Search Tag: Healthcare sustainability
2024 29 Nov
Discover how visionary leadership and skilled talent are transforming healthcare. This issue explores AI-driven care, digital health tools, leadership frameworks, and innovation shaping the future of patient outcomes and organisational success. Read more
2024 25 Sep
Measuring health outcomes is crucial for evaluating healthcare delivery beyond services, focusing on efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency. Efficacy ensures treatments meet patient needs, effectiveness assesses overall system performance, and efficiency maximises resource use. The cost-opportunity principle balances innovation with sustainability....Read more
2024 20 May
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is widespread for diagnosing various conditions affecting organs and tissues, aided by Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) to enhance image clarity. However, the increased utilisation of GBCA in MRI scans is leading to contamination of water systems, challenging previous assumptions about their stability. This...Read more
2024 20 May
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is widespread for diagnosing various conditions affecting organs and tissues, aided by Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) to enhance image clarity. However, the increased utilisation of GBCA in MRI scans is leading to contamination of water systems, challenging previous assumptions about their stability. This...Read more
2024 29 Mar
The patient lies still on the operating table, softly inhaling the anesthetic gases that keep her safely sedated during surgery. Then she breathes out, and the anesthesia that wasn’t metabolized by her body—roughly 95 percent of the gas flowing through the anesthesia machine—is exhaled, unused and unchanged. That gas is then vented through the...Read more
2024 29 Mar
The patient lies still on the operating table, softly inhaling the anesthetic gases that keep her safely sedated during surgery. Then she breathes out, and the anesthesia that wasn’t metabolized by her body—roughly 95 percent of the gas flowing through the anesthesia machine—is exhaled, unused and unchanged. That gas is then vented through the...Read more
2024 06 Mar
As the world grapples with the realities of man-made climate change, attention has turned to every sector's contribution to global emissions, including healthcare. Among medical practices, radiology departments stand out as significant contributors to carbon emissions, sparking a call for sustainable changes. The European Society of Radiology...Read more
2024 26 Jan
The National ICV Program aims to strengthen local supply chains as well as promote sustainability and advanced technology adoption The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), a subsidiary of PureHealth, the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has achieved a remarkable National In-Country Value (ICV) score, positioning SEHA as...Read more
2024 26 Jan
The National ICV Program aims to strengthen local supply chains as well as promote sustainability and advanced technology adoption The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), a subsidiary of PureHealth, the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has achieved a remarkable National In-Country Value (ICV) score, positioning SEHA as...Read more