News tagged with medical staff

Intelligent bed on the way to the marketplace

At the end of May 2011, two "business angels" and a banking institute invested one million Swiss francs in Michael Sauter's company "compliant concept". The successful end to this first round of financing ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts call for greater pain assessment in hospitals as 65 percent of patients report problems

Nearly two-thirds of the hospital in-patients who took part in a survey had experienced pain in the last 24 hours and 42% of those rated their pain as more than seven out of ten, where ten was the worst pain imaginable, according ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Culture change to encourage whistleblowing needed, says expert

Greater statutory protection, support from regulatory bodies and, above all, a culture change to encourage whistleblowing are required to protect patients and clinicians, according to an editorial published on bmj.com today.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study highlights the distress of medical staff

Whilst losing a baby is distressing for parents, until now it has been less widely acknowledged that medical staff themselves can be affected by the losses experienced by their patients.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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