Management: Administration
10/06/2011
Call for action to meet special health needs of migrants
For reasons important to both EU citizens and migrants, greater efforts needed to be made to address the gap in quality health care that exists between the two groups, experts …
10/05/2011
Plugging the gaps in Europe?
Professionals back EU-wide action on cross-border health emergencies: A new cross-border Health Security initiative should refine EU preparations for, and response to, health …
08/31/2011
Referral management and referral cooperation
‘New market dynamics’ in healthcare, with characteristics such as crowding out, internationalisation of medical services, increasing transparency of services due to the media, …
07/08/2011
The best hospitals are run by physicians
Top-performing hospitals are typically ones headed by a medical doctor rather than a manager. That is the finding from a new study of what makes a good hospital. The research, to …
03/15/2011
New association launched to support Cross Border Healthcare in Europe
In February this year, the European Parliament approved the EU Directive on Cross-Border Healthcare, establishing a framework for patients to exploit their rights to healthcare in …
10/27/2010
Facing the final curtain? Germany’s dual-financing model
How to finance the healthcare system? It’s an ongoing dilemma, particularly for in-patient care. According to a German Hospital Federation (DKG) estimate, the country’s …
09/28/2010
EU expertise on health policy of interest to countries in Balkans and CIS
Expert knowledge in health policy from the EU is in demand outside the Union. The European Health Forum Gastein is a vital hub for the future development of European health …
07/07/2010
Health informatics in practice
The Health Informatics Congress held in the UK this April, revealed how IT is helping health Trusts across the UK to take innovative steps in the way they respond to patients’ …
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 Steinberg's 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
Reimbursement for new medical technologies
Olaf Winkler, Head of Department for Healthcare at BVMed, the German Medical Technology Association, outlines the obstacles that must be overcome to integrate medical technology …
Product of the month
Whitepapers & user reports
Quantitative Elastography
Thyroid nodules are very common. While ultrasound has a high ...
Data Security of Cloud-Based Services
One of the critical issues in evaluating cloud-based services is ...
Joint IMPAX PACS for merged hospitals
Palmetto Health´s high quality care combined with free or ...
French Multicentric Prospective Evaluation of Dynamic CEUS
Early functional evaluation of new treatments in oncology is of ...
Social Links
Radbook
