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E-Health in Italy
In the past few years, PACS in Italy has increased significantly and, at the same time, has moved towards a larger regional dimension. Italy's 20 administrative regions are in charge of managing their own healthcare budget and have differentiated themselves by adopting different approaches in defining rules and policies to minimise costs and maximise...
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The National E-Health Programme in Estonia
As of September 2008, a nationwide health information system has been available for citizens and healthcare professionals in Estonia. The information system includes certain data that is supposed to reflect the population's health status, entered into the database either by the healthcare professional or by the patient himself. The content of the centrally...
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Financial Ratios in Radiology
This article investigates how financial ratios can serve as performance indicators or guide investment decisions. Performance indicators are used to guide short to midterm controlling and monitoring. In contrast, investment decisions have a longer time horizon, and involve financial planning over a couple of years. In the first case, financial ratios...
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Interview with Prof. Francesco Sardanelli
Prof. Francesco Sardanelli is associate professor of radiology at the University of Milan, Italy, as well as director of the radiology unit at the Scientific Institute Policlinico San Donato in the same city. He is a well-respected expert in research methodology and statistics applied to medical imaging and in multimodality breast investigation, in...
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An Overview of the Healthcare System in Greece
The Greek healthcare system is characterised by the coexistence of a National Health System (NHS), compulsory social insurance and a strong voluntary private healthcare system. The NHS provides universal coverage to the population and in addition, the entire population is covered by social insurance funds and 15% of the population maintains complementary...
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Radiology In Greece
Radiology in Greece has followed the rapid technological evolution experienced by other European countries, despite the financial constraints of the recent times. Social security funding is under heavy pressure and reimbursement policies are facing cutbacks. Nationally, diagnostic imaging, which includes all imaging modalities, sales and services,...
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Carestream Health Provide PACS in the Netherlands
The long-term RIS/PACS E-health Managed Services (eMS) agreement with Stichting Samenwerkende Ziekenhuizen Oost Groningen (SSZOG) will amount to the management of an estimated 1.3 million radiology studies. The agreement covers Stadskanaal, Winschoten and Delfzijl in the north part of the country and includes protection of workflow within and across...
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GE Augment Ultrasound Needle Capability
The upgraded electromagnetic sensor tipped needle, designed to improve guidance accuracy, will be included in GE Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 platform.The new volume navigation capability of the sensor tipped needle, added to the image quality of the LOGIQ E9, will increase the accuracy of many procedures while overcoming many of the traditional challenges...
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Siemens Upgrade Service Plan Offering
Proactive Plans from Siemens deliver service coverage priced by exam volume, providing contract offerings at a variety of budget levels. Siemens combined their most popular offerings with a completely new selection of service plans based on exam volumes as a response to customer input. The idea is that aligning service coverage with the volume of...
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Agfa Extends PACS Services Throughout Hospital
The IMPAX Cardiovascular Review Station (CRS) Remote enables access to cardiovascular images and reporting tools from any Windows device. The IMPAX CRS Remote now enables Microsoft Windows devices within the hospital enterprise to become virtual cardiovascular review stations that allow clinicians to access modality-specific toolkits and interact with...
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