Single Patient Safety Database for NHS and Private Care
Patient safety data across the UK public (National Health System, NHS) and private healthcare sectors to be gathered in a single online... Read more
Effectiveness of Sterilisation Techniques
Steam sterilisation proved to be the most effective and had the largest margin of safety when compared to low-temperature sterilisation... Read more
#EHMA2020: Last Call for Abstracts
Only few days have left until 1 March, which is the deadline for abstract submission for the European Health Management Association (EHMA)... Read more
Daily Integrated Care Conferences as Efficient Model of Communication
Significantly reducing the length of a patient’s stay can be achieved by a measure as obvious as provider teams holding integrated care... Read more
Internationally Educated Nurses: Pros and Cons
Hiring foreign trained nursing staff is sometimes thought of as challenging, raising concerns about possible collaboration and performance... Read more
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Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions – Making Waves in 2020
During the past decade, healthcare systems have been expanding their avenues to serve countries around the globe, breaking free from conventional norms. Today, these organisations are on the lookout for well-planned strategies to accelerate the growth patterns and increase cost efficiency. The key to meet these goals necessitates merger and acquisition (M&A)... Read more
COVID-19 Superheroes
It is five in the morning as a healthcare worker gets out of bed. Let us call her Emma. She is self-isolated from the rest of the family in her own home. It has been months since she hugged her children and her husband. She gets ready and heads out to work. It is barely seven in the morning when she begins her shift – one of many dozens she... Read more
My COVID-19 Superhero
My COVID-19 Superhero is my sister, Loretta Bowen. We are a family of eight children; our father has passed and our mother is 85. Elaine Rohr has Parkinson’s disease and over the last few years has gotten worse. She is no longer able to cook or write and it is frustrating for her to have such limitations in her activity of daily living.... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of Mini-Spike® 2 Chemo V - A Closed System Transfer Device
2019 08 Aug
In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of airborne contamination Jürgen Gebel, Sapuna Kuriakose, Barbara Grüter, Martin Exner; University of Bonn Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Germany BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose a major problem in the healthcare system because they contribute... Read more
From Our Journals
Better Insight*, Better Peace of Mind
Enhanced diagnostic accuracy of screening mammography with the use of... Read more
Smart Diagnostics
Diagnostics in healthcare has always been an area that has been downplayed.... Read more
How can automation improve outpatient care while reducing costs?
The new role of hospitals and the triple aim challenge Rather... Read more
Fluids for the Patient with Leaky Lungs
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterised by increased permea Read more
Compassion
The human dimension of productivity. Findings from recent studies... Read more
In Small Doses
Reducing dose to improve the long-term health and Safety of preemies... Read more