The Changing Role of the Hospital in European Health Systems (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)

Cover 1 Half-title 3 Series page 4 Title page 5 Copyright page 6 Contents 9 List of Figures 10 List of Tables 12 List of Boxes 13 List of Contributors 15 Foreword 19 Acknowledgements 21 Part I: Advances in the management of patients with the main problems seen in hospitals 23 1 Introduction – The changing nature of care provided in the hospital 25 2 The challenges of adapting hospital care for children 44 3 Patients with stroke 75 4 Meeting the needs of frail older patients 107 5 Oncological hospital care 142 6 COPD as an exemplar of a chronic health condition 167 7 Emergency medicine 203 Part II: Cross-cutting topics and technology 223 8 Advances in perioperative medicine 225 9 Advances in imaging 255 10 Advances in laboratory medicine 280 11 Conclusions – Challenges for hospitals of the future 310 Index 320 Hospitals today face a huge number of challenges, including new patterns of disease, rapidly evolving medical technologies, ageing populations and continuing budget constraints. This book is written by clinicians for clinicians and hospital managers, and those who design and operate hospitals. It sets out why hospitals need to change as the patients they treat and the technology to treat them changes. In a series of chapters by leading authorities in their field, it challenges existing models, reviews best practice from many countries and presents clear policy recommendations for policymakers and hospital administrators. It covers the main patient groups and conditions as well as those departments that make modern effective care possible, in imaging and laboratory medicine. Each chapter looks at patient pathways, aspects of workforce, required levels of specialisation and technology, and the opportunities and challenges for optimising the delivery of services in the hospital of the future. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. "Hospitals today face a huge number of challenges, including new patterns of disease, rapidly evolving medical technologies, ageing populations and continuing budget constraints. This book is written by clinicians for clinicians and hospital managers, and those who design and operate hospitals. It sets out why hospitals need to change as the patients they treat and the technology to treat them changes. In a series of chapters by leading authorities in their field, it challenges existing models, reviews best practice from many countries and presents clear policy recommendations for policymakers and hospital administrators. It covers the main patient groups and conditions as well as those departments that make modern effective care possible, in imaging and laboratory medicine. Each chapter looks at patient pathways, aspects of workforce, required levels of specialisation and technology, and the opportunities and challenges for optimising the delivery of services in the hospital of the future"-- Provided by publisher A team of world-leading policy experts and clinicians analyse the changing role of the hospital across Europe