UNC Collaboration on Halting Violence Against Clinicians in China
This spring, retired Director of Oral Health at Guangdong General Hospital in China, Chen Zhongwei, was attacked and killed by a patient he treated... Read more
Physician Suicide: Highest Rate in Professions
As the issue of physician suicide comes to the fore in a bid to shake the stigma around this phenomenon, a group of physicians organised a national Day... Read more
Cancer Overtakes Heart Disease: 12 European Countries
Despite cancer accounting for less than half the number of deaths than CVD in Europe as a whole, in nine of the 15 countries which were members... Read more
Incentive Programme for Complex Care Patients: Failed
Incentive payments to primary care physicians for the provision of care for patients with complex health conditions did not improve primary... Read more
Catholic Hospitals Discourage Referrals for Reproductive Services
Catholic hospitals, which represent a growing share of health care in the United States, prohibit staff from providing many common reproductive... Read more
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Medical Sectioning: The Challenges Ahead
We interview Mark to draw out his knowledge, insight and predictions on the medical equipment industry at large, with a focus on sectioning.Mark Fenn, Director at Bright Instruments, has 38 years’ experience as an expert in the mechanical engineering field. His extensive time in the industry has seen him fulfil many exciting roles, including within... Read more
New Philips Technology to Empower Emergency Departments
Philips innovation in advanced health technology is delivering next generation Minicare point-of-care-in-vitro diagnostics systems to help support improved clinical decision-making that will ultimately benefit physicians, patients and hospital systems. Such devices can help deal with the biggest issue that emergency departments face on a dailybasis... Read more
How to Ensure a Great ROI in Risk Investments
Since the global crisis of 2008-2009, there has been a palpable and growing sense that the world is in the midst of fundamental economic and political change. But, as is the nature of change, the only certainty we have is that there is a lot of uncertainty. Can we create enough jobs, and the right jobs? Is the financial sector working for society’s... 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 your hospital’s... 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 performance... 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, with impressive... Read more
From Our Journals
National Telehealth Can Save Money and Improve Health
Since its introduction into the Danish healthcare landscape, telehealth... Read more
How Twitter is Changing the Congress Experience
At HealthManagement.org, we use congress sessions as an opportunity to educate... Read more
Future Leaders: What Healthcare Needs For Cybersecurity Risks
What, in your view, are the greatest threats facing the healthcare sector in... Read more
The Future of Telemedicine: Two Perspectives
Radiology Without Borders: A Russian Viewpoint Today teleradiology is... Read more
Implementation Challenges of Crew Resource Management
Crew Resource Management (CRM) human factors awareness training is a useable... Read more
Emergency Medicine & Trauma
Providing seamless emergency care is the ideal for those of us who work... Read more
Highlighted Products
Rotary Microtome Cryostat OTF 5000
OTF 5000
Based on the long-established and reliable OTF/AS cryostat, the new OTF5000 brings the extensive range of Bright cryostats completely up to date. New styling coupled with improved user ergonomics, the latest blade systems in the ever-reliable and powerful...
HAMILTON-MR1 Ventilator: Intelligent Ventilation from ICU to MRI
The fully featured ICU ventilator, HAMILTON-MR1, guarantees uncompromised continuous ventilation care from the ICU to the MRI scanner and back. Its reliability and high performance, with advanced lung-protective strategies and patient-adaptive modes,...
HAMILTON-T1 Ventilator : Intelligent transport ventilation
The HAMILTON-T1 combines for the first time the functionality of a fully featured intensive care unit ventilator with the compactness and ruggedness required for transport. This is why the HAMILTON-T1 enables you to provide optimal ventilation therapy...
Laboratory freezer / chest / 1-door CLINI-RF Bright Instrument
CLINI-RF
The Clini-RF is a new type of freezer designed to rapidly freeze specimens for sectioning or processing. It has a rapid freezer tank which can hold object holders as well as hexane for immersion of the specimens. The Clini-RF eliminates the need to use...
HAMILTON-C3 Ventilator: The compact high-end ventilation solution
The HAMILTON-C3 ventilator is a modular high-end ventilation solution for all patient groups. Offering a number of unique features, the HAMILTON-C3 is one of the first ventilators featuring the “Ventilation Autopilot” INTELLiVENT-ASV®. The HAMILTON-C3’s...
