Boost to global health tourism predicted
Accouncement - New international website could link your hospital with potential patients worldwide.
Staff management
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.
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.
LA GESTIÓN DE LA CALIDAD
1.INTRODUCCIÓN La gestión de la calidad y la acreditación de centros y servicios, vienen siendo una prioridad para los políticos y directivos en el ámbito sanitario. En Europa y los EE.UU, se han desarrollado distintos modelos de gestión de la calidad. A continuación, destacaremos algunos de los modelos, con sus distintas características, para procurar orientar las decisiones, a la hora…
EL SÍNDROME DEL QUEMADO
1.INTRODUCCIÓN Los gestores sanitarios de hoy afrontan un problema que afecta tanto a directivos como a empleados el "síndrome del quemado"...
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....
Article • Comparación Internacional
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.
A healthcare roundup from our correspondent Keith Halson
Keith Halson, EH correspondent in France reports about Medical Schools under pressure and English-speaking support networks.
"First Lady" named at the ETH Zurich
It took 152 years, but now the ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) Zürich for the first time named a femal rector: Prof. Heidi Wunderli-Allenspach. She will succeed the present Rector, Prof. Konrad Osterwalder in September and will join the club of European rectors that has really been a men´s world so far.
EU directive threatens use of MRI
A new, powerful alliance, comprised of leading politicians and healthcare groups (see box), aims to pressure EU Authorities to revise the controversial directive 2004/40/EC (EMF)*.
E- for education
Milan - Founded in 2001, Italbioforma is a non-profit association focused on medical training - including specialist distance learning.
New Labour Code causes confusion and anger
The amended version of the new Czech Labour Code stipulates that emergency working hours and overtime in hospitals and social care institutes be altered so that employees are paid no less than they receive for regular working hours.
Lively and successful: The HOSPITAL MANAGER SYMPOSIUM
Round about 200 visitors came to this years HOSPITAL MANAGER SYMPOSIUM during the course of ECR 2007 to inform themselves about the latest news in Management, IT and Fincance in the field of radiology. Prof. Dr. Christian Herold, President of ECR 2007 opened the symposium and welcomed the speakers and visitors from around the world.
Learning English for the English patient
THE growing influx of English-speaking people to France has sparked a rise in language classes for French doctors keen to avoid embarrassing linguistic and cultural faux pas.
How much IT does healthcare really need?
The question is increasingly significant. Information technology (IT) has thrust itself into all corners of life — some argue for better, some for worse, largely because efficient electronic networking cannot happen overnight. Thus gatherings to share experiences are valuable, as seen in the Berliner Klinik-IT Forum, a two-day event in January, supported by the Charité Berlin. The theme was:…
The 4th Hospital Manager Symposium
Experiences, advice and discussions for radiologists and managers
New Highly Skilled Migrant Programme might lead to NHS staffing crisis
A High Court ruling recently backed the government´s changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme in the UK. The changes regarding a new points system will make it more difficult for foreign employees to work in the UK. Doctors already working in the UK claiming the changes will force them to leave.
EU project is financing the electronic nurse
Good news for overworked hospital staff: Maybe in just a few years they will be supported by little robots that could clean up the sickrooms, look for the doctor or show visitors the right way. A new EU project led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO should make this scenario possible.
Help for the helpers
Healthcare systems in Africa are facing a huge threat in their fight against AIDS - an increasing shortfall of nursing staff. Workers are either infected themselves or can no longer cope with the daily fight against the disease. Despite this, there is hope - the first wellness centre for healthcare workers, which provides medical and psychological help to nursing staff and their families, was…
Helios introduces new generation of quality indicators
The Helios group of hospitals recently introduced a new scheme for a unified, comparable set of indicators to describe the most important services and quality parameters in hospitals. The model is a trend-setting step towards greater transparency - with less administrative effort.
Dutch doctors close to burn-out
A recent survey of more than 2,000 trainee hospital doctors in the Netherlands has revealed that many are close to burn-out.
Five win certificates in pain free hospital pilot scheme
A pain-free Hospital pilot project launched in Germany three years ago has ended with the first five of 25 hospitals being awarded a Qualified Pain Therapy certification.
The trauma surgeon is a decathlete
Fear for the quality of acute care for the injured and victims of accidents was expressed by Professor Vilmos Vécsei, traumatology and sports traumatology specialist and Head of the University Clinic for Trauma Surgery in Vienna (VV), as well as President and General Secretary of the European Trauma Society (ETS), and Professor Otmar Trentz, Director of the Trauma Surgery Clinic at University…
