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
Global Road Maps Required for Healthcare
In recent years, scientists have highlighted the urgency for countries and industries to limit carbon emissions to help mitigate the dreadful... Read more
#EAHM2019: SMART HEALTH of the Future
Singapore’s healthcare system is faced with multiple challenges including an ageing population and a shortage of healthcare specialists. ... Read more
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So Why am I Worrying Now? Thoughts from the UK on Pandemic Times
My Dear Readers, Time is flying, and here I am again, sharing my thoughts as a registered nurse working during a very dramatic time. The first half of the year of 2021 is over. If you reflect now, one can not comprehend of what has happened in the world during these last months. It is almost impossible. Where will one start and stop?... Read more
What About Post-Corona?
Is there a time after COVID-19? Do you regularly hear the question of what we will do after COVID-19? Or what should we do? This is a strange question, because there will be no time after Coronavirus. Corona is an endemic virus, that is among us and does not go away. There is also no time after Influenza. Endemic viruses are here. We need to take... Read more
While perioperative care is optimized, patients die unmonitored in wards!
There is a high demand for a comfortable, small and mobile solution for affordable blood pressure and vital sign monitoring in the general ward to improve patient safety and outcome, as mortality after surgery is a thousand times higher than intraoperative death. 1 CNSystems has enhanced its non-invasive CNAP® technology for perioperative... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Liver Fibrosis: Patients Can Be At Risk Of Death Even Without Exhibiting Symptoms
2020 18 Dec
1 in 5 advanced fibrosis patients evolves to cirrhosis in as little as two and a half years. The liver is the largest gland in the human body and, weighing roughly two kilograms, it is the second largest organ after the skin. Its varied functions include supplying the brain with glucose, filtering toxins out of the blood, producing proteins,... Read more
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
From Our Journals
Pathophysiology of endotoxic shock
Mechanisms of endotoxin-induced multi-organ damage. Endotoxin-induced Read more
Hugo Saner
Senior Consultant -University Clinics of Cardiology, Switzerland Research... Read more
COVID-19: Overview of Nurse Assessment
Managing COVID-19 patients in south of Switzerland with lung ultrasound... Read more
Patient Identification: Executive Summary
For its fifth Deep Dive analysis of a patient safety topic, ECRI Institute... Read more
What is the future of breast cancer screening?
Αdvances in technology and the advent of precision medicine point... Read more
Is radiology a vital speciality?: Reflections on medium term prospects
Comparing radiology to living at or near the ocean allows the threats... Read more