Using AI to Improve Revenue Cycle Management
For many healthcare providers, finding ways to accurately and efficiently bill patients for their services remains a challenge. Current estimates... Read more
Admit Mistakes to Curb Medical Errors
Research suggests that medical errors cause over 250,000 fatalities each year. While the medical community has made efforts to encourage error... Read more
Mortality Rates Lower at Major Teaching Hospitals
New research published by JAMA shows that admission to a major teaching hospital was associated with a lower overall 30-day risk of death compared... Read more
The Perfect Healthcare System
The ideal healthcare system would have the universal coverage of the UK, the choice of France and innovation flair and speed of India. See... Read more
Physician Age Linked to Patient Mortality Risk
Results of a new study reveal that patients treated by hospitalists are more likely to die within a month of admission as compared to those... Read more
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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
Breaking down silos with architectural innovation
The Jacobs Institute’s (JI) i2R, or Idea to Reality Centre, specialises in taking vascular medical devices through to proof-of-concept. Breaking down silos and using a transdisciplinary approach to innovation is intuitive, but achieving it is a challenge. The i2R was built on the notion that developing informed and innovative solutions at a rapid... Read more
The role of healthcare architecture in effective care with EuHPN
The European Health Property Network (EuHPN) is holding a workshop for healthcare architecture stakeholders from across Europe with a focus on sharing knowledge on promoting better standards and management of health property throughout the EU. With the theme ‘Research and Evaluation for Care Infrastructure Closer to Home’, the workshop looks... 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
Guest Editorial
Patient Power We hear often about patient-centred care and patient... Read more
Cyber infection control: Time to take it seriously
Both infection control and cybersecurity support the whole care process,... Read more
A transformation in mammography
M o r e c o m f o r t a n d i n c r e a s... Read more
Healthcare Business International 2018: The new global healthcare landscape
The new global healthcare landscape HBI 2018 focused on problems... Read more
Medication Safety
All drugs are inherently dangerous. In critical care we give large numbers... Read more
Sandeep Bansal
1. What are your key areas of interest and research? My interest is... Read more
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HAMILTON-C3 Ventilator: The compact high-end ventilation solution
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