#ArabHealth 2015: Middle East Healthcare Industry is Engine of Growth
Constraints in healthcare supply offer opportunities for public-private-partnerships as Arab Health Exhibition & Congress 2015 brings together... Read more
#ArabHealth 2015: Day 2 - Top Five Highlights
Enayati signs agreement with technology partners Etisalat Canadian owned and managed Enayati Home Healthcare Center has launched the region’s... Read more
#ArabHealth 2015: Safety Culture Key to High Performance
The biggest obstacle to healthcare safety is culture, said Mark Chassin, President and CEO The Joint Commission. Speaking today at the 8th Middle... Read more
#ArabHealth 2015: Innovation & Achievement Awards Shortlist Announced
Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions, organisers of the annual Arab Health Exhibition & Congress, have announced the shortlisted nominees for the... Read more
#ArabHealth 2015: Standing Safety Huddle Improves Performance
Patient safety is a major undertaking and leaders must have missionary zeal to create a culture that is just, said Janice Murphy, Chief Operating... Read more
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Transitioning to a Culture of Safety
In understanding a culture of blame and denial and why it is difficult to move to a culture of safety, you have to be willing to examine and understand the current culture within an organisation. As outlined in the Patient Safety Movement Foundation ’s Actionable Patient Safety Solutions ( APSS ) #1, ‘Culture of Safety,’ creating such a... Read more
2020: Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
This New Year is significant for World Health as the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the year 2020 as the ‘Year of the Nurse and the Midwife’ in honour of the 200 th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. World Health Organization (WHO) is the collaborating partner in the three-year ’Nursing Now!’ Campaign... Read more
Fighting Anxiety and Depression with Digital Therapy
Dr Lloyd Humphreys is a clinical psychologist, NHS Innovation Accelerator alumnus and Head of Europe at SilverCloud Health , the leading digital mental and behavioural health platform. Here he explains how digital therapy is providing significant benefit to service users requiring mental health support, and how a successful and continually developing... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
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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Medication Safety
All drugs are inherently dangerous. In critical care we give large numbers... Read more
Radiology At the Crossroads
Radiology is now at a crossroads. Let us expand the metaphor. If... Read more
Transforming Colorectal Surgery Outcomes
How End to End Enhanced Recovery and Prehabilitation Transformed Colorectal... Read more
EAHP: Representing Hospital Pharmacists
Joan Peppard is President-Elect of the European Association of Hospital... Read more
Ultrasound: Pushing the Boundaries with Unconventional Techniques
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES WITH UNCONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES Prof. Dr.-Ing. Read more
Human factor approaches improving EMR usability and satisfaction
The EMR does not have to fail The much-maligned Electronic Medical... Read more