Implementing change in the medical sector
Managing change between management, consultants, clinicians, staff and financially-focused healthcare executives in UK NHS hospitals is a major task. Handled badly, it can take attention away from patient needs.
There can also be resistance to new and evolving procedures and technologies in some cases. In this article, Cook Group chief medical, science and technology officer Dr Charles McIntosh looks at some of the reasons behind resistance to change and discusses ways to help healthcare professionals embrace it.
Varian Medical Systems names director of federal affairs
Varian Medical Systems names Maureen Zilly director of federal affairs.
RaySearch Laboratories announces management changes
Stockholm-based RaySearch Laboratories announces management reshuffle.
Amorfix announces vCJD blood test breakthrough
Canada's Amorfix Life Sciences reports 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity for its EP-vCJD test in a second blinded trial of human blood samples, in collaboration with the UK's National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC).
EMEA about to open doors to Advanced Therapy product applications
The European Medicines Agency (the EMEA) is readying itself to deal with Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products as of the beginning of next year.
Keeping Europe at the forefront of innovation: pitfalls to avoid
Europe is renowned for growing ideas that result in innovative medtech products, even if US investors and medtech companies then buy them up and benefit. Can this inventive streak be maintained, Amanda Maxwell asked medtech regulatory expert-turned-investor, Thierry Chignon.
Rock-it science: research highlights dangers of heavy metal
Since the genre was born with the release of Black Sabbath's eponymous album in 1970, many people have claimed that heavy metal is bad for your health.
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