Accelerating Healthcare Innovation: How to Harness the Full Potential of Digital Solutions
2024 24 May
Exploring the transformative potential of user-centric digital solutions in healthcare, case studies showcase how these innovations drive improved patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and accessibility in healthcare delivery and management. Key Points Prioritising user needs and seamless integration into existing workflows...Read more
How to Motivate Your Team to Accept Innovation: A Case Study
2020 29 Jan
Summary: Introducing innovative equipment to an established hospital department may seem like a challenge, and often is one. But the implications can be minimal if a proper management culture is in place and the staff is motivated to succeed. Head of a radiology department shares his experience of one such project. As a community hospital,...Read more
Leading Breast Radiologist Wins 2019 RSNA Accolade
2019 13 Nov
Prof. Fiona Gilbert is a leading light in the field of breast imaging with her contribution to the field being marked with Honorary Membership at Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago this December. Since her graduation from Glasgow University in 1978 she has built an illustrious career in the UK in multiple areas...Read more
The “One Stick Standard” for vascular access
2019 22 Feb
The role of ultrasound guidance in achieving a new safety goal US visualisation: one-stick standard and how the practice can significantly reduce- or even eliminate- dangerous complications. Obtaining vascular access is one of the most common procedures performed in U.S. hospitals, with more than 5 million central venous catheterisations...Read more
Occupational Accidents in Hungary: Efficiency or Cost-Efficiency?
2012 19 Sep
Ten years of data analysis, observations and research work preceded the recently completed study, “Expenditures and economic efficiency of the hugarian accident insurance practice in an international context” in Hungary, which highlights the characteristics and challenges of the Hungarian occupational accident medical care practices. For comparisons...Read more
ECDC Director Speaks on Reinforcing Trust, Key Role of Doctors, Healthcare Workers to Reach Eu Vaccination Goals
2012 01 Apr
"The role of doctors and healthcare workers in direct contact with parents and children is paramount," said ECDC Director Dr. Marc Sprenger at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany. Speaking at a panel on 'Bridging Health Gaps with Vaccines', Dr. Sprenger emphasised that "effective communication (to parents) is important to reinforce trust. Here...Read more
Améliorer l'efficacité de la prescription grâce à l’utilisation accrue des produits génériques à bas prix
2012 01 Apr
La croissance rapide des dépenses pharmaceutiques devance les autres composantes des soins de santé. Aussi les dépenses pharmaceutiques sont-elles sont de plus en plus sérieusement examinées dans tous les secteurs. Cette croissance a poussé les gouvernements, les organisations médicales professionnelles, les autorités sanitaires et les compagnies d'assurance...Read more
UK - Fewer Patients Staying in Mixed-Sex Accommodation
2011 10 Oct
Fewer patients are suffering the indignity of staying in mixed-sex accommodation, according to new figures released. Since December 2010, when the monthly collection of mixedsex accommodation data was introduced, the number of breaches has dropped from 11,802 to 2,011 – a decrease of 83 percent. In May 2011, hospitals reported that 2,011 patients...Read more
Accreditation for Ambulatory Facilities Value of International Recognition and Managers Role
2009 21 Sep
Background Several studies have demonstrated that the role of hospitals is changing; services formerly provided by hospitals are now provided by other kind of facilities, like community healthcare centres or ambulatory settings (also named outpatient clinics, policlinics, poliambulatory); further it is becoming more and more clear that hospitals...Read more
Researching Accreditation
2007 24 Dec
Authors: David Greenfield , PhD, Research Fellow Jeffrey Braithwaite , PhD, Professor and Director Centre for Clinical Governance Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia...Read more
The Evaluation of Hospital Quality in Europe – Towards a European System of Accreditation ?
2007 26 Oct
Willy Heuschen EAHM Secretary General Editor-in-chief On the occasion of the general assembly of the EAHM that will take place on 16 November during Medica in Düsseldorf, the EAHM is organising a seminar on the theme of the evaluation of quality, and more precisely, accreditation, an external procedure for...Read more
Hospital Accreditation in France
2005 02 Feb
Author Hervé Leteurtre , Quality Advisor for the Fédération Hospitalière de France The ruling of April 24, 1996, completed by the decree of April 7, 1997, forms the framework for legal proceedings for the accreditation of French hospitals. Following several other countries, hospitals and clinics in France were able...Read more
Accréditation
2003 02 Mar
Author Par Hervé Leteurtre – Conseiller Qualité à la Fédération Hospitalière de France L’ordonnance du 24 avril 1996 complétée par le décret du 7 avril 1997 forment le squelette de la procédure légale de l’accréditation des établissements de santé français. Après de nombreux autres pays, la France s’est dotée...Read more
