Is Personalised Medicine Really the Answer?
The philosophy behind personalised medicine (also known as precision medicine) is that medical care and public health should be transformed... Read more
Massive Social Media Support for eHealth Ireland
It looks like support for eHealth in Ireland is alive and well; eHealth Ireland announced a positive public reaction in the days following the... Read more
How Effective are Online Ratings of Doctors?
Physician ratings websites are intended to make patients better-informed consumers of healthcare, but some doctors worry that complainers will... Read more
Successful Outsourcing Relationships
Clinical outsourcing can be an important strategy for health providers, in particular those seeking to add specific clinical expertise or make... Read more
Preventing Infections during Healthcare Laundry Process
According to a review published online in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology... 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
Harnessing Productivity Through Wellness: The Importance of Encouraging Healthy Work Habits
2023 06 Jun
For businesses to thrive, their employees must also thrive. This is true in terms of both productivity and health. In 2021-2022 in the UK, a vast 1.8 million people suffered from a work-related illness — a total of 36.8 million days of work lost. By prioritising healthy work habits, businesses can significantly increase productivity and reduce these... Read more
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
From Our Journals
Liver support in the intensive care unit: mechanism of action and science
The idea of liver assist is extremely attractive for patients with liver... Read more
Compassion and Humanism in the ICU – A Clinical Study
Importance and Objectives To observe the impact and main contributing... Read more
Helping healthcare face up to enterprise risk management
The Institute of Risk Management is bringing together best international... Read more
Redesigning Cardiovascular Service Line
THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE When Minnesota Heart merged with University... Read more
Supporting the patient innovator
Their inability to communicate effectively whilst he had a tracheostomy... Read more
Moving from “Learning by Doing” to Simulation
The Educational Challenge in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Historically,... Read more
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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...
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...
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...