Management: Administration
01/26/2010
Patient records follow the patient at CHU-Bordeaux
Building on top of its imaging network, the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux today features a shared medical record that follows a patient through the entire care path …
01/26/2010
Planning the Hospital of the Future
The first decade of the 21st century has ended and the time has come to make up some minds about what hospitals should look like in the near future to fulfill the requirements of …
01/25/2010
Booking a 2010 holiday?
During a 2nd conference in Germany to focus specifically on medical tourism, about a 100 physicians and representatives from the country’s Department of Economics, University of …
11/12/2009
Russia switches from high-tech medical centres to health centres
Two years ago, "The Health", a national project, began by wanting new high-tech medical centres in various parts of the country, with 15 new hospitals to be built for …
11/02/2009
Marcol Completes Largest Private Equity Deal in Germany in 2009
Following competition approval from the European Commission, Terence Cole and Mark Steinbergs Marcol has completed the acquisition of MEDIAN Kliniken with its partners Advent …
10/02/2009
EHFG 2009: Health Policy between Ethics and Finances
The economic crisis has considerably intensified the relationship between what is ethically desirable and financially possible. This is clearly demonstrated by the numerous events …
09/01/2009
Germany´s university hospitals suffer economic crisis
Among Germany´s 2,087 hospitals, the country´s 32 university hospitals, employing 180,000 to care for up to two million patients, may appear to play a marginal role. However, …
08/24/2009
MCC hospital world 2009
The international congress for the hospital market MCC hospital world 2009, will takes place on 21st and 22nd September 2009 for the 7th time in Berlin, Germany.Experts from all …
07/01/2009
Hard-to-heal wounds
In Hard-to-heal wounds: a holistic approach a paper produced by the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), the authors analyse the calculation of treatment costs, based …
07/01/2009
Hospital architecture
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects (SHCA), an award-winning practice that specializes in workplace consulting, architecture and interior design, has eight offices in Europe, America …
05/01/2009
64% of medical professionals suffer abuse
64% of medical professionals are subjected to threats, coercion and insults. 34.4% have suffered threats and coercion on at least one occasion and 23.8% on numerous occasions. …
03/27/2009
Childrens hospital recognised for excellence
This January, staff members at the Siegen childrens hospital Siegen received a Recognised for Excellence (3 stars) certificate for quality services from Dr André Moll, …
03/27/2009
Hospital of the future opens according to master plan
The new Clinic of the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, which opened on 2 February, is part of a master plan to transform the UKE into one of the most …
03/01/2009
Speeding up health-care administration
Human interaction is of the utmost importance in healthcare services, but with ever-increasing demands on tight budgets, which increase pressures on staff and service levels, …
03/01/2009
Airport style check-in for patients
United Kingdom Next year, patients arriving at a new 1,200-bed hospital opened by the new University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) will be able to register …
02/17/2009
Meeting the needs of different cultures: Germany
Migrant medicine as a course for German medical students? This is a unique concept in a country where it is currently only being offered at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen. …
02/17/2009
Meeting the needs of different cultures: Switzerland
From Switzerland, Dr André Weissen reports that there are no consistent hospital guidelines regarding patients faiths. There are neither any directives nor binding …
02/17/2009
Meeting the needs of different cultures: Austria
Anna Köck, Dipl. Rel-Päd (FH), Catholic Hospital Pastor at Graz University Hospital, Head of the Centre for Graz Hospital Staff and Head of the Christians and Muslims in …
02/17/2009
Meeting the needs of different cultures: The Czech Republic
Our correspondent Rostislav Kuklik (above) reports that the physician-to-patient relationship is always very specific when it comes to different cultures or ethnics. Worldwide, …
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