News • Reducing the carbon footprint
How to achieve 'greener' heart healthcare
A new review has shown how medical professionals in cardiology can help reduce healthcare's carbon footprint, by making small, low-cost changes in how they work.
News • Negative effects of Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 pandemic: Negative health effects on group home workers
A study by investigators from the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital shows serious effects in many aspects of the lives of health care workers due to the pandemic.
News • Surgery & medical economics
Carbon footprint of single-use surgical items in common operations
A new analysis of the carbon footprint of products used in the five most common surgical operations shows that 68% of carbon contributions come from single-use items.
News • Trade show in June
Medical Taiwan 2023: Sign up now and explore business opportunities
Medical Taiwan 2023 (June 8-10) features a total of 250 exhibitors presenting their expertise in the fields of ‘Digital Leap,’ ‘Supply Chain,’ ‘Innovation Force,’ ‘People-centric Future,’ and ‘All Age Healthcare.’
News • B2B trade show
Medical Taiwan 2023: Get ready for Digital Health
Medical Taiwan is set to bring together leading manufacturers, suppliers, importers and experts from around the world to showcase the latest innovations, technologies, and products in the field.
News • Calculating economic burden
Putting a price tag on cancer
A new study calculated the economic cost of cancers around the world, helping policymakers allocate resources and enact policies to curb the increase in cancer-related death and disability.
Sponsored • Innovation and acquisitions
Step by step to becoming a healthcare company
JVC Kenwood has become a world leader in broadcasting and consumer audio products. But the company from Kanagawa, Japan, has also been a well-known name in the medical field for decades.
Video • Foundation announces launch
Championing focused ultrasound in the UK
The newly founded UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation is dedicated to advancing the development and adoption of the technology, which can be used to non-invasively treat tissue deep in the body.
Article • Appeal to healthcare providers and medical device vendors
ECRI reports top 10 health technology hazards for 2023
ECRI’s annual top ten technology hazard list alerts hospitals and healthcare providers of situations, products, and procedures they need to diligently monitor and/or take steps to improve. This non-profit technology Pennsylvania research firm has worked for over 50 years to make healthcare safer. The list reflects the organization’s collective judgment about the health technology risks that…
News • Awareness
Fujifilm Europe supports World Cancer Day
Fujifilm has announced its partnership with World Cancer Day, to reduce the global cancer burden, promote greater equity, and integrate cancer control into the world health and development agenda.
News • National research programme
Switzerland develops novel approaches to healthcare
Better coordination beyond purely medical aspects: the Swiss national research programme “Smarter Health Care” shows how resources in the health sector can be used more efficiently.
News • Artificial intelligence in radiology
Bayer acquires AI solutions provider Blackford Analysis
Bayer announced the acquisition of Blackford Analysis Ltd., a global strategic imaging platform and solutions provider for artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology.
News • Workflow assessment
Speeding up surgery times with separate patient preparation
Preparing patients for surgery in a separate space from the operating theatre brings significant benefits in freeing up operating theatre schedules and staff time, according to new research.
News • Sustainability assessment
EU laws need to look at the environmental impact of pharmaceuticals, study finds
Current EU regulation does not adequately consider the environmental emissions of pharmaceuticals in global manufacturing supply chains, a recent study from Finland concludes.
News • Potential and pitfalls of CRISPR
Gene therapies raise difficult legal and ethical questions
New advanced therapies can alleviate or cure chronic diseases. But medical progress, such as the gene editing tool CRISPR, raises the question of how rights should be protected and balanced.
News • Drivers of health disparities
The impact of racism and discrimination on global health
Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination are important influences on health globally, but have so far been overlooked by health researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, finds new research.
Article • Emergency care crisis in the UK
Severe impact of ambulance handover delays
Rows of ambulances held in queues outside emergency departments waiting to admit patients to hospital is becoming an increasingly familiar scene in the UK. Senior figures across the health sector are becoming increasingly concerned at the levels of harm this bottleneck is causing patients. Patient care has hit a massive roadblock as delays in handovers between ambulances and emergency departments…
Article • “Taiwan Excellence” at Medica 2022
Sustainable solutions for post-pandemic healthcare
Innovative gastrointestinal imaging, medical panel PCs with hygiene optimisation, smartphone-based diagnostic tools, and sustainable hardware setups: At Medica 2022, manufacturers from Taiwan again showed their capability to adapt and provide solutions for a world radically changed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the “Taiwan Excellence” banner, outstanding products from the island nation’s…
News • Appeal for sustainability
POCT: Why the medical sector must tackle its single-use diagnostic waste
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of these single-use diagnostics, or point-of-care tests has exploded. This is having major environmental consequences, experts point out.
News • Oncology forecast
Is Europe facing a 'cancer epidemic' in the next decade?
With an estimated one million cancer diagnoses missed across Europe in the last two years, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is predicted to set back European cancer outcomes by almost a decade.
Article • Implementing the electronic patient record in the hospital
EPR: Step by step into the digital future
In Europe, Germany has been bringing up the rear in implementing the electronic patient record (EPR) for years. While the EMRAM score of German hospitals continues to be negligible – on the international as well as on the European level – there are signs of progress that give reason for hope.
Article • Developing a sustainability calculator
Tackling the eco-footprint of healthcare
There is a growing awareness of the healthcare sector’s adverse impact on the environment due to its emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). A recent report from the non-profit organisation Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) finds that globally, healthcare is responsible for 4.4 % of total net GHG emissions.
Article • Trade fair special
EUROPEAN HOSPITAL @ MEDICA 2025
EUROPEAN HOSPITAL is at MEDICA 2025! We cover the most exciting topics of the leading trade fair, with reports on robot-assisted surgery, innovative AI approaches to radiology and lab medicine, and more. Click here to read the ePaper.
Article • Session on sex differences
Championing gender-sensitive medicine
A session at the Medica Health IT Forum will focus on the important topic of gender-sensitive medicine and raise critical points within the field. While a key challenge remains in raising awareness and acceptance that there are medical differences between men and women, session chair Dr Martina Kloepfer points out that gender-sensitive medical care is the ‘lowest common denominator of…
News • Patient empowerment
Shared decision making in cardiology: study shows benefits
Is joint decision making of healthcare professionals and their patients better than a doctor making the calls on his own? New research supports this notion for cardiology.
