Search Tag: patient safety

IT Management

Questions-to-ask-about-chatbots

2020 28 Jul

The application of conversational agents (CAs, or chatbots) in healthcare is just beginning, but there are a number of c linical, legal, and ethical aspects to be considered by clinicians and organisations.   You might also like: Chatbot Use in Mental Health: Decisive Factors   The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-future-is-digital

2020 09 Mar

The debate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) versus healthcare personnel shows no sign of abating. While we can safely say that the role of physicians is not under any serious threat from technology, AI will be critical in managing data for more efficient diagnosis, workflow and patient care. ‘The Future is Digital’ offers exciting views on data...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-digitalisation-of-healthcare

2020 09 Mar

Summary: Where can digitalisation in healthcare be applied to yield quantum leaps in efficiency, cost-savings, patient safety and care quality? Almost no other area in healthcare offers so much potential for increasing process efficiency, for improving medical quality as well as patient safety, and finally, for achieving sustainable economic...Read more

Executive Health Management

Single-patient-safety-database-for-nhs-and-private-care

2020 27 Feb

Patient safety data across the UK public (National Health System, NHS) and private healthcare sectors to be gathered in a single online database. Two organisations, NHS Digital and the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) have opened a consultation on the database as part of the next phase of the Acute Data Alignment Programme (...Read more

IMAGING Management

White-paper-reveals-what-radiologists-really-feel-about-ai

2020 21 Jan

Radiologic technologists are, on the whole, positive about the future role AI in imaging according to a recent white paper published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists Foundation.   Named The Artificial Intelligence Era: The Role of Radiologic Technologists and Radiation Therapists , the 21-page white paper gathered data and...Read more

IT Management

Swiss-hospitals-successfully-trial-blockchain-medical-device-tracking

2020 16 Jan

Swiss hospitals have announced successful processing on a trial of medical device orders via the Blockchain.   The Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, the Cantonal Hospital Baden, the University Children's Hospital Zurich and the Spitalregion Fürstenland Toggenburg along with two medical device suppliers Anandic System Medical and ITRIS Medical undertook...Read more

IMAGING Management

Royal-college-of-radiologists-to-new-uk-government-prioritise-cancer-care

2019 23 Dec

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) in the UK has called on the new Conservative majority Government to prioritise and boost funding for five areas across NHS imaging and cancer care.   You might also like: Brexit: Wreaking Havoc in Healthcare?   “You have the power and the opportunity to give patients a sustainably...Read more

Executive Health Management

Pharmacists-involvement-improves-patient-outcomes

2019 15 Dec

Additional attention from pharmacists towards patients, such as educational talks about prescribed medications, may lead to increased level of patient satisfaction during hospital stays. This is the conclusion of the study, Pharmacists Transitions-of-Care Service Improves HCAHPS Scores and Decreases 30-day Hospital Readmission , conducted...Read more

Executive Health Management

Use-patient-safety-to-improve-your-bottom-line

2019 13 Nov

Summary: A culture of safety not only protects the patient from harm but ensures an open, honest and high-quality healthcare system. W. Edward Deming dedicated much of his career studying and analysing various industries and found there are two general approaches to improving quality. In this case, improving patient safety and the quality...Read more

Executive Health Management

3rd-middle-east-laboratory-and-diagnostics-congress-1

2020 11 Jun

POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS TO JUNE 11-13 Find Middle East Laboratory and Diagnostics Congress on Social Media Read more

Executive Health Management

Hospital-management-asia-2020

2020 08 Dec

NOW A VIRTUAL EVENT  HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT ASIA 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED  NEW DATES 8-9 DECEMBER, 2020 Find HMA on Social Media  Read more

Executive Health Management

Ipxsymposium-speaker-spotlight-hisam-alahdab

2019 15 Oct

Dr. Hisam Alahdab, MD, FCCP, MSHQS, is the Chief Operating, Quality and Safety Officer at Anadolu Medical Center, Turkey . As well as this job role, Dr. Alahdab also holds a position on the Patient Safety Committee and Quality Council here. His role involves overseeing the whole process of clinical quality whilst also initiating strategies to implement patient...Read more

Health Management

Volume-19-issue-4-2019

2019 26 Aug

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Executive Health Management

Putting-medical-radiation-protection-first

2019 26 Aug

Summary: How a European Society of Radiology flagship initiative is addressing quality and safety in medical imaging.    EUROSAFE IMAGING has celebrated five years of success in its mission to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe. Through its Stars network, EUROSAFE IMAGING makes efforts to give radiation protection...Read more

Executive Health Management

2020-annual-world-patient-safety-science-technology-summit

2020 01 Jul

POSTPONED  UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  DUE TO COVID- 19 HEALTH CONCERNS. Find the Patient Safety Movement on Social Media      Read more

ICU Management

Results-of-hamilton-medical-online-survey-on-patient-ventilator-asynchronies

2019 25 Jun

Our online survey about how you handle patient-ventilator asynchronies is now closed and the winners have been drawn! The majority of survey participants consider asynchronies to be either very critical or extremely critical for patient safety (66%) and patient comfort (77%). Waveform analysis is the most common method of monitoring and recognizing...Read more

Executive Health Management

Addressing-overall-expenditures-in-the-u-s-health-care

2019 20 Jun

  PART 1   It is important to differentiate between the terms of costs, cost containment, expenditures, and price. Cost is usually the amount spent to produce goods or services. Cost containment is a dominant problem in the health care field, but not addressed from a comprehensive management and policy perspective. In order to...Read more

Executive Health Management

Mindray-signs-psm-s-open-data-pledge-becomes-90th-company-to-join-to-improve-patient-safety

2019 07 Jun

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) announced today that the global medical device developer and manufacturer Mindray has become the 90th company to sign the PSMF’s Open Data Pledge, demonstrating its commitment to improving patient safety through data sharing. “We are excited to have Mindray join the Patient Safety Movement,” said...Read more

Executive Health Management

Patient-safety-by-informa-markets-2019

2019 24 Oct

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Health Management

Volume-19-issue-3-2019

2019 22 May

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Executive Health Management

Euroson-2019-welcomes-world-of-ultrasound

2019 22 May

Initiatives to expand the meeting globally   Prof. Sidhu, talks to Healthmanagement.org about EUROSON 2019 and EFSUMB initiatives in the pipeline.   EFSUMB and FESUMB welcome the imaging and ultrasound community to Granada for EUROSON 2019. This year EUROSON will be held simultaneously with the XXX Annual Meeting of AEED (Asociación Española...Read more

Executive Health Management

New-hospital-policies-and-procedures-required-for-patient-safety

2019 22 May

Eighteen Actionable Patient Safety Solutions are the key to zero preventable patient deaths in our hospitals.   What are the patient safety processes that every hospital administrator and healthcare professional should adopt today to avoid preventable patient harm and death in hospitals?    It’s an unfortunate fact of the medical profession...Read more

IMAGING Management

Poll-finds-patient-safety-is-threatened-by-current-ultrasound-guided-piv-insertion-techniques

2019 09 May

New findings highlight the urgent need to reduce contamination risk through standardized, aseptic non-touch technique A new clinician poll conducted by Nancy Moureau, RN, PhD, CRNI, CPUI, VA-BC, has found that relatively few healthcare facilities have established a standardized process for maintaining proper aseptic non-touch technique during...Read more

Executive Health Management

Spotlight-on-hospital-espanol-de-mexico-the-importance-of-a-culture-of-safety

2019 30 Apr

Mexico City’s historic Hospital Español is the first International hospital to earn the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s prestigious five-star ranking. Their entry into the PSMF’s five-star Hospital Program was officially announced at the 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in January 2019. Founded in 1842, Hospital...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-patient-safety-movement-foundation-s-midyear-planning-meeting-2019

2019 17 Sep

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Executive Health Management

Zoom-on-profile-david-b-mayer-md

2019 27 Feb

Dr. Mayer is the Chief Executive Officer for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. He also serves as the Executive Director of MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety and previously served for almost seven years as MedStar Health’s Vice-President for Quality and Safety. He joined MedStar from the University of Illinois Medical Center in...Read more

IMAGING Management

One-stick-standard-vascular-access-using-ultrasound

2019 13 Feb

Executive Summary The majority of critical care patients (80%) undergo central venous catheterisations (CVCs) for administration of fluids or blood products; haemodynamic monitoring; haemodialysis or transvenous pacing. In this upcoming article in HealthManagement the Journal, Dr. Nidhi Nikhani, Assistant Medical Director at Banner Telehealth...Read more

Executive Health Management

2nd-royal-hospital-international-conference

2019 11 Apr

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