More Men Than Women Receive Haemodialysis Treatment
According to a new study conducted by Manfred Hecking with Friedrich Port and colleagues from Arbor Research Collaborative for Health in Ann... Read more
Novel ID System Reduces Neonatal ICU Errors
A unique naming system designed to clearly identify newborns without a first name helps reduce confusion and miscommunication in the neonatal... Read more
Accreditation: A Common Quality-Enhancing Strategy
As many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) pursue healthcare reforms in order to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), the development... Read more
Hospital 'For-Profit' Conversion: No Impact on Quality of Care
US hospitals that converted from nonprofit to for-profit status in the 2000s subsequently enjoyed better financial health, but their conversion... Read more
Consolidation Fails to Lower Healthcare Costs
A new study published in JAMA showed that between 2009 and 2012, total expenditures per patient for hospital, professional, laboratory, pharmaceutical... Read more
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So Why am I Worrying Now? Thoughts from the UK on Pandemic Times
My Dear Readers, Time is flying, and here I am again, sharing my thoughts as a registered nurse working during a very dramatic time. The first half of the year of 2021 is over. If you reflect now, one can not comprehend of what has happened in the world during these last months. It is almost impossible. Where will one start and stop?... Read more
What About Post-Corona?
Is there a time after COVID-19? Do you regularly hear the question of what we will do after COVID-19? Or what should we do? This is a strange question, because there will be no time after Coronavirus. Corona is an endemic virus, that is among us and does not go away. There is also no time after Influenza. Endemic viruses are here. We need to take... Read more
While perioperative care is optimized, patients die unmonitored in wards!
There is a high demand for a comfortable, small and mobile solution for affordable blood pressure and vital sign monitoring in the general ward to improve patient safety and outcome, as mortality after surgery is a thousand times higher than intraoperative death. 1 CNSystems has enhanced its non-invasive CNAP® technology for perioperative... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
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
How to Create the Healing Environment of the Future
2021 03 Aug
The human-centered approach to healthcare facility planning and design. Executive Summary Transforming care delivery through facility design and planning Healthcare environments continue to evolve, with new pressures from patients, staff, and payers driving care providers to be more people-centered and value-driven. Meeting the challenges... Read more
The Value of Digital Twin Technology
2021 03 Aug
Transforming care delivery in a single department or an entire healthcare enterprise. Executive Summary Digital twin technology has proven its value in manufacturing, where use of connected technology to monitor performance, model processes, and optimize efficiency is already a mainstay of “Industry 4.0”. The link between the physical and... Read more
From Our Journals
Success Isn't Everything
Over the past few months I have discussed my book, Red Pill , with a... Read more
Using Realistic Simulation to Design a New PICU - Building Before Building
Designing the Dream PICU Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (HSJD) is a paediatric... Read more
Smart Hospital for the Future
Summary: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, a large multi-disciplinary public hospital... Read more
Telestroke 2.0: Innovative Approach to Optimise Timing and Automate Workflow
Rapid stroke care that allows early detection and treatment is essential... Read more
Evidence for using first-line coagulation factor concentrates for trauma- induced coagulopathy
Fibrinogen limits coagulopathy and massive bleeding, has less transfusion Read more
Semantic Technology Enables Smart Computers
As healthcare faces up to the promises and challenges of big data, HealthManag Read more