Management

03/01/2006

FDA strengthens device monitoring

Following a 12-month examination of the way medical devices are monitored for safety after approval, the USA's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new programme to …

03/01/2006

Managing complex healthcare organisation

Managing a modern healthcare organisation is complex. Complexity stems from the variables that need to be entertained, which are highly unpredictable. …

03/01/2006

Biometric authentication

Biometry, or the technical recognition of physical characteristics, is playing an increasingly important role in clinics and hospitals. …

03/01/2006

Procuring large equipment

Around €18 billion annually is spent on medical technology in Germany. After the US and Japan, the German medical technology market is the third largest in the world. …

03/01/2005

The Tsunami International Survey on Emotional Impact

The Netherlands - Immediately after the tsunami devastated countries around Asia, three trauma researchers at the Department Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The …

03/01/2005

SARS no longer deadly threat - But avian flu is

USA - Scientists are confident that the virus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is no longer circulating in humans, or other animals, according to Professor …

03/01/2005

TSUNAMI the aftermath

At a recent conference on the care of tsunami survivors, the Thai Health Ministry reported that over 5,300 of its population had been confirmed dead, leaving tens of thousands …

03/01/2005

Cross-border care

Status quo of cross-border access to healthcare systems within the EU-Member States. …

03/01/2005

Filter promises clean water for millions

Lack of clean water causes as well as perpetuates diseases. Nonetheless, filtration systems have remained beyond the budgets of those most threatened by waterborne pathogens - …

03/01/2005

Hot topic: The Architecture of Hospitals

Between 13-15 April 2005, at University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands, 100 top scientists will discuss concepts and advances in designs for healthcare institutions …

03/01/2005

Don't just go there!

Many medical organisations have warned that no one who wishes to help in the relief work in tsunami-hit regions should travel there individually, i.e. without being officially …

03/01/2005

Nurse-surgeons

Waiting lists, EU limits on working hours, doctor and nursing staff shortages, how could healthcare providers overcome all those hurdles let alone glimpse the winning post ahead? …

03/01/2005

Funds for adults with hospitalised children

Germany - The Federal Associations of Health Insurance Funds and the German Hospitals Association are now following Germany's Regulation 1 on the co-admission of child/adolescent …

03/01/2005

Euthanasia debate rekindled

The Netherlands - Although this country became the first, in 2002, to legalise euthanasia for people aged 16 years and over, child euthanasia remains illegal. …

09/01/2004

Challenges for the new EU member states

Austria. 6-9 October - Challenges of the new EU Member States will be high on the agenda of this year's EHFG. …

09/01/2004

Food threat to health congress

Globally, about two million people die each year after consuming spoilt food, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). …

09/01/2004

Virtual visits with neonates

Although parents are allowed in neonate ICU units, family members and friends are barred. To meet this need, Innsbruck Medical University recently launched the project 'Babywatch' …

09/01/2004

Cross-border health summit

Czech Republic - Health leaders from 20 countries will gather in Prague for three days (5-8 September) to explore trends and innovations effecting the development of new …

09/01/2004

River shifts for a streamlined hospital

Austria - A new hospital is rarely a groundbreaking enterprise for urban planners and engineers. Recently, however, a whole river had to be re-routed to make way for a new medical …

09/01/2004

Adverse drug reactions

Although most patients do not react badly to prescriptions, a new study has found that one in 16 hospital admissions (in two hospitals) were caused by adverse drug reactions, and …