Supply Chain Costs Leading Worry for Execs
Amidst rising cost of supplies, healthcare organisations have turned their focus on improving supply chain management to help reduce overall... Read more
Back to School: Report Card Feedback Effective for Training Surgeons?
One-on-one feedback and written report cards are effective tools for helping surgery residents do better in preventing dangerous blood clots... Read more
Lowest Hospital Spending: Not Where You Think
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics analysed the real... Read more
Patients Recording Surgery: Transparency or Medical Trainwreck?
StatNews talks about the recent debate in healthcare over whether patients should be allowed to record their surgical procedures. Jennifer... Read more
6 Ways to Make Your Workforce More Flexible
Healthcare workers tend to work in an environment which comes with many professional boundaries. These boundaries often limit their ability... Read more
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Why NHS Trusts would benefit from long-term strategies over locum ‘quick fixes’
It’s no secret that the NHS is under-staffed and under-funded. It’s hard to read the news without coming across a report on the doctor-shortage, its impact on patient care and the growing cost of agency locums. Indeed, according to a recent analysis from the King’s Fund, Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation, the gap between available staff and... Read more
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
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... 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
Leading change and value
An alternative approach to leadership. Diabeter employs a leadership... Read more
Quantitative EEG in ICU: Useful and Feasible
EEG measures continuously at the bedside the human brain’s electrical... Read more
A systems perspective on collaborative care delivery
For collaborative care delivery to be a driver of healthcare tr... Read more
Healthcare risk, quality & safety guidance
Violence in healthcare facilities In the below summary, ECRI... Read more
Will robots take your job in healthcare?
Is artificial intelligence set to take over the health sector?... Read more
Award-Winning Diabetes Clinic with VBHC Approach
Diabeter explains how a focus on best outcomes leads to cost reductions... Read more
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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...
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,...