Keeping A Fine Balance Between Cost and Quality In Healthcare
Cost saving strategies vary from one health system to the other, but experts in the U.S. say close monitoring of labour costs is one of... Read more
The Doctor's Condolence Letter: Standardisation Necessary?
The results of a new survey published in ecancermedicalscience indicate that a majority of oncology professionals believe that writing condolence letters... Read more
School Debt for EM Higher Than Average Mortgage
The average educational debt carried by emergency medicine residents is approximately 25 percent higher than the average mortgage in the United... Read more
Hospital Execs In Soul Search For Leadership
Executives in the healthcare sector know they need to work hard to create an environment that fosters the healing process and many are... Read more
CHKS announced its Top Hospitals 2016 Award winners
CHKS has announced the winners of its Top Hospitals 2016 national awards. These awards celebrate the success of healthcare and social care providers... 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
Communication myths of anaesthetists
Vital minutes before unconsciousness Anaesthesia is a diverse... Read more
The Burden Caused by Administrators and Managers: a Euro-American Jumble
A EURO-AMERICAN JUMBLE We argue that a jumble of rules, protocols, Read more
The Care Continuum
Thinking Digitally IT is critical to the way Philips designs, develops... Read more
How to... Assess Staff Performance in the Imaging Department
Implementing good staff assessments in the medical imaging department... Read more
Morten Elbæk Petersen, CEO, sundhed.dk
“Understand stakeholders’ needs and strategies – sometimes... Read more
Getting Started With Twitter
The growth of social media for medical CPD has been astronomical over... Read more