers in the US could be avoided provided women... Read more
Frost & Sullivan: Next-Generation Therapeutics to Conquer Infectious Diseases
Resistance to current drugs spurs treatment innovation in influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, chlamydia and gonorrhoeaCurrently, the prescribed... Read more
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The small print of Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP)
Beside the new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR), there is another major regulatory challenge for the current medical device industry - the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP).MDR came into force in early 2017, whereas MDSAP will become mandatory for all manufacturers who want to sell their medical devices in Canada in 2019 and in the... Read more
The Listening Post: rewards of listening to our customers
Good Health is something that all of us look forward to. Many a times we also take it for granted. Caring for our health is an intrinsic part of our daily lives. We watch what we eat, we exercise, we consume tonnes of advice on managing our health needs and we visit healthcare facilities when we believe we need expert care. When we engage with a healthcare... Read more
Women’s health remains an unfinished agenda—how do we reset the agenda?
This question is taken from the descriptor for the panel discussion ‘Prioritising Women’s Health’ at the Health Care Summit taking place on the 10th of October 2017. What is the state of women’s health? Women’s health remains an unfinished agenda. Health interventions and infrastructures are dominated by short term rather than long term objectives. ... 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
Guest Editorial
CancerIn 17 countries of the European Union, cancer has overtaken car... Read more
Jorge Muniz
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Guest Editorial
Population ageing is one of the major global phenomena of the 21st century.... Read more
Benelux: Focus on Euthanasia
In Europe, euthanasia, the act of assisting with the death of a person... Read more
Peter Kapitein
Patient Advocate, Inspire2Live, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsIf about us,... Read more
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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,...
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...
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...