Medical Technologies Map of European Regions and Clusters
MediMap is an internet portal that evolved from an EU project with partners in eight countries.
206 tips to save money
Austria - 206 tips for administrative reforms, given by the Austrian Court of Audit to the finance in August, have created a bit of a stir. Almost half of the envisaged total savings potential of €4-5 billion is expected to result from a reform of the healthcare sector.
Bulgaria issues first electronic medical cards
A pilot project begun in February by the Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has resulted in Bulgaria issuing its first electronic medical cards. The pilot project is run by the international eHealth specialist ICW* in partnership with the firms Cisco and Kontrax.
Stellenabbau und Übernahme fachfremder Tätigkeiten: Deutsche Pflegekräfte am Limit
Der „10. Deutsche IIR Pflege-Management-Kongress” findet vom 23. bis 25. Oktober 2007 in Köln statt. Rund 20 Experten des Gesundheitswesens diskutieren über die Zukunft der Pflege in deutschen Krankenhäusern. Der wachsende wirtschaftliche Druck im Gesundheitswesen verändert die Finanzierungsgrundlagen und sorgt im Pflegewesen für eine angespannte Personalsituation.
The IHE Initiative
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) originated in the late 1990s in the United States during a concentrated action between radiologists and technical personnel for hospital information systems. Represented by the RSNA(Radiological Society of North America) and the HIMSS (Health Care Information end Management Systems Society) users end manufacturers gathered together to guide the digital…
The Four Pillars of Successful Digital Networking
During the past several years, the term DICOM has become a phrase in the digital world of radiological diagnostics. For image production and processing as well as in organizational and administrative processing, DICOM has proven itself to be the crucial "traffic junction." The demands for a common image and communications standard follow from the development of new generations of…
EL LIDERAZGO EN LA GESTIÓN SANITARIA
1. INTRODUCCIÓN Como señaló Byram (1), el sector sanitario, siempre tan cambiante, precisa de líderes que ayuden a navegar a través de las tormentas....
Philips SpeechMagic - Easy creation of medical reports
Documentation in hospital is a time consuming process: Clinicians speak their reports on a dictation system, but have no full control of report creation as members of the transcription department finalize it. Sometimes this complex procedure takes several days to be finished.
Modernising? You must meet hygiene regulations
During modernisation, the law governing machines already installed in contaminated hospital sluice rooms in exactly the same way as new machines, i.e. they must comply with the same Medical Devices Act requirements as new machines.
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La Gestión Clínica: Una prioridad para la sanidad en España
La gestión clínica se ha consolidado como estrategia de reforma central en España. El artículo analiza experiencias internacionales y demuestra cómo la integración de la expertise médica con principios de gestión puede mejorar la eficiencia del sistema sanitario, con ejemplos de Andalucía, Estados Unidos y otros países europeos.
Hospitalium offers new online hospital service for patients
Hospitalium is a new concept that will enable patients to have a direct dialogue with the leading healthcare providers worldwide. This will be achieved by enforcing free health consultancy services with leading providers of different specialities.
Number 1 in the U.S.
On 18 July 2005, The US News & World Report, one of the highest circulation weekly magazines in the United States, ran an article on the Best Hospitals in the United States and selected Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHU) as the No. 1 institution in 2005 out of the 176 top American hospitals. JHU has been ranked No.1 for more than 10 years in a row.
A New Dimension in Home Entertainment
It was a living room-revolution: The introduction of the DVD in 1996. DVD players impressed their users with superior images and convenient handling, for example the possibility to choose several chapters from a structured menu instead of spinning a tape back and forth searching for a special scene.
The philiosophy of "calculated air"
Interview with fashion designer Yoshiharu Ito on fashion differences between Japan and Europe
Designed for bariatrics
Berchtold markets a multi-specialty surgical table that can articulate heavyweight patients yet maintain necessary height.
Software directs data from medical machine to EPR
Medical Interconnect aims to smoothly transmit data produced by medical equipment to the hospital information systems (HIS). Thomas Breig, Head of Distribution - Digital Hospital at Hewlett Packard and Jens Dommel, who is responsible for Healthcare/Communes/Non-profit Organisations at Microsoft Germany GmbH, explained the purpose of this software to Denise Hennig, of European Hospital
Medical Technologies Map of European Regions and Clusters
MediMap is an innovative Internet portal developed in the framework of an EU project with partners from eight countries. The aim is to encourage an exchange of experience between European regions and to initiate and facilitate partnerships and business relationships throughout Europe for scientific organisations and enterprises in the medical technology sector.
Edo Med becomes distributor of Sectra medical systems in Poland
Sectra recently found a new distribution partner for it's PACS systems in Poland: Edo Med Sp.z o.o., a well established company throughout the radiology and oncoloy market. With this step Sectra will provide solutions for the increasing demand of digital imaging technologies in Poland.
Acupuncture What others say
During the last ten years or so, there has been a convergence of modern international science with traditional Chinese medicine, with research carried out in physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.
Significant increase in MRSA infections
Could a computer programme help? Recommendations of the Robert-Koch-Institute
Success in MRSA control
By Professor Jan Kluytmans MD, of the Microbiology and Infection Control Laboratory, Amphia Hospital, Breda
Disinfection at the workstation
Made in Germany, the Induproof-Series includes keyboards and mouse (InduMouse) that are completely sealed to IP68 standards. They can be cleaned with disinfecting wipes and, impressively, submerged up to three metres in liquid or cleaned with high-pressure water jets, the manufacturer reports.
UK, Vietnam and Nigeria teams take top infection control awards
With entries from infection control teams from all over the world, with each hospital facing different challenges and with widely differing resources at their disposal, judges working on the 2006/2007 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards focused on teams that had demonstrated that they really made a difference to standards of infection control within their own hospitals and have set…
New wave IT flows towards greater mobility
Just as medical teams are getting used to using management and hospital information systems (HIS) the next wave of innovative IT products and solutions is ready to hit them.
Networking between hospitals? Why buy new software?
Digital data exchange between hospitals is often not possible without replacing software.
