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Executive Health Management

Our-top-management-leadership-tips-for-2017

2016 19 Dec

  HealthManagement.org publishes the latest on cutting edge practice in healthcare management across our Imaging, Admin, IT and Cardiology platforms contributed from top experts around the world. We’ve compiled a list of top management tips we’ve received from our valued contributors in 2016 to inspire you for the New Year. Read on and enjoy!...Read more

ICU Management

Learning-to-lead-an-icu-new-course

2016 30 Nov

A course for aspiring and practising intensive care unit (ICU) leaders will take place in Brussels in January 2017. ICU Management & Practice spoke to some of the faculty, which includes Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent, to find out more.   Who is the course for?   This course will attract participants...Read more

IT Management

Leading-healthcare-it-organizations-partner-to-expand-global-impact

2016 18 Nov

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) announced a pivotal agreement to jointly partner on all programs and professional communities outside of North America.  Through HIMSS-CHIME International, healthcare information technology’s (HIT) two most visible and successful...Read more

Executive Health Management

Health-leadership-in-europe-leveraged-in-new-media-partnership

2016 14 Nov

  The European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) and HealthManagement.org Enter New Agreement   EAHM and HealthManagement.org will partner to foster healthcare management and leadership in Europe, by leveraging in mutual expertise and network.     With both parties supporting the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration...Read more

Health Management

Volume-16-issue-4-2016

2016 13 Nov

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Management-and-leadership-in-cardiology

2016 13 Nov

INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR TIENUSH RASSAF HealthManagement.org, Europe’s leading multidisciplinary healthcare management platform, welcomes Prof. Tienush Rassaf as Editor-in-Chief, Cardiology, HealthManagement.org. Prof. Rassaf is Director of the Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine at the Westgerman Heart- and Vascular Center, University Hospital...Read more

IMAGING Management

Representativeness-of-women-in-leadership-roles-in-medicine

2016 31 Oct

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology explores the issue of low representativeness of women in leadership positions in academic medicine and the reasons this phenomenon exists. The author, Christina M. Surawicz, MD, reports that, although there has been a dramatic increase in the number of female physicians and they...Read more

ICU Management

Volume-16-issue-3-2016-1

2016 27 Sep

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Women-in-leadership-in-intensive-care-medicine

2016 27 Sep

There is a significant gender imbalance in positions of leadership in intensive care medicine. This complex problem requires action to ensure high quality and sustainable leadership for our specialty in the future.   Despite an increasing proportion of ‏women in the medical specialty ‏workforce, there are few female doctors ‏in positions of...Read more

Executive Health Management

30th-annual-rural-health-care-leadership-conference-2017

2017 05 Feb

Since 1987, the  Rural Health Care Leadership Conference  has been the educational event of choice for rural leaders who want to learn from top researchers, strategists, and practitioners who can stimulate their thinking and provide the tools and approaches they need to transform the rural organization for a sustainable future.   This conference...Read more

Executive Health Management

8th-world-health-summit-2016

2016 09 Oct

The World Health Summit is the annual conference of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers, Universities and National Academies. Through the Inter Academy Medical Panel (IAMP), it is organized in collaboration with national academies of science in more than 67 countries.Read more

Health Management

Leadership-and-management-in-cardiovascular-medicine

2016 01 Jul

During the last fifty years, cardiovascular medicine has remarkably advanced by continuously contributing both in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and their diagnostic and therapeutic management.   Given the increase in the quality of life and survival rate of cardiovascular patients, it has been recognised that to a significant degree, the...Read more

Health Management

Leading-and-learning-in-the-real-world

2016 01 Jul

Leadership is a generic term, so when we talk about leaders in the NHS we need to be clear about who and what we are talking about and to avoid making absolute distinctions between leaders and managers.   How should current and future leaders equip themselves to meet the burgeoning challenges facing the NHS?   Accomplished leaders undoubtedly...Read more

Health Management

Is-your-leadership-style-one-size-fits-none

2016 01 Jul

What if you walked into your favourite coffee shop one day and discovered that you couldn't order your usual "customised" coffee? You'd be served caffeinated black coffee or nothing at all. Many industry leaders recognise that their customers are demanding customised experiences; after all, you can customise everything from your computer to your morning...Read more

IT Management

9-best-practices-for-it-project-management

2016 27 Jun

Companies and organisations struggle to keep an IT project within schedule and budget. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study of 10,000 projects from 200 companies in 30 countries, only 2.5 percent of companies succeeded in completing their IT projects and the Journal of the Medical Informatics Association says that healthcare’s track record is...Read more

ICU Management

Study-change-management-in-the-icu

2016 27 Jun

Relocating an ICU can involve not only a physical move but changes to work practices. Relocation should be planned with a systematic change management strategy, dedicated leadership, and a communication strategy, according to a study published in Australian Critical Care.   Frances Fenghzhi Lin, RN, PhD, from the Centre for Health Practice Innovation,...Read more

Executive Health Management

Saying-no-is-often-the-key-to-effective-leadership

2016 14 Jun

As difficult as it can be, saying no is often the key to effective leadership, says an ethics and management expert, just as most successful leaders have little difficulty to say no to a losing deal, to a project that’s wasting money, or to a request that doesn’t align with their priorities. These same leaders may feel awkward to speak up...Read more

ICU Management

6-ways-to-improve-medical-emergency-team-performance

2016 14 Jun

When Medical Emergency Teams (METs) or Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) are called to respond to a rapidly deteriorating patient by definition they need to perform under pressure. Effective teamwork is vital. Australian researchers describe 6 habits that can optimise teamwork in such situations, in an article published in Australian Critical Care ....Read more

Executive Health Management

10-principles-of-strategic-leadership-and-how-to-retain-leaders

2016 31 May

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they are facing a critical deficit: they lack people in positions of power with the know-how, experience, and confidence required to tackle what management scientists call “wicked problems.” Such problems can’t be solved by a single command,...Read more

Executive Health Management

Hospital-execs-in-soul-search-for-leadership

2016 17 May

Executives in the healthcare sector know they need to work hard to create an environment that fosters the healing process and many are now resorting to spiritual health to improve their own personal capabilities, writes Shannon Barnet of Becker’s Hospital Review . Three healthcare leaders — Sister Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Washington,...Read more

IMAGING Management

Werner-baumann-to-succeed-dr-marijn-dekkers-as-chairman-of-the-board-of-management-of-bayer-ag

2016 07 Apr

Effective May 1, 2016, Werner Baumann will become the new Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG. This was decided by the company’s Supervisory Board at its meeting today. The current CEO of Bayer AG, Dr. Marijn Dekkers, proposed to the Supervisory Board that his contract be dissolved effective April 30, 2016, following the Annual Stockholders’...Read more

IT Management

New-president-of-sectra-s-secure-communications-business-area

2016 06 Apr

Simo Pykälistö, currently CFO and Executive Vice President of Sectra AB (STO: SECT B), has been appointed President of Sectra’s Secure Communications business area. Simo Pykälistö grew up in Finland, was educated in the US and subsequently moved to Sweden. Simo Pykälistö is 43 years old and holds a degree in finance from the United States International...Read more

ICU Management

Standards-for-healthy-critical-care-work-environments-updated

2016 28 Mar

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has announced the publication of the 2nd edition of its Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments . The standards, first published in 2005, identified previously discounted systemic behaviours that can result in unsafe conditions, and focus on the human factor. The Association...Read more

ICU Management

Critical-care-education-and-leadership

2016 11 Mar

Todd Dorman takes office as President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in February 2016. He is Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Vice Chair for Critical Care Services, Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine; Senior Associate Dean for Education Coordination; Associate Dean for Continuing Medical...Read more

IMAGING Management

Chris-coughlin-elected-to-hologic-board-of-directors

2016 02 Mar

Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX) has announced that  Christopher J. Coughlin  has joined the Company's Board of Directors.  Mr. Coughlin was elected to the Board at the Company's 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, along with nine existing Directors who were re-elected. Mr. Coughlin, who in December was named "Director of the Year" by the National Association...Read more

Executive Health Management

Zoom-on-dr-paul-ballman

2016 29 Feb

Dr. Paul Ballman is Head of Leadership Development at Vodafone UK and the author of Red Pill: The Truth About Leadership. 1. What are your key areas of interest and research?  I am principally a practitioner in the area of leadership excellence, so that tends to drive my research interest. Much of my consulting work involves psychologically...Read more