Tech-Savvy Doctors Improve Patient Care
Health technology, which lets physicians access real-time data critical in making care decisions, can do a lot towards improving quality of care.... Read more
Framework For Managing Customisation Of Care
Healthcare organisations are increasingly in need of systems and approaches that will enable them to be more responsive to the needs and wishes... Read more
High Rates Of Avoidable Hospitalisations In Poor Communities
In New Jersey, USA, communities with low per capita income levels are found to have high rates of preventable hospital visits, according to a... Read more
Report Highlights Entrapment Gaps in Hospital Beds
A recent report published in the online journal Age and Ageing outlines the findings from a survey of beds within a large teaching hospital in... Read more
A £2m Award To Study Bacterial Polymer Resistance
Morgan Alexander, Professor of Biomedical Surfaces in the School of Pharmacy and Paul Williams, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, in the School... Read more
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Making healthcare delightful
Healthcare futurist, entrepreneur, professor of molecular oncology, author and international keynote speaker, Koen Kas is driven by the aim to make healthcare personalised, preventive and, above all, delightful. He has published his vision in the books Sick no More, which describes how we will transition from reactive ‘sickcare’ to pro-active healthcare... Read more
How cloud technology is changing the healthcare system
Today the healthcare system is being totally transformed by the use of cloud technology. Here are some of the ways this is happening: C loud computing Cloud computing is more than just uploading your files in Yahoo! Groups or Google Communities to share with a common group. Today, it speaks of large data and resources that companies use.... Read more
Earthquakes and climate change: hospitals response to emergencies
Ahead of the Society of Italian healthcare Architecture and Engineering (SIAIS) congress taking place this week in Italy, HealthManagement .org spoke to SIAIS President, Daniela Pedrini about the wider role and issues facing healthcare buildings in the face of emergencies. Hospitals play a vital role in looking after the community during and... 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... 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... 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,... Read more
From Our Journals
Social Media: Blessing or Curse?
Social Media in the “Real” World Social media is all around us, and enables... Read more
Geriatrics In Turkey
In 2013 the elderly population in Turkey was 7.7% of the total. Population... Read more
Distributing a life source in Africa
Lifebank has developed crucial infrastructure in Nigeria, enabling the... Read more
Committing to the future of medicine
T h e f u t u r e i s n o t s o... Read more
Increased Functionality in 5D Ultrasound
With the aim of reducing the time factor and increasing convenience in... Read more
Health: The Economic Growth Engine of the 21st Century
Is there a correlation between health and economic growth? Can the healthcare... Read more
Highlighted Products
HAMILTON-C3 Ventilator: The compact high-end ventilation solution
The HAMILTON-C3 ventilator is a modular high-end ventilation solution for all patient groups. Offering a number of unique features, the HAMILTON-C3 is one of the first ventilators featuring the “Ventilation Autopilot” INTELLiVENT-ASV®. The HAMILTON-C3’s...
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...