Search Tag: Communication

IMAGING Management

Technology-opens-up-fresh-avenues-for-communication-with-radiologists

2023 03 Nov

Faster than ever patients can now access their radiology reports via online portals. In response, radiologists are evolving their communication approaches. It is essential that the language used in these reports is simplified so that they are more understandable to the wide range of people reading the reports.   Moreover, as radiologists increasingly...Read more

Executive Health Management

Veteran-healthcare-communicator-lea-sims-appointed-to-lead-cgfns-marketing-and-communications

2023 11 Jul

CGFNS International announced that it has appointed Lea Sims, a veteran executive who has held both private and public sector marketing leadership roles, as its Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. Sims will join the CGFNS senior leadership team and play an integral role in driving the organization’s brand transformation strategy.   Sims...Read more

IMAGING Management

How-to-improve-handoffs-in-radiology

2021 18 May

A leading cause of medical error, handoffs are a major communication challenge in diagnostic and interventional radiology practice.   The term “handoff” refers to purposeful movements in care delivery between different providers or clinical settings with the intention of maintaining continuity of care. For radiology, care delivery...Read more

Executive Health Management

Preparing-staff-for-crises

2020 11 May

Summary: Staff management during critical times can be and often is very challenging. Therefore, there is a need to learn new processes, acquire new skills/information and use new approaches. A veteran nursing expert talks about how you train, inform and support your staff to achieve the best possible outcomes during a crisis....Read more

Executive Health Management

Smart-hospital-for-the-future

2020 11 May

Summary: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, a large multi-disciplinary public hospital in Singapore enters into the future of Hospital Operations with Command, Control & Communications (C3) capabilities at its new Integrated Operations Command Centre. On 22 Jan 2020, Singapore raised its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON)...Read more

Executive Health Management

Crisis-communication-challenges-priorities-and-perspectives

2020 11 May

Summary: Communication during a crisis is always a challenge and even more so with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. A group of experts from Ghent University in Belgium talked to HealthManagement.org about the elements of a communication strategy, workflow arrangements and adjustments required in critical times and the ways of how...Read more

Executive Health Management

Daily-integrated-care-conferences-as-efficient-model-of-communication

2020 26 Feb

Significantly reducing the length of a patient’s stay can be achieved by a measure as obvious as provider teams holding integrated care conferences (ICCs), ie daily meetings during which providers share information.   You may also like : Trust-Abundant Team Principles   According to the study (Shilian et al. 2020) published in The Journal...Read more

Executive Health Management

How-digital-transformation-can-enhance-healthcare-staff-communication

2020 29 Jan

Summary: An initiative in Spain is tapping into the wealth of digital and non-digital communication amongst staff for streamlining information in an innovative interconnective platform called Plan Adapta. Communication among healthcare professionals: what a challenge. Innovation propelled by technology is one of the most significant opportunities...Read more

IMAGING Management

Informatics-tools-demystify-radiology-reports-for-patients

2020 22 Jan

As more patients become engaged in their care, they require medical communication like radiology reports to be more understandable.   According to Tessa S. Cook, assistant professor of radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, imaging informatics could contribute to facilitating patient-radiologist...Read more

Executive Health Management

Top-9-hospital-management-tips

2019 29 Aug

Effective management is the key to success for any business and the same can be said for the management of hospital systems. Here we explore the top nine management tips to running your hospital successfully.   1) Training of Hospital Staff  New staff introduced to the hospital must be competent hospital managers. Hospital staff should be encouraged...Read more

Executive Health Management

Educating-physicians-to-be-leaders

2019 26 Aug

Summary: For the clinician leaders healthcare desperately needs, training has to begin in medical school and continue throughout a career.   The connection between great leaders and successful organisations that effectively innovate to remain competitive and provide shareholder value has been well demonstrated in business. To that end, many...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-hospital-as-a-brand

2019 26 Aug

Summary: The authors examine the process involved in creating a strong brand and the advantages that this can bring to an organisation and in particular hospitals by enabling them to establish a significant and distinguished position against their competitors.   In manufacturing, retailing and the service sector, it is indisputable: in order...Read more

Executive Health Management

Pinksocks-changing-the-world-with-heart-speak-hugs-and-gifting-1

2019 26 Aug

Summary: HealthManagement.org spoke to Nick Adkins, founder of #pinksocks, a movement that began in healthcare and spreading like wildfire in all industries by activating people to connect by sharing each other’s stories with compassion and empathy to work together as one.     What does it mean to be part of the pink socks tribe?  ...Read more

Executive Health Management

Hellomynameis-compassionate-care-through-social-media

2019 22 Jul

This July 23rd marks another #hellomynameis Day, a campaign created by Dr. Kate Granger MBE and Chris Pointon to put both staff and patient trust back into healthcare. The inspiration behind the campaign arose when Dr. Granger was admitted into hospital and found herself frustrated with healthcare staff who did not introduce themselves before administering...Read more

IMAGING Management

Radiologists-benefit-by-direct-communication-with-patients

2019 19 Mar

Radiologists have long been considered “ doctors’ doctors ,” as they communicate primarily with referring physicians and other radiologists. A key reason behind this: radiologists expend much of their professional effort interpreting medical imaging examinations. They create a formal report to communicate the results of the examination with referring...Read more

ICU Management

Communication-myths-of-anaesthetists-2

2019 14 Mar

Vital minutes before unconsciousness   Anaesthesia is a diverse specialty with a wide range of necessary skills, one of which is effective communication.   The myth that anaesthetists pick the specialty ‘because you don’t need to talk to your patients’ persists. Whether said in jest or disdain this concept gains ground because, yes...Read more

IMAGING Management

Dealing-with-different-personalities-in-the-radiology-department

2019 13 Mar

The work environment of a radiologist consists of working closely with medical students, residents, fellows and ancillary staff, in addition to spending long periods of time in a small space with other radiologists. It is therefore necessary for radiologists to work well together or as a team.  It's worth noting that teams are more about personality...Read more

Executive Health Management

Understanding-bad-communication-2

2019 22 Feb

Deter defensiveness, solve problems Chris Argyris’ insights on bad communication and defensiveness are the building blocks for organisational communication. A celebrated business theorist, Chris Argyris (1923-2013) was James Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior Emeritus at Harvard Business School. His concepts form...Read more

IT Management

24th-annual-greystone-healthcare-internet-conference

2019 04 Nov

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Cardiology Management

Cpc-portuguese-congress-of-cardiology-2019

2019 27 Apr

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Executive Health Management

Does-face-to-face-communication-always-work-best

2018 23 Nov

Mobile phones (including SMS), email, instant messaging apps, and social media platforms all provide us an easy way to communicate with co-workers and other people. While technology is associated with communication efficiency, the question is "Are we able to communicate effectively?" Especially for hospital and health system leaders, there are certain...Read more

ICU Management

Humanizing-the-icu-experience-with-enhanced-communication

2018 16 Oct

Avicenne ICU’s initiative. Decisions to limit therapy (DTLT) are routine for ICU physicians. Although breaking bad news is one of the most difficult tasks clinicians face, ongoing communication is even more crucial as families (not necessary following a legal or genetic definition) of critically ill patients have heightened communication...Read more

Executive Health Management

Short-read-putting-the-patient-at-ease-10-steps-to-better-communication

2018 26 Sep

A physician’s office is a busy place, and patients often have to queue up just to see their physician. Time is precious, and apparently time is something which physicians and staff can never have enough of.  "Making the most of this time and communicating well is key," says Matt Eventoff, a communication and messaging strategist and founder...Read more

Executive Health Management

Captivate-staff-with-animation

2018 22 Sep

Explainer videos as a communication tool. Whether you want to teach staff, motivate them, alter their perceptions, or simply share an idea, animated video is an engaging and memorable approach. The introduction and evolution of innovative ways to represent concepts and topics via animated video have vitalised the learning environment,...Read more

Health Management

Digitisation-4-0-the-transmission-of-patient-data

2018 21 Aug

New methods of patient empowerment and communication with doctor. In the Mühldorf clinic, patients have been equipped with a ‘smart visit’ app in a pilot project to gain experience with a new instrument of data communication. Data Transmition There are numerous apps to assist people with a broad range of issues relating...Read more

Executive Health Management

What-is-hellomynameis-day

2018 20 Jul

23 July marks international #hellomynameis day, the campaign which spreads the message on something that is sadly lacking in some healthcare quarters: simple and human communication between staff and patients. HealthManagement.org caught up with campaign co-founder, Chris Pointon, to find out about the wildfire changes the campaign is making in...Read more

ICU Management

Patient-family-centred-care-communication-is-key

2018 27 Jun

Among critically ill patients and their surrogates, a family-support intervention delivered by the interprofessional ICU team did not significantly affect the surrogates’ burden of psychological symptoms, according to results of the PARTNER trial. Researchers note, however, that the surrogates’ ratings of the quality of communication and the patient-...Read more

IT Management

Digital-medical-expertise-applications-dmea-2019

2019 09 Apr

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ICU Management

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2018 16 Mar

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ICU Management

Supporting-the-patient-innovator

2018 16 Mar

Their inability to communicate effectively whilst he had a tracheostomy on the intensive care unit (ICU), had such a profound impact on Duncan Buckley and his wife, Lisa-Marie, that they developed a concept for a novel interactive communication device, called ‘ICU CHAT’. Together, they have been embedded within the multidisciplinary ICU research...Read more