Management

05/23/2006

Protection for lone healthcare employees

In 2002-2003 around 116,000 incidents of abuse were recorded in the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). …

05/23/2006

Scandinavian expertise for German hospitals

Abbakus GmbH, a new company focused on running hospitals and "hotel" wards in line with DRG requirements, has been founded by Careoffice GmbH & Co. KG, of Germany, and the Finnish …

05/23/2006

24/7 Shopping in Hospitals

Ever since the American automats that brought about fast food living were reduced in size, people have become used to picking up a quick bite. …

05/23/2006

The globalisation of healthcare

The enhanced availability of information and communication via the internet, are leading to a growing international trade in healthcare services. …

05/23/2006

Improving garments

Now there are even garments for hospital visitors - a good thing, in view of MRSA and other pathogens. …

05/23/2006

Measuring hospital performance

His professional experience and research cover clinical performance measurement, disease-specific and patient-level clinical performance indicators, performance improvement, …

05/23/2006

The Nations Healthcareer Alumni Meeting

If you ever thought that quality topics and certification issues might be boring, stressful or even harmful for any organisation, being in Frankfurt for this meeting (29 October) …

05/23/2006

Global healthcare report identifies best practices

Health organisations and governments should seek solutions beyond their own borders. …

05/12/2006

OPINION

Across Europe there are different answers to the question of who should manage intensive care. In Germany the issue is linked to a discussion on which medical field could claim …

05/01/2006

The Baltic States and their health systems - From Soviet to EU

The Estonian health system differs from its Baltic neighbour states thanks to a transformation process and reforms. …

05/01/2006

Text messaging beats missed appointments

UK - Patients who miss medical appointments cost the country's National Health Service (NHS) around £575 million annually. …

05/01/2006

Mammography screening arrives in Germany

The Kassenärztliche Vereinigungen (regional Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians) are inviting women aged 50-69 years for mammography screening and, slowly …

05/01/2006

Cost-effectiveness analysis in the ICU

In most OECD countries, healthcare costs take 8-15% of GDP and, even more problematic, they are rising faster than the GDP growth rate. …

05/01/2006

EPR includes images

Germany - The Walldorf-based firm InterComponentWare AG (ICW) launched its hospital networking solution for electronic patients' records (EPR) at MEDICA 2005, reporting that the …

05/01/2006

Catalonia doctors strike

In some areas of Spain, doctors are also becoming even militant. …

05/01/2006

UK nurses in revolt

There is growing unrest in the nursing profession in the UK following announcements of planned job cuts in the NHS. …

05/01/2006

MRSA specialists tackle 'worst' hospitals

UK - Although the Department of Health (DoH) demanded a 50% reduction in MRSA cases in hospitals by 2008, a report at the end of 2005 suggested that some hospitals were making …

05/01/2006

Bird flu vaccine production to be based in CR

Czech Republic - The US firm Baxter International Inc. is to establish a production facility to produce a quite unique vaccine in CR. First discussed in December 2005, the plan …

05/01/2006

PACS for Scotland

Kodak Health Group and National Services Scotland recently signed a formal contract, at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, which officially appointed Kodak as the leading …