Good medicine requires good medical products - innovations that pay 17/11/2007
The manufacturers of medical devices and medical technology are the drivers of the growth industry of the future economic health. Their innovative products and systems are making an increasingly significant contribution to improving the efficiency and quality of patient care. Could convince any of them as part of the world's largest medical fair MEDICA and leading trade fair for upstream supplies in medical production, COMPAMED. The specialists from doctors' offices, clinics, Laboratories, the trade and industry, seized the opportunity and was an impressive presence in Dusseldorf.On the four days, despite considerable disruption caused by the nationwide rail strike, around 137,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries to the Rhine (2006: 137 500 visitors). The number of international visitors was 40 percent. They were of the more than 4,300 exhibitors at MEDICA clearly structured by product groups offered a wide range of innovations for outpatient and inpatient care.
"The MEDICA succeeded again this year to confirm their international place of prominence. Because it presents not only a segment of the medical Needs, but the complete package with all its interface aspects ", said Wilhelm Niedergöker, Managing Director of Messe Dusseldorf, a key success factor for MEDICA, which at the same time at an example:" Who informed about modern systems for medical imaging, find out at the MEDICA . at the same time, as these devices can integrate with existing IT infrastructure, "In view of the rail strikes, Wilhelm Niedergöker the MEDICA visitors for special praise:" Normally more than one in five visitors to the train. Many have responded because of the rail strike, timely and flexible and have switched to the car. "
One focus of the MEDICA 2007 was that of "eHealth" - and telematics applications. Themes were covered by MEDICA MEDIA (Trade Forum and Theme Park for telemedicine) in perfect harmony with the exhibitors' ranges for medical IT innovations focussing on the "electronic patient record", the "electronic health card" and "medical data networks".
are also compact medical products in the trend, which involve the health-conscious patients active in terms of prevention and rapid treatment success. They can be widely applied by the patient. Examples of this are innovative, handy electric Therapy Systems pain for therapeutic applications and a wide range of diagnostic devices for quick measurement of various body parameters. More and more these products are even capable of using wireless radio transmission of medical data via telephone modem and Internet directly to the treating physician. This promises especially in the remote monitoring of chronically ill patients, great benefits.
conference program with many topics and a good response
the MEDICA Congress had this year with a host of issues, issues of disease prevention and advanced diagnostics through to telemedicine up to emergency medical or legal. Some Focus of more than 150 seminars and lecture events were to heart disease, diabetes, preventive medicine, pain-relief therapies or to disease in later life.
In the spirit of the restructuring of the German clinic service was the 30th German Hospital Conference on the theme "Shaping the Future." 1,800 participants were informed about prospects for the approximately 2,100 German clinics in the field of tension between DRG-based billing, an ever-fiercer competition and the desire for the best possible quality of care.
In conjunction with MEDICA MEDICA took place for the international trade fair the supplier market of medical manufacturing. 460 exhibitors (2006: 320) finished first in addition to Hall 8a, the new Hall 8b. They performed more than 13,000 visitors a wide range of high-tech solutions for use in the medical technology industry - from new materials, components, preliminary products, packaging and services to complex micro-and nanotechnology.
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