Management: Organisation
02/06/2012
DIA Europe Partners New Patients’ Academy
DIA Europe’s 2012 EuroMeeting in Copenhagen on Tuesday 27 March is the setting for the public launch of EUPATI – the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation. …
01/12/2012
Cuts in services for patients are difficult to justify when opportunities exist to improve hospital efficiency
There are many ways in which hospitals could improve efficiency and reduce the need for cutbacks in services for patients, according to a major review of hospital efficiency …
01/09/2012
Regulators Work With Medical Industry on Radiation Protection
Putting patient safety first is a priority for both HERCA, the association of the Heads of European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities and COCIR, the European trade …
01/06/2012
Birmingham hospital leads the way on hourly nursing rounds
Patients in the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham are already enjoying the benefits of the scheme which aims to tailor nursing care to their individual needs via hourly …
12/20/2011
Trauma networks ensure effective cooperation
Improved cooperation, a database for artificial joints, antibiotics against pathogens – orthopaedic specialists and surgeons are banking on different ways of increasing patient …
12/06/2011
Presumed consent not answer to solving organ shortage in U.S.
Changing the organ donation process in this country from opt-in — by, say, checking a box on a driver’s license application— to opt-out, which presumes someone’s …
10/27/2011
Manufacturers, please! - Improve medical products labels for quicker recognition
For 100% safety, medical products should be better labelled. While legislators, regulatory authorities and certification bodies stipulate that manufacturers should provide clear …
10/27/2011
USA: The new Ann & Robert H Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
In 2012, Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital will be in transition, with a change of name as well as location, when its top class technology, physicians, scientists, staff …
10/20/2011
MIR 2011
It was not the sunshine of the Cote d’Azur in September that lured radiologists to picturesque Nice. Far more enticing was the stimulating programme offered by the Annual …
08/31/2011
The role of hospital management consultants
‘Public hospitals are not yet acknowledging the necessity of engaging management consultants in the same way as private institutions. Management and organisational consultancy …
08/31/2011
Referral management and referral cooperation
‘New market dynamics’ in healthcare, with characteristics such as crowding out, internationalisation of medical services, increasing transparency of services due to the media, …
08/22/2011
Trust leads research knowledge transfer
UHB is leading the way in creating key networks with other European centres of excellence to share knowledge between renowned specialists. The project is already enhancing the …
08/11/2011
How radiotherapy errors can be reduced
A combination of several well-known safety procedures could greatly reduce patient-harming errors in the use of radiation to treat cancer, according to a new study led by Johns …
08/01/2011
A real partnership, with older patients in a central role, is the way forward
Older patients and citizens should play a central role in the design and implementation of solutions for active and healthy ageing, in order to respect their rights and meet their …
07/08/2011
Lack of dignity for older patients
The Dignity in Practice study followed a number of national reports showing that the NHS does not always treat older people with care, dignity and respect and that the lack of …
07/06/2011
Paris Hospitals’ technology transfer arm generated EUR 17M revenues in 2010
One of the world’s leading public health establishments, AP-HP (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris) generated EUR 17 million in revenues thanks to its technology transfer …
06/16/2011
Well organised against EHEC
In late May, a particularly aggressive and new strain of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) posed an enormous challenge for northern German hospitals. In Hamburg, the …
05/20/2011
Medical Technology associations commit to advance ethical behaviour globally
Leaders from medical technology associations across the globe have today committed to further advance ethical behaviour globally by signing the “Global Compliance Statement on …
04/19/2011
Identifying risk, averting risk
The introduction of comprehensive risk management to a hospital is challenging. Although initiating quality and safety processes is often easy, the structural changes in a …
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