With a record submission of over 11,000 abstracts from 100 countries, this year’s congress places the spotlight on innovations in scientific discoveries, technology, clinical practice and education, as well as on applications to clinical care. Between August 30 and September 3, the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via will welcome close to 30,000 attendants...
READ MOREAuthor Peter Lachman Deputy Medical Director Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London, UK [email protected] Lead International Faculty Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Dublin, Ireland [email protected] Key Points • The economic challenge of providing...
READ MOREAuthor Raul N. Uppot, MD Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital Division of Interventional Radiology Boston, MA, USA Key Points 1. Obesity is impacting the ability to acquire diagnostic quality images. 2. Obese patients may not be able to fit on imaging equipment. 3....
READ MOREInterviewee Dr. Matthias Lannoo Abdominal Surgeon, UZ Leuven, Belgium President, Belgian Section for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery [email protected] Interviewed by Claire Pillar Managing Editor, HealthManagement Dr. Matthias Lannoo is an abdominal surgeon at UZ Leuven, Belgium, specialising...
READ MOREAuthor Claire Pillar Managing Editor, HealthManagement A survey of policymakers has revealed gaps in perception of the causes and management of overweight and obesity, which could affect the way in which countries make and implement policies to prevent, manage and treat the obesity epidemic. The multi-country survey was conducted...
READ MOREInterviewee Dr. Rebecca Puhl , Deputy Director Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity Yale University New Haven, CT USA [email protected] www.yaleruddcenter.org @YaleRuddCenter Interviewed by Claire Pillar Managing Editor, HealthManagement What prompted your interest in weight...
READ MOREInterviewee Professor Susan John President, American Society of Emergency Radiology John S. Dunn Distinguished Chair in Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging and Pediatrics Chief, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical...
READ MOREAuthor Kelly Ann Callahan Editor, Healthmanagement Big Data: two short words with unlimited complexity, indicating that a set of information is too voluminous or varied to be processed using traditional means. Technically-speaking, it is comprised of the multi-formatted records of what everybody does these days, from every log-in...
READ MOREAuthor Mads Nybo , MD, PhD Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology Odense University Hospital Denmark [email protected] Key Points • Despite steadily increasing costs hospital laboratories are under pressure to improve their services to the hospital. • A lab automation process provides opportunities to...
READ MOREAuthors Prof. Sante Mazzacane Department of Architecture University of Ferrara, Italy email: [email protected] Dr. Gianfranco Finzi ANMDO National President Prof. Luigi Aparo ANMDO National Scientific Secretary Co-Authors Pier Giorgio Balboni Alberta Vandini Luca Lanzoni...
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