ICMED Magazine #6 - January / March 2026
Issue #6 • 2026

ICMED Magazine #6 - January / March 2026

Jan–Mar Issue 6 How organization improves patient care

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Contents of this issue

1
Editorial Editorial

Organisation is care

This issue of ICMED Magazine explores the role of organisation as a founding element of care, going beyond a purely technical view of clinical qual...

2
Featured Regulations

Managing multidisciplinarity: organisation as a driver of safety and clinical quality

The transition from multidisciplinarity as a 'spontaneous' practice to a governed organisational process is one of the central challenges of modern...

3
Fertility

The importance of KPIs in the management of laboratory outcomes in PMA

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are fundamental tools for monitoring and improving quality in medically assisted reproduction (MAP) laboratories....

4
Regulations

Case study of organisational management of interfering pathways in an operating block for active organ transplantation

This work stems from the need to observe the operating block not only as a technical site of the surgical act, but as a dynamic system of relations...

5
Organization

The meaning of procedures

The article reflects on the authentic meaning of procedures in healthcare, overcoming the apparent opposition between standardisation and clinical ...

6
Regulations

PDTA and Monitoring Systems as Engines of HTA: The 'cost' of appropriateness

In a healthcare context characterised by limited resources and increasing complexity, clinical appropriateness emerges as a strategic lever to ensu...

7
Cell Therapy

The value of KPI’s in the transplant setting: Wits Donald Gordon Centre, Johannesburg

In high-stakes transplant settings, traditional outcome indicators such as mortality, relapse, and graft-versus-host disease remain essential but i...

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Cell Therapy

A Day in the Life of an Apheresis Nurse: Where Clinical Expertise Meets Quality Driven Care

The article provides an in-depth and specialized look at the role of the apheresis nurse, a position where high technology meets clinical dedicatio...