Who Let the Dogs Out?
Rush University Medical Centre is developing an innovative programme for helping relieve medic stress and burnout; bringing in four-legged friends... Read more
Management Wears Scrubs for Team Building
Administrators, board members and reporters donned scrubs for a typical working shift at Mission Health's innovative Immersion Day programme... Read more
What Aviation and Netflix Can Teach Healthcare
Healthcare operations of the future resemble air traffic control, says MedCity News, as the sector gravitates towards system-wide collaboration... Read more
MEDICON Opens with Medicine's Roots Remembered
MEDICON, the three-day congress on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, opened in Paphos, Cyprus today with delegates from Europe,... Read more
Crisis, What Crisis? Clinical Engineers on Cost Cutting at MEDICON
The role that Clinical Engineers have played in developing and implementing health technology and, ultimately, cost cutting in healthcare, goes... Read more
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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
How do you perceive healthcare in America post the Affordable Care Act?
Having served in the United States House of Representatives during the time the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was debated and passed in 2010, I remember quite vividly the many arguments that were presented by both sides. Supporters claimed costs would go down and quality would go up, while nearly every American would be covered. Opponents of the law claimed... 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
Monitoring Peripheral Circulation
Even though systemic haemodynamic variables may be normalised, there could... Read more
Social Media Opportunities in Radiology
Why should radiologists engage in Twitter? As the term "social medi Read more
Meetbaar Beter: Value-Based Healthcare for Heart Patients
Introduction Meetbaar Beter (En: Measurably Better) is a doctor-driven and... Read more
World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine
Interview With Professor Jean-Louis Vincent, WFSICCM PresidentWhat have... Read more
Cancer Research Powered by Place: How Location and Health go Hand-in-Hand
Place matters. Everything we do happens somewhere and that place can offer... Read more
Cardiology in the Care Continuum
The case for coordination of cardiology services across the care continuum... Read more
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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...
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...
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,...
