Connecting Individual Health to the Community
Provider organisations have focused their attention on improving healthcare experiences of individual patients. Now, researchers say hospitals... Read more
The Triple Aim in Healthcare
"The Triple Aim" framework is intended to help healthcare organisations focus on reducing care-related costs, improving the patient experience... Read more
Hospital Leadership Must Change to Meet Patient Demand!
Consumerism is becoming more pervasive in healthcare and altering the way hospitals operate in order to better serve the patient, as the consumer,... Read more
Innovation Speech and Top Tweets at EAHM 2019, Ghent!
The 28th Congress of the European Association for Hospital Managers took place on 11 - 14 September 2019. The congress addressed 6... Read more
Staying Connected in Healthcare is Essential
The generation gap may be apparent when dealing with baby boomers and millennials, however they do share something in common when talking... Read more
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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
Largest Hospital Network in Brazil Responds to COVID-19
Brazil has now become one of the epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the burden on its healthcare system is increasing daily. Paulo Moll, CEO of Rede D'Or São Luiz (RDSL) , the largest privately held, independent hospital operator in the country, speaks about the measures taken on the national level and within the RDSL system and shares... 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
Patients Mentoring Executives: Mutual Benefits
Patient-centric healthcare has come strongly into focus in recent years.... Read more
Why is Drug Traceability Important in a Hospital?
Implementation at Hospital Alemán in Argentina The acute condition of... Read more
A Framework for Addressing Seasonal Influenza: A Critical Care Perspective
Seasonal influenza remains a significant health burden and places tremendous... Read more
Respiratory physiotherapy in critically ill patients
Respiratory pathologies are among the most common causes of admission... Read more
Protecting ward patients
Finding patients before they crash might be the next major opportunity... Read more
COVID-19: Defining a Digital-First Approach that Adds Value
Crises pose opportunities as well as threats. The COVID-19 outbreak... Read more