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Healthcare Without Borders

Dear Reader,   As the world’s largest representative body for senior healthcare executives, the European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) has a big responsibility in advancing the healthcare enterprise. Modern communication is key in sharing best practices, gathering new ideas and interacting with other disciplines.   The EAHM has selected...

Editorial Board Members

Promoting Management and Leadership in Healthcare Ima ging EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Prof. Lluís Donoso Bach Hospital Clinic – University of Barcelona, Spain   HONORARY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF   Prof. Iain McCall UK (Retired)   EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS   Prof. Stephen Baker Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, U.S.   Prof....

Mammography is the Most Proven Screening Method

INTERVIEW WITH GÁBOR FORRAI, EUSOBI PRESIDENT What were some of the highlights of the European Society of Breast Imaging 2016 annual scientific meeting? It was a fantastic meeting, with 730 attendees, the highest ever. Popular sessions included the BI -RADS workshop for standardising reporting in breast imaging and screening. The sessions...

Medicine, Technology and Humanity Intertwined: Rambam Health Care Campus

RAMBAM HEALTH CARE CAMPUS   The philosophy at Rambam Health Care is medicine, technology and humanity intertwined. Please explain.   Rambam is a very uniquely positioned hospital. It started in 1938 as a hospital for patients, founded by the British mandatory regime, and has grown to be a major academic hospital that includes the Faculty...

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2017 and Beyond: The Face of Healthcare

The Face of Healthcare   Healthcare is at an exciting yet vulnerable crossroads. Technology is being implemented for everything from diagnosis to workflow solutions and more and more providers and professionals are joining forces in order to deliver the best care possible. With changes coming fast and furious, what do healthcare experts across...

Continuous Improvement Team: Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki

The Importance of Team Work in Healthcare   The challenges of organising healthcare in a public hospital are considerable. The best and most cost-effective outcomes are achieved when professionals work together, learn together, deliver and implement innovations for higher quality patient care. The Continuous Improvement Team at Papageorgiou...

Patient Identification: Executive Summary

For its fifth Deep Dive analysis of a patient safety topic, ECRI Institute PSO selected patient identification. Safe patient care starts with delivering the intended interventions to the right person. Yet, the risk of wrong-patient errors is ever-present for the multitude of patient encounters occurring daily in healthcare settings.   Many patient...

Interoperability: Slow Progress But Willingness to Improve

A mere 6% of clinicians can effectively access information from healthcare providers using a different electronic medical record (EMR) in order to facilitate improvement to patient care, according to KLAS Research’s recent report Interoperability 2016: From a Clinician View— Frustrating Reality or Hopeful Future? While this is a low percentage, Bob...

Richard L. Baron

President, Radiological Society of North America “Show respect for all individuals at all times, no matter what your personal feelings might be toward the person” Career highlight:   I am particularly privileged to have mentored so many individuals from countries near and far who worked with our teams at the...