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The Review of Hospital Management, Healthcare Procurement and Clinical Excellence

Management Issues

• Healthcare: Better and Cheaper
  Dinis Dos Reis Miranda, Wilmar Schaufeli, Wouter van Rossum and Marc Jegers.
• Instrument Management Technology – The VANGUARD Way
  Vanguard AG
• The impact of electronic Quality Management Systems within publicly-funded healthcare institutions in the UK and Ireland
  Gael Quality Ltd
• Simulators for minimally-invasive therapy - laparoscopy and surgical robots
  SimSurgery
• Emerging Technologies in Capacity Management — Proven work flow automation solutions helping streamline patient through-put
  TeleTracking Technologies
• Change Management: What Hospitals and Health Services Can Learn from the Experience of Other Industries
  Mark Birchenhough.
• Six Sigma in Healthcare
  Oriel
• Performance Improvement Through a Pragmatic Business Model
  Juran Institute
• Excellence in performance and culture
  Quest Worldwide
• Enabling Excellence in Healthcare Through Six Sigma
  Six Sigma Qualtec
• Why We Need a New Paradigm in Healthcare Technology
  Maurice Wagner, Markus Siebert.
• A Seamless and Transparent Organisational Management System for Quality
  TUV Management Service
• The 2020 Hospital®
  Kurt Salmon Associates

The Hospital at Home

• Pharmacia – Working Together with a Patient-Centred NHS
  Keith Krzywicki.

Medical Informatics

• Optimizing image management and workflow in the hospital environment
  Phillips Medical Systems
• Telemedicine and Telehealth: The Great Equalisers?
  Carolyn Hutcherson.
• Problems with results on 3-part leukocyte differentiation caused by variation in cell-size due to sampling factors
  Boule Medical AB
• Healthcare for Results: Patient-Centric Care Will Deliver ROI
  Mike Fuller.
• Support your local Pacs
  DatCard Systems Inc
• Towards Joined-Up Healthcare Services
  Jenny Duff.
• "We froze time in a trillionth of a second and it was still not fast enough".
  Lake Image Systems

The Doctor’s Opinion

• The Doctor’s Verdict
  Lyle L. Berkowitz.

Respiratory Care

• COPD: Treatment, Service Planning and an International Perspective
  Dr Michael Rudolf.
• New Aerosol Technology for the ICU
  Aerogen Inc
• Imaging in Respiratory Disease
  Hans-Ulrich Kauczor.
• About RSA Biomedical
  RSA Biomedical Innovations AB
• Transcranial Doppler Systems from DWL
  DWL Elektronische Systeme GmbH

Hospital Infection Containment

• The Evolution and Spread of MRSA Clones
  Mark C. Enright.
• Healthy Hospitals: the importance of a planned approach to hygiene.
  JohnsonDiversey
• Specialised Packaging for Hospital sterilisation
  Wipak Medical
• New International Antibiotic Strategies
  Peter Ball.
• "Simply the best"
  Don Whiteley Scientific

Pain Management

• Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: a Multidisciplinary Response
  Christopher Eccleston.
• Automated Digital Cell Morphology
  CellaVision AB
• Where Pain Imaging is at Today
  Dr Stuart WG Derbyshire.
• A Seamless and transparent organizational management system for quality
  GE Medical Systems
• Quality controlled cultivation of Oxygen sensitive bacteria
  Mart Microbiology B.V.

Minimal Access Surgery

• Advances in Minimal Access Surgery in Gynaecology
  Andrew S H Kent and Nick Brook.
• Closed Reduction of Unstable Pertrochanteric Hip Fractures….Now Possible with a New Approach.
  Orthofix Inc.

Robotic Developments

• Robots: The 21st-Century’s Surgical Assistants
  Dr Paul S. Morgan.
• How is computer assisted surgery applicable to total knee arthroplasty?
  ORTHOsoft
• Computed Radiography (CR) Shines in ICU and ER Imaging
  Agfa-Gevaert N.V.
• Robotic Surgery
  Jyoti Shah and Professor Ara Darzi.
• Has the ‘Operating Theatre of the Future’ Arrived?
  Stryker MedSurg Group Europe
• The PermaBalance Paradigm
  Möller-Wedel GmbH

Organisations

• Why Does The WMA Matter?
  Dr Randolph Smoak.
• Foetal Simulation Technology
  Advanced Medical Simulations Inc.
• The Control of Medicines in the UK – Where Are We Now?
  Professor Parveen Kumar.
• Extracorporeal Whole Body Hyperthermia and the TEMET-1000 System
  First Circle Medical
• Rüsch: Temperature Management
  Rüsch International

Developments in Cancer Care

• How Macmillan Cancer Relief Operates
  Gill Oliver.
• Treatment Planning Solutions from CMS
  Computerized Medical Systems
• Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) – a Breakthrough in Oncology
  Varian Medical Systems
• New Anticancer Agents: An Embattled Future!
  Denis Lacombe and Ralph Crott.
• B.e.s.t. medical systems – diagnostics in neurophysiology
  B.E.S.T Medical Systems
• Quality assurance for the third millenium
  Medical Intelligence

Cerebrovascular Events

• Functional MRI After Stroke: Clinical Issues and Implications
  Steven C. Cramer.
• Thönnissen Support – An innovative dynamic peroneal brace from Röck Orthopädie
  Röck Orthopädie

Wound Management

• The Wound Healing Clinic, An Integral Part of the Modern Surgical Service
  Helen Hughes and Robert Fitridge.
• The complete solution to hospital hygiene
  Antec International Ltd.

Safety Issues

• Combating Postoperative Infection
  Kevin Thompson.
• Find the right glove for your working environment
  SSL International plc.
• The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center
  Jane Perry and Janine Jagger.
• Evaluation of the efficacy of a measure to prevent accidental needlestick injuries by using safety needles for collecting venous blood.
  BD Medical
• The Concept of an Integrated Urological Workstation
  Storz Medical AG
• Using Automation and Barcode Technology to Reduce Patient Risk
  Keith Farrar.

Current Concerns

• Dealing with the Worldwide Obesity Epidemic
  Elizabeth Hanna
• Purchasing decisions to support a change in intraoperative haemodynamic monitoring are evidence-based and could save billions.
  Deltex Medical Ltd

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