Healthcare’s Moment of Truth
- EXEC
- 11/11/2011
In healthcare today, change is everywhere. An aging population, an increasingly knowledgeable consumer, a growing sophistication in technology…not to mention a wave of legislation and fisca
READ MOREIn healthcare today, change is everywhere. An aging population, an increasingly knowledgeable consumer, a growing sophistication in technology…not to mention a wave of legislation and fisca
READ MOREOfficial assessments of a doctor's professionalism should be considered carefully before being accepted due to the tendency for some doctors to receive lower scores than others, and the tendency
READ MOREHospital patients in the greater Helsinki region will from 2014 be received in significantly modernised, extended and better equipped facilities thanks to an investment programme partly financed...
READ MOREThe European Commission recently released its revised proposal on ‘Information to Patients’ which looks at different ways of providing information on prescribed medicines and the role of the pharmace
READ MOREAn iPhone app that measures the user's heart rate is not only a popular feature with consumers, but it sparked an idea for a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher who is now turning smart
READ MOREMaastricht University, Philips and Medtronic jointly created an executive course for hospital managers addressing the need to improve entrepreneurialism in healthcare. During the course, the best...
READ MOREOn 21 September 2011, in a lunch debate held at the European Parliament in Brussels EPF, CPME, PGEU and EFPIA brought together the perspectives of patients, doctors, community pharmacists and the...
READ MOREOn September 15 in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, 53 countries discussed adopting a new European strategic action plan on antibiotic resistance. Developed by the WHO...
READ MOREA recently released national survey of hospital marketers in the US revealed that they expect a dramatic increase in their use of digital media by 2013, but feel widespread uncertainty about how...
READ MOREMore than 60 percent of hospital nurses' and doctors' uniforms tested positive for potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of...
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