Article • Surgery tutoring
How to find the right mentor
A French start-up eases international peer-to-peer teaching in TAVI, PRP or S-ICD and other leading medical procedures by taking physicians directly in the operating suites.
Article • Africa
Africa Healthcare Week
The 5th Africa Healthcare Week is the largest European based event of its kind to assess investment opportunities, new developments and technology in African health. Co-Hosted with Africa Dental Summit Africa's only dental business event in Europe.
Article • Congress
Global Forum: Big Data & Analytics in Healthcare
Event location: Millennium Gloucester Hotel London Kensington 4-18 Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London SW7 4LH, UK United Kingdom
News • Backlog
A worrying age increase of imaging equipment
A recent Medical Imaging Equipment Age Profile report from AXREM provides worrying reading. The report highlights the continuing increase in the age of the installed base of medical imaging equipment across the United Kingdom.
Article • Backlog III
‘One in three scanners are obsolete’
Obsolescence and strategies to manage equipment data to benefit patients were at the centre of debates during the Radiology Triangle meeting in Madrid earlier this year.
Article • Business facts and figures
The European IVD market
The European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association EDMA (*) presented 2014 market data, and some countries, such as Germany, also provide estimates for 2015, based on Q1 through Q3 2015.
Article • Transplantation
Organ donation in Germany - the gruelling fight for trust
Whilst Spain has announced a new record for organ donations the number in Germany is stabilising at a ‘low level’. The good news? The number did not fall any further following scandals surrounding the manipulation in the allocation of donor organs.
Article • Backlog
Ten percent of radiology scanners should be scrapped
One in ten CT scanners and one in five MRI scanners are technically obsolete. Radiologists are sounding the alarm. In 2008, around 60% of all CT scanners and 55% of all MRI scanners were up to five years old; 31% of all CT scanners and 32% of all MRI scanners were between five and ten years old; 9% of all CT scanners and 16% of all MRI scanners were over ten years old.
Article • Senology
The core of patient satisfaction & workflow efficiency
Dr Massimo Calabrese, head of the Complex Operative Unit of Diagnostic Senology in Genoa’s San Martino Hospital, examines aspects of stereotactic breast biopsy procedures and workflow and the need for improvements in certain areas of breast diagnostics.
Article • Extreme environments
Cardiology in outer space and Polar Regions
Cardiology in extreme environments takes centre stage at the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) annual conference.
Article • Lifestyle related illnesses
NHS targets obese patients
A health authority in England has sparked a major debate within the NHS after suggesting that obese patients and smokers could be refused surgery to help save Money.
News • MEDICA 2017
Germany - more than just a 'car nation'
With MEDICA 2017 drawing ever nearer, Joachim Schäfer, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, sets the stage with the following statement:
News • Profession
Telenursing working group at International Council of Nurses Congress
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Biennial Congress was held at the end of May in Barcelona, Spain with 8,000 nurses attending. ISfTeH was represented by Dr. Claudia Bartz and other members of the ISfTeH Telenursing Working Group.
News • Children's cardiology
Monitoring the hearts of the sports stars of the future
Professionals in the field of children’s cardiology will hold their world congress in FCB’s Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain from the 16th to the 21st of July 2017. As part of the congress and for the first time, a special symposium will unite leading experts in the field of sports cardiology to discuss the heart health of the sports stars of the future.
News • Analysis software
Philips to strengthen ultrasound business with TOMTEC acquisition
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH (TOMTEC), a leading provider of intelligent image analysis software, especially for diagnostic ultrasound.
News • Exhibition
Medical Fair Thailand 2017 sold out
Medical Fair Thailand 2017 will be its largest edition yet, with booth space fully sold out since May, featuring 700 exhibitors from 45 countries including 18 National Pavilions and country groups on a show floor that has expanded by 20% compared to 2015, at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. Held biennially, Medical Fair Thailand 2017 confirms its position as Thailand’s most…
Sponsored • Professional pressure
Doctors divided about tutoring future colleagues
Professionally active doctors increasingly hesitate to take on the task of tutoring students from undergraduate medical education. Stress and pressure from higher up, and sometimes also from colleagues, contributes to this ambivalence, according to a thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy.
News • Cooperation
UK’s MedTech industry forges closer international trading relationships
The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) has become the first UK Life Sciences industry association to create a bespoke membership offering for international companies. The unique programme will help drive growth and investment in the UK.
News • Royal visit
Queen Máxima visits Congress of the European Academy of Neurology
The Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) in Amsterdam received a royal visit: H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the major scientific event at RAI Amsterdam, in which over 6,000 people are participating.
Article • Refugee pediatrics
‘We saw unimaginable medical conditions’
In a vulnerable system the most vulnerable users suffer most – and in the German hospital surgical care system the most vulnerable are children – and, above all, immigrant children.
Interview • Deep learning
Samsung: AI develops beyond the breast
Access, accuracy and efficiency are at the core of Samsung’s healthcare strategy, explained Insuk Song, Vice President of Product Planning, Healthcare and Medical Equipment at Samsung Electronics, during our exclusive European Hospital interview. Samsung, the Korean giant, is now proceding with its artificial intelligence (AI) deployment, notably with the S-Detect software to help ultrasound…
Article • Physicians protest
Overworked family doctors sound the alarm
Three quarters of Dutch general practitioners (GPs: family doctors) experience an increasing work pressure, according to a recent survey of the National Association of General Practitioners (LHV). Especially evening, night and weekend services at GP Emergency Posts (Dutch: HAP) are found to be heavy duty, in addition to their daily practice.
Article • Health and care sustainability
Short-sighted politicians place NHS in jeopardy
The future of the National Health Service is under threat unless action is taken to address critical issues, according to members of the UK’s House of Lords.
News • Weight-bearing CT imaging
CurveBeam and Carestream Health collaborate
Medical device companies CurveBeam and Carestream Health announced a collaboration to support and facilitate education and research for weight-bearing computed tomography imaging.
News • Strategic cooperation
SpeeDx and Cepheid announce partnership on European distribution
SpeeDx Pty, Ltd. announced an agreement with Cepheid for distribution of its PlexPCRTM and ResistancePlusTM molecular diagnostic products in key markets throughout Europe. The agreement, covering Germany, France, Italy, and the UK, will increase coverage for the market-leading ResistancePlus MG test, the first CE-IVD test for Mycoplasma genitalium to combine detection with testing for…