Speech Recognition Systems: Key Benefits to Healthcare
Technologies focusing on the generation, presentation and application of clinical information in healthcare, referred to as health informatics... Read more
New Global Programme For Urban Health and Wellbeing
World health, environmental, behavioural and social science experts have launched a major new interdisciplinary scientific collaboration that... Read more
High-Earning MDs: Fewer Patients, More Procedures
A UCLA study has shown for the first time that higher-earning physicians make more money by ordering more procedures and services per patient,... Read more
Aggressive Prostate Cancer Treatment Defies Guidelines
The first study of its kind by UCLA researchers has found that despite the fact that more than half of prostate cancer patients 66 years of... Read more
University of Chicago to Establish Genomic Data Commons
The University of Chicago, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, will set up the country's most comprehensive computational facility... Read more
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How to Find New Pathways to Support the Healthcare Workforce Based on The Clinical/Technical Tie
In 1976, I became the first Vice President of Marketing for General Electric’s CT programme. This was of major importance to Jack Welch, my group executive. I started by talking to many luminary doctors interested in GE's approach to CT. The unanswered question was, "how do doctors decide between the manufacturers?” After several weeks of integrating... Read more
Being With Mover and Shaker Nurses in Bristol
My dear readers, Time is moving very fast, and we are coming to the end of another big, big year. Last month I wrote about September, when I had the great chance to be in Iceland to attend the European Nurse Managers Congress, which, as I stated, was mind-blowing. My October continued to be absolutely epic – BECAUSE great colleagues from... Read more
The Power of Nurses
My dear readers, It is time again for thoughts from the island. I went to Iceland/Selfoss last month and attended the European Nurse Director Association (ENDA) congress. I am a board member of this great association. Therefore, I met my fellow board members, colleagues and friends in person after meeting each other on a monthly base... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
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
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
From Our Journals
It is time for improved fluid stewardship
A conceptual framework for developing institutional programmes and guidelines... Read more
Hyperthermia. An amplifier for radiation therapy.
Hyperthermia can further enhance the therapeutic outcomes of radiation... Read more
Workplace conflict
It matters how staff deal with it This study sought to answer... Read more
Protecting Vulnerable Populations from COVID-19
Why health governance and operations matter to implement interventions... Read more
Noninvasive technologies for personalised haemodynamic monitoring
Advanced haemodynamic monitoring methods Bernd Saugel, MD, EDIC... Read more
Major Changes in European Health Innovation
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare sector has... Read more