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Radiation Exposure in Computed Radiography
How Can Patients be Protected? exposure and therefore is of international concern. Even the lowest amount of exposure to ionising radiation has some risk. According to Prasad et al. (2004), accurately determining radiation-induced cancer risk in humans is difficult due to biological variability, environment, and lifestyle related factors. Consensus...
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Interview With Dr. Jorg F. Debatin
Prof. Dr. Jörg F. Debatin, 47, is medical director and CEO of the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf since 2003. Here, the author of 30 reviews, 6 books, 1,000 scientific presentations, and more than 300 invited lectures, and former radiology department leader tells us about life as hospital CEO. We also learn about the five-year restructuring...
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Overview of Healthcare in Poland
Portrait of a System Under Pressure The Republic of Poland is the largest country in central and eastern Europe, in terms of both population (38.2 million) and area (312,685 km2). In 1989, Poland was the first country among the central and eastern European countries to re-establish democracy after 44 years of communist rule. After a severe economic...
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The Contribution of Poland to Radiology
A Snapshot of its Pioneers and Inventors The first news about Konrad Wilhelm Roentgen's great discovery in Poland was published by Kraków-based daily "Time" as early as January 8, 1896. Soon the first experiments with x-rays were begun. In Kraków between January 8 and 15, 1896 the Jagiellonian University professor of chemistry Karol Olszewski,...
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Educating Radiologist in Poland
How We Do it To qualify as a radiology student in Poland, each candidate submits an application for specialisation in radiology and imaging diagnostics to the Regional Centre for Public Health in the region in which he/she intends to go into specialisation training. Submission of applications takes place twice a year. The procedure comprises formal...
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By Editor-in-Chief Prof. Iain McCall
Dear readers, Healthcare is generally thought to be relatively storm-proof as far as its susceptibility to financial crises – people, after all, still get sick at the same rates. Separating the economy from healthcare, on the other hand, seems a foolhardy approach. The depth of the present crisis means that department heads need more than ever...
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What’s Happening for Healthcare in the European Institutions
Commission Concerned About Insufficient Cancer Screening With an ageing population, figures on cancer deaths are due to increase, unless preventive measures are taken. The European Union (EU) shares a common commitment to ensuring proper screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, as set out in Council Recommendation of 2 December...
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EU Green Paper Sheds Light on Healthcare Workforce: Summary of Key Issues
Author Dervla Gleeson Managing Editor IMAGING Management Launched officially in December 2008, the European Commission’s Green Paper on the EU Workforce for Health officially recognises the many challenges facing health systems in Europe. In this article, we summarise the key points...
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Interview with Prof. Gustav Von Schulthess
Interviewee: Prof. Gustav Von Schulthess Director Nuclear Medicine Clinic University Hospital Zurich Zurich, Switzerland [email protected] A Former Student at Harvard and MIT, You Eventually Settled on Nuclear Medicine. Why was This? I initially had no clear intention to go into...
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Overview of the Healthcare System in Switzerland
OECD and WHO survey of Switzerland’s health system Switzerland’s health system meets the important goals of good health outcomes and universal health coverage, but these successes come at a high financial cost. The OECD and the WHO, in a new report on the Swiss health system, praise the quality of the system and make recommendations to control...
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