Search Tag: patient outcome

Executive Health Management

Analysis-of-patient-outcomes-following-long-term-acute-care-hospital-closures

2023 01 Dec

Since 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) have implemented a series of reforms designed to limit the growth of Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals  (LTCHs) and curbed the spending. This resulted in many LTCH closings.   While it remained unclear whether these closured affected patient care patterns at short-stay hospitals and overall...Read more

IT Management

Himss23-europe-presents-interoperability-solutions

2023 07 Jun

HIMSS23 European Health Conference & Exhibition will stand out for exploring the technology trends and pinpointing the recent innovations that can be used to relieve the burden on healthcare systems.   Experts will deep dive into several core areas including HIEs and interoperability, exploring how interoperability can transform health solutions...Read more

Executive Health Management

Optimizing-patient-blood-management-the-role-of-the-laboratory

2022 20 Jan

SPEAKER Cecilia Scarponi Clinical Liaison for EMEA, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Read more

Health Management

Volume-21-issue-5-2021

2021 12 Jul

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ICU Management

Isicem19-prof-vincent-talks-about-greater-collaboration-and-a-broader-view

2019 19 Mar

The 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine opened today in Brussels, Belgium. Professor Jean-Louis Vincent kicked off the proceedings with an insightful discussion on intensive care and emergency medicine. Prof. Vincent thanked the organisers and the scientific advisors from all over the world who were attending...Read more

Executive Health Management

Challenges-and-opportunities-for-laboratory-testing-1

2019 15 Mar

It is undeniable that laboratory testing is vital for the diagnosis, prognostication and therapeutic monitoring of human disease. Despite the many advances made for achieving a high degree of quality and safety in the analytical part of diagnostic testing, many hurdles in the total testing process remain, for example in the  preanalytical phase when...Read more

Health Management

Volume-19-issue-1-2019

2019 21 Jan

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Executive Health Management

Better-outcomes-through-clinical-decision-support

2019 21 Jan

How can a clinical decision support system help to achieve measurably better healthcare outcomes? The Collaboratory” reflects the transformation through collaboration that Abbott wants to ignite by working in partnership with clients. Abbott supports healthcare organizations to overcome their challenges and materialize their future state vision,...Read more

Executive Health Management

How-artificial-intelligence-spells-real-change-for-patients-1

2018 07 Nov

“At Affidea, the scale of our operation gives us unique capabilities in AI, including rich data sets which we can use to drive forward innovations in patient care both internally and with our partners. We want to help create a future where healthcare professionals can devote their time to doing what they do best – delivering the best possible care...Read more

Executive Health Management

Value-based-payment-programmes-that-work

2017 25 Apr

  The shift towards value-based care is expected to continue despite uncertainty surrounding healthcare reform under the Trump administration. In a value-based model, physicians are compensated based on performance on standard measures of quality, efficiency, and patient outcomes.   Current value-based payment models need to generate more consistent...Read more

IMAGING Management

Rsna15-patient-mood-can-affect-ir-procedures

2015 03 Dec

Feeling high levels of distress, guilt and fear before undergoing an angioplasty or other interventional radiology procedure may lead to a poor outcome, according to a new study to be presented on Thursday, 3 December, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The study examined data from 230 patients who underwent image-guided...Read more

ICU Management

Does-higher-icu-volume-lead-to-lower-mortality

2015 02 Feb

Large multi-speciality intensive care units (ICUs) are emerging in response to increasing demand for critical care. Consolidation of resources through regionalisation of services aims to contain costs and optimise demand management and operational synergies. Higher patient volumes in ICU have been associated with improved outcomes. Limited evidence...Read more

IMAGING Management

What-can-radiology-learn-from-hotels

2015 05 Jan

A hotelier shares his thoughts on customer service in an article recently published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The article is based on a lecture given by Mr. Horst H. Schulze on how a business or organisation can optimise service for their customers. Schulze currently serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Capella...Read more

Cardiology Management

Patients-not-negatively-affected-when-cardiologists-are-away

2014 23 Dec

According to a report published by JAMA Internal Medicine, having cardiologists away from hospitals for national cardiology meetings did not negatively affect Medicare patients admitted for heart conditions.   A large number of cardiologists take time off work to attend cardiology meetings. To date, how their absence affects patients was unknown....Read more