USA - Employment turnover is low and morale high. The level of response to patients call buttons is high - but, if not, patients can tell the hospital CEO. This is a formula that turns an ordinary community hospital into a star-rated healthcare establishment: the patients are happy with what they receive.
To date, there is insufficient knowledge as to the cause of this disease, or how to prevent it. We asked some of our EH correspondents to report on measures taken in their countries to ensure that men are made more aware of this disease and whether screening services are provided for early prostate cancer detection.
Beckman Coulter, Inc., a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical tests, and Olympus Corporation, a Tokyo-headquartered precision technology leader, creating innovative opto-digital solutions in healthcare, life science and consumer electronics products, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement…
The Nordic countries have a reputation for being among Europe's avant-garde in the field of digital healthcare solutions. HealthTech Wire talked to Arto Ryymin, executive Vice President of Tieto's healthcare and welfare business, about what the rest of Europe can learn from the Nordic countries and about how health IT companies can support the standardization efforts under way in Europe.
Which are the key success factors for the hospital Management? What are the latest trends in Information Technology? And which strategy is successful in financing medical equipment? Visit the Hospital Management Symposium and find out!
In recent years, America's health care systems has been characterized as fragmented and expensive, and even unsafe. Part of the solution to these problems is the greater integration of health care data which offers the prospect of waste reduction; improvements in quality, patient safety and communications; and automated performance measurement.
Renowned research firm KLAS has named Siemens Healthcare's (NOVIUS Lab as the recipient of its 2008 Best in KLAS award for laboratory information systems (LIS) for large hospitals with more than 200 beds. The prestigious annual award is given to a vendor or product that scores the highest in its industry segment and meets all other Best in KLAS requirements.
Participation in the Hospital Manager Symposium, which is organized by EUROPEAN HOSPITAL in cooperation with the European Congress of Radiology and which is part of the congress, has increased continuously since its introduction six years ago. Last year about 250 attendees listened to the lectures and discussions.
Globalization and internationalization are increasingly important, but the question is, how to handle these trends as they affect the hospital market? The 2009 MCC Hospital World Congress will again convene over 200 CEOs, senior executives and government officials from all sectors of the Hospital Industry to exchange ideas in order to foster innovative, solution-oriented strategies to advance…
Since the beginning of the global economic crisis the question of whether and how much hospital managers should invest in updating medical technology has become more complicated. Fear of making the wrong decisions and insecurity around future budgets make it even more important to find trustworthy and competent financial solutions shaped to the specific needs of individual hospitals. VR Medico,…
The Universities of Exeter and Bath (UK) have revealed their plans for a new world-leading research centre to explore and exploit the properties of the thinnest material in nature. The two universities have won a £5 million Science and Innovation Award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to create the Centre of Graphene Science.
Moscow, December - With 20,000 visitors, Russia's most important medical trade fair and congress - Zdravookhraneniye - again demonstrated to the 1,000 exhibitors from 49 countries the potential of this healthcare market, despite the global economic crisis.
Questions arose at MEDICA 2008 about which assistive/care devices reach patients, what is their quality and who pays for them.
Shenzhen Landwind Industry Co. Ltd. (Landwind) began operations as a distributor for Siemens and Philips ultrasound products in mainland China and later commenced production of its own black and white ultrasound equipment on an Original Design Manufacture (ODM) basis for HONDA in 2004.
The overall quality of laboratory operations has traditionally been evaluated using a combination of three variables: analytical quality, timeliness (turnaround time) and operational efficiency.
An estimated 6.7 million people in developed countries were diagnosed with cancer in 2007. Delivering their care is no easy matter. Tele-oncology, the remote provision of oncology services, could not only reduce the costs of consultations for cancer departments, but also for patients. Kerry Heacox, of i.t. Communications, reports on the success of remote consultations in Labrador and Newfoundland.…
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and GE Healthcare plan to establish over 25 local cancer centres in various countries within the coming decade.
Operators and funding bodies of care facilities, politicians and representatives from nursing care insurance companies and their advisory body the Medical Service of the Central Organisation for Medical Insurers (MDS), as well as investors, gathered in November for the two-day Euroforum Conference.
An neuartigen Diagnose- und Behandlungsansätzen mangelt es in der Chirurgie nicht, trotzdem finden gegenwärtig nur 1 Prozent der Innovationen ihren Weg in die Praxis. Es fehlt an wissenschaftlichen Studien, die Nutzen und Risiken der Verfahren und Techniken belegen. Professor Dr. med Hartwig Bauer, Generalsekretär der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCH), kennt die Gründe und zeigt…
Healthcare delivery is undergoing a profound transformation. To compete effectively, healthcare executives are charged with improving both the financial performance and medical outcomes of their delivery systems. In response to this, Harvard Business School Executive Education is offering two healthcare programs; Leading High-Performance Healthcare Organizations and Managing Healthcare Delivery.
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (Toshiba) announced that via its newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary, Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Europe, Ltd. (TMVS), it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Advanced Visualization Imaging System Division (AVIS) of Barco nv, Edinburgh, Scotland.
The current global financial crisis is like to hit Bio-tech and pharmaceutical companies due to a lack of funding for research and the discovery and production of many new drugs, according to Professor David Wield, Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Edinburgh-based Innogen Centre, and chair of the recent international ESRC conference Genomics and Society: Reinventing…
At this year's Medica Panasonic presented the world's first* mobile clinical assistant (MCA) device using the Intel® Atom™ processor, further strengthening the company's position in the healthcare market. Based on the Intel® mobile clinical assistant reference platform, the new CF-H1 MCA is designed specifically for clinicians.
UBIFRANCE and the network of Trade Commissions together constitute the French government's corporate international expansion support framework. Every year they help over 13,000 companies of all sizes, and from all sectors, to develop their activities worldwide, thanks to the expertise of 2,500 staff based in France and in 120 countries, who operate through the Trade Commissions of the French…
Germans want a different healthcare system. 93% want individualised services — and they are prepared to pay for them, according to a study relating to the strategies of providers in Germany's healthcare system and their acceptance by the public.