ICMED Magazine #4 - July / September 2025

From local to global: the role of regulatory bodies for safer and more humane healthcare

With this fourth issue of our magazine we are celebrating a milestone: the awarding of the ISSN code, which marks our magazine's official entry int...

I have a dream: more 'human' healthcare in the technological age

I want, as an internist and haematologist, to talk to you about a dream of mine, a dream of a 'techno-human, or rather I would say 'human-technolog...

The role of regulatory bodies in healthcare and the supporting role of consultancy firms

Regulatory bodies in the healthcare sector play a key role in ensuring the safety, efficacy and quality of healthcare products and services...

The role of regulatory bodies in the healthcare sector

Haematological Transplant Centres seeking certification from JACIE (the Joint Accreditation Committee of ISCT & EBMT) are required to provide e...

Patient safety between clinical risk management and medico-legal liability

According to the Ministry of Health, clinical risk represents the probability that a patient will suffer an adverse event attributable to the care ...

The role of regulatory bodies in the health world

In the complex healthcare ecosystem, quality of care, patient safety and technological innovation do not emerge by chance: they are the result of a...

Past, Present and Future of Umbilical Cord Blood

The first successful transplantation of umbilical cord blood (CBU - acronym for cord blood unit) was performed in 1988 in Paris, France, in a child...

Quality under control: the new role of regulatory bodies in Swiss healthcare

From Article 58 KVG to national targets: how the relationship between quality, safety and innovation is changing In recent decades, healthcare syst...