Nurses Need Festive Cheer Too
The holiday season is generally a time to celebrate but with the celebration, it also brings stress and anxiety. The season is especially stressful... Read more
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
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Making ethics the business of healthcare
Every two years, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) organises a conference that brings together 500 health industry executives from around the globe for networking and enriching discussions. For the 8th IFC Global Private Healthcare Conference, held in Miami on March 27–28, we also unveiled a bold new initiative that aims to prod the industry... Read more
Post-Brexit: should UK healthcare become more European?
There are few who doubt that Brexit – whenever and however it happens – will have an impact on the NHS. There will be implications for access to, or cost of, drugs and other physical resources, as well on its ability to maintain sufficient workforce capacity and skills. What is unclear is whether that impact, will be as daunting as the Y2k threat... Read more
How can the NHS reduce its £300,000,000 temporary staffing spend?
While the staffing crisis facing the NHS has been well-documented , the mechanics behind how Trusts secure skills, and how this contributes to the problem is rarely discussed. The fact is that NHS Trusts are frittering away millions of pounds each year through inefficient, disjointed staffing strategies, and small tweaks in terms of... 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
Update on medical student education
One of the main projects of EUROSON School is the introduction of Ultrasound... Read more
Human factor approaches improving EMR usability and satisfaction
The EMR does not have to fail The much-maligned Electronic Medical... Read more
Noninvasive technologies for personalised haemodynamic monitoring
Advanced haemodynamic monitoring methods Bernd Saugel, MD, EDIC... Read more
Pursuing a Culture of Safety: The Importance of Self-Regulation
Professional self-regulation is effective when dealing with staff with... Read more
Interoperability: Slow Progress But Willingness to Improve
A mere 6% of clinicians can effectively access information from healthcare... Read more
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The Story Behind Cappucino With Claudio Ronco Video on demand (VOD)... 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-MR1 Ventilator: Intelligent Ventilation from ICU to MRI
This fully featured ICU ventilator is the first ventilator able to be used at a magnetic field strength of up to 50 mT. The HAMILTON-MR1 combines reliability and high performance with patient-adaptive modes that support advanced lung-protective strategies,...