Economy

Hospital Manager Symposium at ECR 2007

For Christian Herold, President of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2007, the Hospital Manager Symposium is one of the annual highlights of the congress.

“Outlook for the future on healthcare in Europe”

During the course of the EU Council Presidency, Germany is setting a special focus on the health policy with the priorities prevention, innovation and access to health services. The latter was the first topic discussed by European experts from politics, research and health insurances during the conference “The social dimension in the Internal Market — Outlook for the future of healthcare in…

The Fresenius Inventors' Prize

If something doesn't fit we make it fit, and if it doesn't exist we invent it: Pragmatism combined with imagination and idealism are the foundation stones of groundbreaking inventions that improve daily life in medicine.

Philips Speech Recognition Systems acquires Kuhlmann-Informations-Systeme

Philips Speech Recognition Systems has acquired Kuhlmann-Informations-Systeme (KIS), a provider of dictation and speech recognition solutions for healthcare.

Estonia leads the way in Baltic eHealth links

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, boasts the country's third-largest hospital. East-Tallinn Central Hospital (ETCH) has 587 beds, 26,000 inpatients and last year recorded 425,000 outpatient visits. It dates from 1785 when the former Tallinn Central began to operate as a town hospital. However, in 2001, four hospitals and two polyclinics were merged to form ETCH.

Political agreement on the EU Health Programme 2007-2013

A “political agreement” on the EU Health Programme 2007-2013 recently has reached the Health Ministers Council in Brussels. The programme is a framework for the Commission´s funding of projects relating to health and will be part of a broader EU health strategy to be put forward by the Commission next year.

Underage Alcohol Poisoning Increases In UK

Apparently, 20 children are diagnosed each day in the UK with alcohol poisoning.

The European respiratory diseases market

Affordable, effective and innovative products drive sales.

A sublime strategy for holistic diagnoses

Professor Erich Reinhardt (below), President and CEO of Siemens Medical Solutions and member of the Board of Management of Siemens AG, discusses the company's current and future strategies.

University hospitals have a market value

Tours company opens a medical centre within a centre of excellence

Surviving the financial climate

Earlier disease detection will save healthcare services

Quicker lab reports saves costs

Beckman Coulter developed a new integrated lab systems: The UniCel DxC880i prototype should deliver efficient disease management services.

Pharmaceuticals -Drop in international growth predicted

The IMS 2007 Pharmaceutical Market Forecast predicts a 5-6% international growth in the global pharmaceuticals market.

Virgen del Rocío

Spanish event surprised with a number of high-profile IT projects.

Proton therapy: under construction

The positive effects of proton rays have been known for years. However, Germany still lacks institutions that utilise those effects.

Software automatically converts data between devices

The DICOM Attribute Converter is a software module that solves even complex communication problems.

Medical and financial assessment of new technologies in hospitals

Frederik L Giesel MD MBA about the importance of process management and efficiency in hospitals.

The EU's 30 billion healthcare losses

Fraud and corruption network protects 210 million citizens.

Drug trials

Small and medium-size contract research organisations (CROs) have huge potential. For the last few decades, pharmaceutical companies have increasingly chosen to use medium-size contract research organisations (CROs), or smaller organisations, rather than the larger organisations, due to their enhanced responsiveness and flexibility, that provides good geographic coverage, a broad therapeutic…