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Spain Leads a European Project on Training in Hospital Engineering

The University Hospital of Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín is leading a European project on training in hospital engineering, to be developed over three years with a budget of 400,000 euros, called Smart Healthcare Engineering.

This initiative is being launched in collaboration with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Transilvania University (Romania), and Manisa University (Turkey), and will provide training to more than 60 final-year engineering students. This European project will begin its first year with on-site training in Gran Canaria.

The primary objective of this initiative, which is part of the Canary Islands Health Department, is to provide students with both theoretical and practical training, including visits to hospital facilities such as the Doctor Negrín Hospital.

Optimizing alarms in healthcare centers

The proliferation of alarms in modern healthcare facilities, while essential for patient safety, also poses some significant inconveniences for medical staff and patients.

It is all based on the fact that medical technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, providing hospitals with sophisticated monitoring and warning systems that allow early detection of complications.

In hospitals, for example, hundreds of auditory signals are recorded daily, but only a small proportion require immediate action. In fact, recent research has explored solutions that could make a significant difference in the management of these alarms, benefiting both healthcare staff and patients.

XII Hospital Engineering Meeting: for continuous improvement in healthcare

On June 14 and 15, Zaragoza hosted the XII Hospital Engineering Meeting, an event organized by Redección Médica with the collaboration of the Spanish Association of Hospital Engineering (AEIH) and Carburos Metálicos.

The objective of this meeting was to enable a space for debate and exchange of ideas, reflections and proposals in the field of hospital engineers and architects, heads of engineering and maintenance services, heads of technical service, heads of studies and projects areas…

Gathered over two days, current issues in this area were once again shared in a meeting attended by the most representative members of this group.

3D technology and precision medicine in the hospital sector

3D technology has revolutionized numerous fields and precision medicine is no exception. In fact, this type of medicine is booming, driven by new advanced tools and technologies that bring doctors closer to patients, allowing the creation of treatments and devices adapted to each individual.

Advances in medical 3D printing technology have had a significant impact on various fields in the healthcare sector.

For patients, these new therapeutic tools and methods developed through 3D printing offer unprecedented levels of comfort and personalization in their treatments.

What the healthcare system demands in 2024

The commitment to training and continuous development programs will meet the demand for digital skills and specialization in disruptive technologies.

What are the demands of the healthcare industry in 2024?

Every April 7th, World Health Day is commemorated. A date marked on the calendar, since with each passing year it is more necessary to remember and celebrate it.

The WHO Council on Health Economics for All has found that, although at least 140 countries recognize health as a human right in their constitution, only four have developed a strategy on how to finance it.

Data analysis and precision medicine: a successful relationship

In the modern era, data analytics in precision medicine has become a critical component in a wide range of fields.

This precision medicine, also known as personalized medicine, has benefited greatly from the analysis of large volumes of data to offer more effective and personalized treatments to patients.

Undoubtedly, this relationship between data analysis and precision medicine is crucial to understand and address various diseases more accurately and efficiently, as well as improve the functioning of all medical systems and equipment in a hospital.

The importance of investing in uninterruptible power supply systems

Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems (UPS) in hospitals guarantee the continuity of energy.

Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems (UPS) have emerged as essential components in the infrastructure of various sectors, highlighting their crucial role in critical environments such as hospitals. That is why it is so important to invest in renewing and acquiring new UPS systems for healthcare centers.

Electrical outages and voltage alterations are more frequent than desirable, and during that time the devices cannot stop working.

Electrical panels in hospitals: fundamentals, functions and regulations

In the hospital environment, electrical panels and their efficient management are an essential element to guarantee the correct functioning of critical medical equipment, emergency systems and the safety of patients and staff. These are key nodes for distributing and controlling electrical energy in hospital facilities.

Also known as electrical panels or distribution panels, they are devices that concentrate and distribute electrical energy from the main electrical network to different areas of a building.

In the hospital context, these pictures are vital, especially in critical situations such as medical emergencies and surgeries. In fact, they represent a critical and necessary component in all hospital infrastructures because they allow the distribution of energy in each consumption line, the safety of the facilities and the continuity of supply to be guaranteed efficiently in the production processes.

Electrodes and virtual reality to decipher the functioning of the brain

Researchers monitor the brain with deep electrodes in patients suffering from epilepsy

Study the neuroscience of virtual reality through deep brain electrodes in patients.

This is a “unique” research project in the world, carried out by the Immersive Neurotechnologies Laboratory of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), led by Professor Mariano Alcañiz; and the Functional Neurosurgery team at the La Fe hospital in Valencia, under the direction of neurosurgeon Antonio Gutiérrez.

The brain is still a “great mystery” for science, the last frontier of knowledge. For this reason, both institutions have joined forces to carry out research that will allow “answers to multiple unknowns about the functioning of the human brain.”

New and incredible advances in the binomial technology & health

Technology and health go hand in hand at levels like we have never known in history. From the development of advanced medical devices to the application of artificial intelligence in medicine, the synergy between technology and health reaches a new level of innovation every day.

The health sector no longer looks with such suspicion at a future marked by trends such as the aging of the population, the increase in mental health care, personalization or the union of different medical disciplines.

Today, we find advances that until recently were unthinkable.

A constant transformation and evolution to guarantee the sustainability of the health system based on ICT. Let us now see to what extent.