Resource Management in Hospitals: Still a Largely Untapped Potential9 - 11 April 2011, Berlin, Germany.
For years hospitals have been forced by cost-saving pressures to improve their internal processes to ensure they remain competitive. Not all options have been exploited yet. Multidimensional resource management can not only improve efficiency, but can also benefit the patient. At conhIT 2013 providers and users will be discussing the IT demands on modern hospital resource management as well as the obstacles that still stand in the way of solutions for the entire hospital sector.
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http://www.ehealthnews.eu/events/3424-resource-management-in-hospitals-still-a-largely-untapped-potential
Opinion Article: How IT Systems can Help Address the Key Findings of the Francis ReportBy Dr. Paul Shannon, consultant anaesthetist in the NHS and medical director at CSC.
Many of the issues identified at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust could be seen at any hospital in the NHS. The overwhelming message of Francis was the need for 'cultural change' in the NHS. However, this is a tall order since the NHS doesn't so much have a culture, it is a culture and it's the individuals within the organisation that make up that culture.
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http://www.ehealthnews.eu/industry/3423-opinion-article-how-it-systems-can-help-address-the-key-findings-of-the-francis-report
Agfa HealthCare - Full Year 2012Agfa HealthCare was able to achieve year-on-year revenue growth in 2012. The revenue increase by 3.0 percent to 1,212 million Euro reflects the performance of the growth initiatives on the one hand, and the effect of the relative weakness of the Euro on the other hand.
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http://www.ehealthnews.eu/agfa/3421-agfa-healthcare-full-year-2012
Very Well Equipped - Despite Cost Pressure
By offering new upgrade options for hard- and software, Siemens Healthcare supports hospitals and practitioners operating under tight budgets. Thus, customers in different modalities can bring their existing systems up to date. Moreover, Siemens Healthcare offers systems that can be extended to additional functionalities when needed. One example is to enlarge the group of patients in the field of mammography.
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http://www.ehealthnews.eu/siemens/3420-very-well-equipped-despite-cost-pressure
EMIS Plans to Share Data with TPP Across CCG ClustersEMIS - the UK's leading supplier of GP clinical systems - has announced discussions on a landmark record-sharing agreement with another supplier in a further move to make the vision of 'joined up' NHS care a reality. The company is planning to join forces with TPP to deliver one-to-one local health community data-sharing for clinical commissioning group (CCG) areas using both EMIS and TPP systems.
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http://www.ehealthnews.eu/emis/3418-emis-plans-to-share-data-with-tpp-across-ccg-clusters
Human Brain Treats Prosthetic Devices as Part of the BodyThe human brain can learn to treat relevant prosthetics as a substitute for a non-working body part, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mariella Pazzaglia and colleagues from Sapienza University and IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia of Rome in Italy, supported by the International Foundation for Research in Paraplegie.
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http://www.ehealthnews.eu/research/3417-human-brain-treats-prosthetic-devices-as-part-of-the-body
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