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Videoconferencing Application to Improve the Quality of Service Given to Cancer Patients
Author Marc Monballieu, Donald Claeys / AZ Maria Middelares, Belgium When a doctor diagnoses cancer, a “Multidisciplinary Oncological Consultation” is recommended and in some cases obligatory, in accordance with the oncological care programmes in Belgium. This entails a consultation between all the doctors concerned...
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Lifetime Dental Cross
Author Tatjana Dostalova, Jana Zvarova, Karel Zvara, Michaela Seydlova, Karel Chleborad, Vaclav Kaspar / E uroMISE Centre, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Pediatric Stomatology, Second Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and University Hospital Motol; Department of Medical Informatics,...
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Senolog,an Innovative Medical Database on Mammographic Programme
Author Aissa Khelifa, Stephane Thiroux, Jean-Philippe Masson Organisation(s): Health Management Solutions, France; Observatoire de la Senologie, France; Federation Nationale Des Medecins Radiologues (fnmr) French regulations for breast cancer screening have allowed for the coexistence of both an organised...
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Cost-Effectiveness & Cardiac Imaging:
Combined Approach to Patient Management May Yield Substantial Savings Coronary artery disease (CAD) is presently the most common cause of death in industrialised countries. Consequently, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases represents a large drain on resources. In this challenge, stress imaging techniques represent a cornerstone in...
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Access to Technologies: A Matter of Cost or of Effectiveness?
Access to Medical Technology in Europe In this article, we will firstly present the case of two patients for whom, despite similar medical conditions, different therapies were advised, to highlight the inequality in access to medical technologies in Europe. Then, we will look at the matter of cost-effectiveness – are patients being differently...
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Cost-Effectiveness Aspects of Defibrillators: Decreasing the Financial Burden
Decreasing the Financial Burden The financial burden on society to treat and prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) is enormous. ICDs effectively reduce SCD and are recommended for secondary and primary prevention of SCD from VT/VF. Unfortunately, ICDs are expensive and add to demands to healthcare budgets in even the most developed nations....
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Healthcare IT & E-Health in Italy: Projects and Priorities
Italy’s approach to healthcare IT, and more specifically e-Health, has three facets. These are based on: National-scale techno-infrastructural requirements (the New National Healthcare Information System); E-Health Board, to harmonise regional and national policies and implementation, and ascertain that these are in line with the...
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Telemedicine Applications in Cardiology
Telemedicine represents a good solution for the management of patients with cardiac problems. Telecardiology, in particular, guarantees continuity of care and the creation of integrated networks between acute hospitals and primary care, with a more rational and quicker management of patients. Additionally, telemedicine is particularly implemented...
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Sonosite Appoints New Director
Sonosite has announced the appointment of Rodney F. Hochman, M.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Hochman has more than 35 years of hospital management experience and has held numerous executive-level positions in hospitals across the country. He currently serves as CEO of Swedish Medical Centre and has led the organisation since April 2007. Prior...
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Medtronic Win Damages in Patents Case
Medtronic announced that a federal US district court jury in San Francisco awarded it 57 million dollars in past damages, finding that AGA Medical Corp.’s manufacture, sale and use of its Amplatzer® Occluder and vascular plug product lines infringed claims of two US patents owned by Medtronic. The jury also ordered that AGA pay Medtronic a royalty...
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