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03/04/2013

Germany’s White List

A large survey for leading German health insurers has resulted in a hospital evaluation portal thatenables patients to compare and choose a doctor and treatment or care centre …

02/26/2013

Transparency and benchmarking

Late last year, at the German Hospital Procurement Congress in Berlin, we met with Durral R Gilbert, President of the US firm Premier Supply Chain Services, who was presenting …

11/12/2012

The needs of European hospitals are similar

Procedures, financing and cultural philosophies can shape the difference, Michael Reiter, Mark Nicholls, Eduardo de la Sota, Jane MacDougall report …

11/09/2012

Does Germany top Europe in unnecessary diagnostics

Statistics show significant increase in scans and left heart catheterisations, Susanne Werner reports …

11/09/2012

Acute hospital care in England could be on the verge of collapse

With growing bed shortages and increased demand on clinical services, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) says that the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is approaching …

10/09/2012

Mobile technologies potential in the field of public health

Over the last few decades healthcare costs have been skyrocketing, something often discussed on this blog as it has become a considerable problem for many different countries. …

09/13/2012

Crisis as an opportunity

Rarely have the topics at the EHFG been so relevant to the current international economic crisis – reason enough for EH correspondent Christian Pruszinsky to interview the …

09/13/2012

Team unification and good timing to improve hospital processes

Hospitals are complex systems and optimising processes in such systems is a truly challenging task. …

09/06/2012

MIR – Making Imaging relevant

MIR is a subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), focused on all aspects of management, which help to “Make Imaging Relevant” in today´s healthcare. Join our …

09/03/2012

France: Almost 30% of medical acts are unjustified

A recent poll of more than 800 hospitals and private doctors reveals that only 72% of medical acts are fully justified. In conclusion 30% of all medical acts in France are …

07/10/2012

Centre Hospitalier de Rambouillet

Copper and its alloys reduce the rate of nosocomial infections in hospitals by 40%, according to an American study led by Michael Schmidt (University of South Carolina). For the …

07/10/2012

Surgeons ‘fire a warning shot’ over Germany’s hospitals

Are surgeons still opting for surgical procedures solely for medical need – or are economics forcing their decisions? That vexatious question, posed at the 129th Congress of …

07/02/2012

“Work-life balance not yet a topic in thoracic radiology”

This year sees the 20th anniversary of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging’s inaugural meeting. However, the ESTI 2012 in London will not only look back at the beginnings …

06/18/2012

Cooperation for better detection and treatment of medical conditions

The Johns Hopkins University (JHU), America’s first research university, in Baltimore, Md., USA, and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), a mobile and information …

06/12/2012

Growing global medical leasing market starts to reduce proportion of “frozen capital” in world healthcare systems

A new report from Siemens Financial Services (SFS) shows that annual growth rates for global medical equipment leasing and renting have now outstripped growth in the medical …

05/17/2012

Energy contracting for a greener hospital

Modernisation and a financing model facilitate savings of up to 50% in primary energy consumption. Every year, European hospitals face energy costs in the €billions. In Germany, …

02/22/2012

Administrators struggle to find cost savings in hygiene and many other areas

‘Before each ward round my students and I wash our hands’ – so said Ignaz Philip Semmelweis in the mid-19th century, in his drive to reduce the hospital mortality rate. …

02/16/2012

Diagnostics manufacturers predict high sales increase

The German Association of the Diagnostics Industry (VDGH) announces encouraging results from a new member survey, Susanne Werner reports. …

02/15/2012

Quality management

Quality management has been an integral part of the German healthcare sector for years. Doing without it is unimaginable, particularly in terms of increasing economical and …

02/15/2012

Hospital Build Europe

In Berlin, from 24-26 April visitors to this international congress and trade fair will hear of medical imaging, process optimisation and facility management, and the latest …

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