Five Ways To Start an Innovation Culture
Senior managers often avoid building an innovation culture within an organisation that will encourage employees to take risks that lead... Read more
Investment Hints at Future Healthcare Priorities
In the first part of 2016, patient experience, Big Data analytics and personalised medicine have attracted a record-setting quantity of investment... Read more
4 Reasons for Nurses to Join Hospital Boards
Hospital boards would gain a valuable perspective on the experience of patients, staff and help accomplish the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s... Read more
EHR Leading to Burnout
The expansion of the electronic environment in healthcare is coming at a cost. According to a national study of physicians led by Mayo... Read more
Primary Care Crisis: Call for Training Support
A new study has shown that the average cost to train a resident at a Teaching Health Centre is estimated at $157,602 per year. The report,... Read more
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Zoom On Profile: Michael A.E. Ramsay
Dr. Ramsay is Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, a position that he has held since 1989. He is also Co-Medical Director of Operating Room Services. He serves as a member of the Baylor University Medical Center Board of Trustees and is also a member of the Medical... Read more
How nurse scheduling can be the difference between satisfaction and burnout
By now, everyone is familiar with the impact that a shortage of nurses has on healthcare organisations. In any hospital, nurses are one of the highest budget components, and not just because of absolute employee numbers. Excessive overtime and the stress associated with it increases costs twice: first with the increased rate of pay, and second with... Read more
Making healthcare delightful
Healthcare futurist, entrepreneur, professor of molecular oncology, author and international keynote speaker, Koen Kas is driven by the aim to make healthcare personalised, preventive and, above all, delightful. He has published his vision in the books Sick no More, which describes how we will transition from reactive ‘sickcare’ to pro-active healthcare... Read more
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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... 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... 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,... Read more
From Our Journals
Measuring Patient Engagement
Why and how we need to assess patient centricity. Focusing on the... Read more
Quality and Safety In Radiology
A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP Quality of Healthcare Quality healthcare... Read more
Rising to the Challenge of Patient-Centred Care
After an hour of describing a recent admission to hospital for treatment... Read more
Advances in source control in patients with sepsis and septic shock
In the past decades there have been significant advances in the... Read more
Award-winning cogen facility provides independent green hospital power
How a Boston hospital is tackling energy use and lowering costs ... Read more
Precision Medicine in Sepsis
Multiple failed clinical trials testing immunomodulatory therapies for... Read more
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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-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...