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VIKANDER Profile: Russ Holmes

Russ Holmes is dedicated to ensuring that VIKAND services and maritime healthcare solutions anticipate cruise industry needs. He joined VIKAND in 2021 during the height of the pandemic, an exceptionally challenging time. Russ actively identified impediments to safe cruising which helped broaden VIKAND’s response, resulting in expanded maritime healthcare solutions as well as meeting biomedical…

VIKAND strengthens its clinical leadership team to support growing client base

Date: 2 March 2023 Global Healthcare specialist VIKAND, has added two additional Medical Directors to strengthen its clinical leadership team to support its growing client base. Doctor Tanya Engelbrecht has been promoted from her fleet doctor role at VIKAND to become Medical Director for Viking Ocean, one of VIKAND’s key clients. She has over 20…

Overcoming this year’s big threats to maritime business

Each January, Allianz issues their Risk Report, which identifies and ranks the most important global business threats in the year ahead. This year’s list was compiled by a group of 2,710 risk management experts from 94 countries and territories – more than any other previous edition. VIKAND believes it’s important to highlight two risks we…

VIKANDER Profile: Lauren Talbot

Lauren Talbot, VIKAND’s Manager of Case Management, leads a global team of qualified registered nurses with the goal to provide each guest and crew member a medical disembarkation experience that is as good as it could possibly be. “We understand that a medical emergency can be a stressful time for patients and their loved ones.…

4 Benefits of Having a Total Healthcare Solution Onboard

An onboard total healthcare solution for your maritime business isn’t just another expense. It’s an investment with both strong short and long-term benefits for the vessel operator, crew, and guests. Short-term benefits to crew include fewer accidents and injuries, less absenteeism, and fewer workers out sick. Over time, the benefits multiply to include lower mortality…

Seafarers Wellbeing—Mental Health Aboard

Mental wellbeing is a foundational principle of VIKAND’s total healthcare solutions, the services we provide, and continually evolves. Our goals are to meet the requirements of seafarers, to respond to collaborative needs of industry stakeholders and our clients, and to meet advancing technology. It all starts with sensible and consistent strategies for mental health and…

VIKAND Reflects on Key Seafarer Issues Discussed at CrewConnect Global

Date: 06 December 2022 As a leading global healthcare specialist to the shipping industry, VIKAND’s attendance at CrewConnect Global was integral to the company’s strategy of raising awareness about comprehensive seafarer healthcare, mental health and well-being. VIKAND’S proactive approach to offering a total healthcare solution to the maritime industry includes supplying suitable advice and guidance…

VIKANDER Profile: Agnes Mathiesen

Meet Agnes Mathiesen, VIKAND’s Director of Client Engagement. From her home base in Oslo, Norway, Agnes is responsible for developing and nurturing long-term relationships with European clients across the cruise industry. Agnes finds this role as fulfilling as it is challenging. She enjoys building her network of key decision-makers and constantly identifying potential improvements to…

The Power of Telemedicine at Sea

Without telemedicine at sea as part of a maritime company’s healthcare options, medical care on board is limited. Onboard teams are often minimally equipped to handle much beyond routine care, such as treating symptoms and dressing injuries. In life-threatening situations, the vessel must find the closest port and transfer the patient to a hospital, or…