Search Tag: Patient Safety
2025 10 Nov
Hospitals depend on a constant stream of notifications to keep patients safe and systems secure. Electronic health record (EHR) prompts, clinical device alarms and security warnings all aim to surface information that requires attention. Yet volume, timing and relevance often collide, creating an environment where critical signals are lost in...Read more
2025 09 Nov
; Healthcare ;organisations ;operate ;in complex digital ecosystems where data breaches and ransomware can disrupt care, damage ;trust ;and strain finances. Effective ;defence ;depends on ;timely ;detection, fast containment and disciplined recovery, built on clear governance and continuous visibility across clinical and corporate systems. A resilient...Read more
2025 09 Nov
; Healthcare ;organisations ;operate ;in complex digital ecosystems where data breaches and ransomware can disrupt care, damage ;trust ;and strain finances. Effective ;defence ;depends on ;timely ;detection, fast containment and disciplined recovery, built on clear governance and continuous visibility across clinical and corporate systems. A resilient...Read more
2025 04 Nov
Escalating cyber threats reshape risk in healthcare, with ransomware and data breaches now touching organisational survival as much as security operations. Disruptions can erode patient privacy, trigger costly litigation and strain finances already pressured by labour costs, inflation and reimbursement dynamics. The implications extend to continuity...Read more
2025 04 Nov
Escalating cyber threats reshape risk in healthcare, with ransomware and data breaches now touching organisational survival as much as security operations. Disruptions can erode patient privacy, trigger costly litigation and strain finances already pressured by labour costs, inflation and reimbursement dynamics. The implications extend to continuity...Read more
2025 04 Nov
Escalating cyber threats reshape risk in healthcare, with ransomware and data breaches now touching organisational survival as much as security operations. Disruptions can erode patient privacy, trigger costly litigation and strain finances already pressured by labour costs, inflation and reimbursement dynamics. The implications extend to continuity...Read more
2025 03 Nov
High quality care and sustainable finances are not opposing aims in hospital management; they can reinforce each other when clinical priorities, operational design and investment decisions are aligned. Prevention, safer care and timely access link to lower total cost of care and more resilient margins. The focus should be on reducing avoidable...Read more
2025 03 Nov
High quality care and sustainable finances are not opposing aims in hospital management; they can reinforce each other when clinical priorities, operational design and investment decisions are aligned. Prevention, safer care and timely access link to lower total cost of care and more resilient margins. The focus should be on reducing avoidable...Read more
2025 03 Nov
High quality care and sustainable finances are not opposing aims in hospital management; they can reinforce each other when clinical priorities, operational design and investment decisions are aligned. Prevention, safer care and timely access link to lower total cost of care and more resilient margins. The focus should be on reducing avoidable...Read more
2025 31 Oct
Accurate diagnosis underpins safe and effective critical care, yet the diagnostic process in acute illness is inherently vulnerable. Time pressure, evolving physiology and limited patient history often converge when illness is most severe. Critical illness is also encountered beyond intensive care units (ICUs) and in some cases follows earlier...Read more
2025 31 Oct
Accurate diagnosis underpins safe and effective critical care, yet the diagnostic process in acute illness is inherently vulnerable. Time pressure, evolving physiology and limited patient history often converge when illness is most severe. Critical illness is also encountered beyond intensive care units (ICUs) and in some cases follows earlier...Read more
2025 27 Oct
Hospitals depend on reliable digital services to deliver safe,timely care, yet traditional monitoring often alerts teams only after something has gone wrong. Observability offers a fuller view of system behaviour by unifying telemetry across applications, infrastructure and networks, helping IT leaders detect patterns that precede incidents, understand...Read more
2025 27 Oct
Hospitals depend on reliable digital services to deliver safe,timely care, yet traditional monitoring often alerts teams only after something has gone wrong. Observability offers a fuller view of system behaviour by unifying telemetry across applications, infrastructure and networks, helping IT leaders detect patterns that precede incidents, understand...Read more
2025 27 Oct
Hospitals depend on reliable digital services to deliver safe,timely care, yet traditional monitoring often alerts teams only after something has gone wrong. Observability offers a fuller view of system behaviour by unifying telemetry across applications, infrastructure and networks, helping IT leaders detect patterns that precede incidents, understand...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Rapid advances in large language models (LLMs) are reshaping conversational decision support in healthcare. An evaluation of eight contemporary systems on concise, single-turn clinical vignettes assessed diagnostic and triage performance with and without structured prompts. The work compared overall accuracy, examined safety-oriented behaviours...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Rapid advances in large language models (LLMs) are reshaping conversational decision support in healthcare. An evaluation of eight contemporary systems on concise, single-turn clinical vignettes assessed diagnostic and triage performance with and without structured prompts. The work compared overall accuracy, examined safety-oriented behaviours...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Rapid advances in large language models (LLMs) are reshaping conversational decision support in healthcare. An evaluation of eight contemporary systems on concise, single-turn clinical vignettes assessed diagnostic and triage performance with and without structured prompts. The work compared overall accuracy, examined safety-oriented behaviours...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Telemedicine in intensive care has evolved from early audiovisual links to integrated programmes that extend specialist input across hospitals and regions. The approach supports bedside teams under growing pressure from higher patient acuity, rising admissions and constrained workforce capacity. By connecting hub centres to spoke ICUs, tele-ICU...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Telemedicine in intensive care has evolved from early audiovisual links to integrated programmes that extend specialist input across hospitals and regions. The approach supports bedside teams under growing pressure from higher patient acuity, rising admissions and constrained workforce capacity. By connecting hub centres to spoke ICUs, tele-ICU...Read more
2025 23 Oct
Telemedicine in intensive care has evolved from early audiovisual links to integrated programmes that extend specialist input across hospitals and regions. The approach supports bedside teams under growing pressure from higher patient acuity, rising admissions and constrained workforce capacity. By connecting hub centres to spoke ICUs, tele-ICU...Read more
2025 22 Oct
Hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media are type B adverse reactions and remain inherently unpredictable. Over time, proliferating risk lists have offered little practical clarity for imaging teams. A focused appraisal of published evidence condensed numerous proposed factors into a small set with clear clinical relevance. The findings...Read more
2025 22 Oct
Hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast media are type B adverse reactions and remain inherently unpredictable. Over time, proliferating risk lists have offered little practical clarity for imaging teams. A focused appraisal of published evidence condensed numerous proposed factors into a small set with clear clinical relevance. The findings...Read more
2025 18 Oct
Global EHR adoption surged in 2024, yet clinician satisfaction remains uneven. KLAS data reveal high vendor activity and strategic gains in countries like France, Brazil and Saudi Arabia. However, only the Middle East aligns infrastructure, training, governance and personalisation to deliver strong EHR experiences. To unlock value, healthcare systems...Read more
2025 14 Oct
Intensive care units rely on dense constellations of monitors, ventilators and infusion devices that generate frequent alarms to protect patients. Persistent exposure to these sounds can desensitise clinicians and reduce responsiveness, a phenomenon described as alarm fatigue. In parallel, sustained emotional demands and exposure to suffering...Read more
2025 14 Oct
Intensive care units rely on dense constellations of monitors, ventilators and infusion devices that generate frequent alarms to protect patients. Persistent exposure to these sounds can desensitise clinicians and reduce responsiveness, a phenomenon described as alarm fatigue. In parallel, sustained emotional demands and exposure to suffering...Read more
2025 14 Oct
In today’s rapidly evolving digital era, health information technologies give enormous opportunity and promise to transform patient care. To unlock their full potential, these innovations must be tested with the same scientific rigour as life-saving drugs and devices. This article invites readers to rethink how we evaluate new technologies in healthcare...Read more
2025 08 Oct
Pressure ulcers, often referred to as bed sores, remain one of the most persistent challenges in long-term care. Despite decades of prevention guidelines, many nursing homes still report cases that result in unnecessary suffering for residents and significant costs for healthcare systems. Because these wounds are largely preventable, their...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Amid complex care pathways and rising workload pressures, the ability of hospitals to retain an engaged nursing workforce is tied closely to workplace climate. Evidence from a large Egyptian university hospital indicates that two organisational features matter in tandem: a virtuous climate that foregrounds optimism, trust, compassion, integrity...Read more
2025 06 Oct
Ultrasound use continues to expand across radiology, cardiology and point-of-care settings, bringing valuable imaging to more patients and clinical workflows. With broader adoption comes a greater need to manage infection risks linked to device reprocessing. Effective cleaning and disinfection depend on understanding how probe use, contact surfaces...Read more