The Hospital Management Symposium at ECR 2008
For the fifth time now, EUROPEAN HOSPITAL organises the Hosptial Manager Symposium in cooperation with the ECR. This years´event again provides expert advices on management, IT and finance.
How to afford state-of-the-art technology — and not go bust!
When Philips Healthcare looked at today's crucial cost containment challenges that hospitals face, we decided to support them by taking more operational responsibility and sharing some of their business risks. As a result, we don't just ask "Which technology would you like to buy?"
Managed services in patient data archiving
Storing, archiving and sharing patient information in an intelligent and controlled manner is one of the 'hot topics' for healthcare organisations.
Using a single HIS/PACS platform for patient medical data sharing between healthcare providers
The presentation will provide an overview of patient medical data sharing and distribution between the hospital, general practitioners (GP) and patient, using recent developments in Hospital Information System (HIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
Countrywide Data and Resource Sharing
The EU eHealth initiative and action plan is the driver for patient information sharing and the networking of expertise across different institutions and countries. Launched in 2004, it will be applied in its current form till 2010.
Outsourcing as part of hospital IT optimisation
The trend towards consolidation of healthcare services across a hospital, and across hospital groups, leads to the segmentation between core competences and those services that may be handled more efficiently by a third party.
Radiology process redesign, the theory of constraints
In almost all US hospitals, in-patient radiology examinations are not scheduled. Instead, they are performed when equipment and patients are simultaneously and serendipitously available.
Medical management in the Russian healthcare system
Healthcare in Russia is currently undergoing a comprehensive reform process. In the early 1990s, a new source of funding for the public health system was established: mandatory medical insurance and general practitioners' offices as well as private medical practice.
Evolving bacteria present new and difficult problems
Ireland - Researchers are investigating a new breed of bacteria that carry extended spectrum beta-lactimases (ESBLs) enzymes which can destroy many common antibiotics, including penicillins and cephalosporins.
Vaccination may combat Clostridium difficile
UK - Whilst the life-threatening Clostridium difficile is not absolutely resistant to antibiotics, after an individual has been infected the bacteria often reappears.
Even non-touch taps can harbour dangerous pathogens
USA - Urging public health and infection control officers to be proactive against Legionella and other waterborne microbes that contribute to soaring hospital infection rates everywhere, international Legionella expert Janet Stout PhD* warned.
A highly practical male urinal
UnoComfor is a single-use male urinal designed to optimise safety and hygiene.
GE gains CE mark for IT solutions as medical devices
GE Healthcare has received the CE mark for its Centricity Clinical Information Systems (CIS), Centricity Anaesthesia and Centricity Critical Care as a medical device according to the European Union Medical Device Directive (MDD)93/42/EEC.
Is Lean right for your organisation?
By Maria Foster, Managing Director, Whitebridge Associates, Pittstown, NJ
DNA Art for your hospital?
For anyone wishing to purchase a product from DNA Art UK the company will offer a 15% discount for a limited time only
Google enters EPR pilot project
Cleveland Clinic, a non-profit, multispecialty, academic medical centre, is working with Google on a pilot project to test the secure exchange of electronic patient records (EPR - or, known in the US as the electronic personal health record - PHR).
Vienna about to reorganise its hospital landscape
Vienna is facing comprehensive restructuring of its hospital landscape in order to accommodate the demographic changes in the Austrian capital city. Currently, in northern Vienna approximately three beds are available per 1,000 inhabitants, in western Vienna there are nine. It is planned to provide six beds per 1,000 inhabitants in Vienna by 2012/2013.
Shedding new light on healthcare: The Siemens Healthcare Solution Center
Siemens Healthcare has entirely redesigned its visitors' center, the Siemens Healthcare Solution Center. On 2,000 sqm the visitors can experience how state-of-the-art medical technology ensures high-quality and at the same time affordable healthcare.
Elekta to buy CMS
The Swedish radiotherapy and radiosurgery specialist Elekta is in negotiations to buy CMS, the St Louis, MO-based supplier of radiotherapy treatment-planning (RTP) systems, for $75 million in cash.
Working around the risk: How doctors deal with the danger embedded in the medical system
Risk is an inherent element of the hospital system and the resulting dangers are often normalised by medical staff to allow them to do their job, according to research by a University of Nottingham academic.
Die AFHdialogTAGE
Innovative Lösungen und neue Technologien diskutieren, Herausforderungen gemeinsam annehmen - dafür stehen die AFHdialogTAGE des Asklepios Future Hospital Programms (AFH). Die zweitägige Fachtagung findet am 28. und 29.Januar in Berlin statt.
Early Health - Investment or Cost?
Early Health, i.e. the early detection of diseases, will have to move into the centre of attention - this is the result of a survey by Total Healthcare Solutions (THS). Dr Susanne Michel, Associate Director at THS, underlines that in the future prevention will have to be considered an investment in healthcare rather than a mere cost factor. Decision makers from politics and the healthcare system…
Medical Care from Space
Since telemedicine is becoming increasingly important in many medical fields — from tele- homecare to disaster management — new technical solutions and applications are required. The European Space Agency (ESA) is actively participating in several projects across Europe which explore the potential of satellite communication technologies and associated connectivity services for telemedicine,…
Heparin-bonded uretral stent prevents bacterial encrustation
A new heparin-bonded uretral stent, developed by Cook Medical, is now available and provides urologists with an improved option for ureteral drainage. As a recent study from Italy shows, the heparin-bond prevents bacterial encrustation in long term insertion.
Industry specialists collaborate on the Asklepios Future Hospital Programme
In response to growing pressure on healthcare systems, Asklepios Clinics initially joined forces with Intel and Microsoft to establish the Asklepios Future Hospital (AFH) Programme.