• Six Sigma

    Author William LaFollette  currently serves on the Board of Directors of the  American Society for Quality (ASQ).   Six Sigma can reduce defects in services to unprecedented levels because of its strong emphasis on statistical analysis and measurement in design, manufacturing, and the entire area of patient-oriented activities....

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  • Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

    Author Catalina Ciolan is Project Director of the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers in Brussels,  Belgium.   The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a process capability maturity model which helps in the definition and understanding of an organisation’s processes. Initially known as Humprey’s CMM (name given after...

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    Volume 3 / Issue 1 2008

    • IT
    • 03/01/2008

    COVER:  The Clinical Information System; IT @  FEATURES:  The 21st Century Digital Hospital; The Broadband Challenge for Isolated Communities; He

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  • Czech Republic

    Czech Healthcare System Far Friendlier to Patients This year’s Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) survey found the Czech health care system to have become much more patient-friendly than last year. The Czech Republic placed 15th out of 29 countries (the 27 EU member states, plus Switzerland and Norway), compared to 2006, when it ranked 22 nd...

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  • Ukraine

    International Conference   “Telemedicine: Myths and Reality”   The Association for Ukrainian Telemedicine and e-Health Development (a Member of The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers) presented the 1st International Conference “ Telemedicine : myths and reality ” on November 8 and 9 in Lviv, Ukraine.   One...

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  • Lativa

    New e-Health Programme to be Implemented A new Latvian e-Health programme, devised by the Ministry of Health, plans to devote over 40 million Euros to the development of e-Health applications over the next three years.   The objective of the programme is to ensure that all citizens and healthcare providers are able to obtain clear,...

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  • The Clinical Information System

    At the Heart of Healthcare IT Author Jos Aarts  is with the Institute of Health Policy and Management,  Erasmus Medical College, Rotterdam, the Netherlands . [email protected] Clinical Information Systems (CIS) are becoming critical to hospital IT infrastructure, in terms...

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  • Hospital Material Management Information System

    ECRI Institute Europe Weltech Centre Ridgeway Welwyn Garden City Herts AL7 2AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1707 871511 Fax: +44 (0)1707 393138 [email protected] www.ecri.org.uk     ECRI Institute, a non-profit organisation, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research...

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  • Videoconferencing

    New Technologies Hold Promise to Revolutionise e-Health Author Tosh Sheshabalaya HITM   The convergence of voice and images has long been a Holy Grail of the IT and telecoms industry. So far, a swathe of initiatives have led to a hotchpotch of mixed results. True-blue, real-time videoconferencing, to many critics, remained...

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  • Managing Change in Healthcare

    The Senior Leader's Nondeleable Role Author Chip Caldwell is president of Chip Caldwell & Associates,  and is the Northern Florida Regent of the  American College of Healthcare Executives. As a consultant and coach to senior leader teams, Black Belts, and physician leaders who are learning...

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