Author Prof. Michael J. Pentecost Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group Maryland, US [email protected] Pay-for-performance in medicine is rooted in a very simple and easy-to-grasp concept: create a financial incentive for physicians and you will see an improvement in the...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Erik Ranschaert Radiologist Co-founder Eurad Consult Mechelen, Belgium [email protected] Eurad Consult is a provider of diagnostic radiology reporting services with an output of over 40,000 MRI reports per year. Our remote reporting services provide continuity in radiology departments within...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Henrik Thomsen Chairman Department of Diagnostic Radiology Copenhagen University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark [email protected] March 21, 2006, two colleagues from the department of nephrology entered my office. “We have the evidence. The use of gadodiamide impairs...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Mathias Goyen Chief Executive offi cer UKE Consult und Management GmbH Hamburg, Germany [email protected] Outsourcing is a very important factor in our economy today. Modern companies know that for their non-core competencies, they need to seek specialists. Outsourcing delegates the non-core...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Berthold B. Wein Director Department of Diagnostic Radiology Praxisgemeinschaft im Kapuzinerkarree Screening Unit of Aachen, Düren & Heinsberg Aachen, Germany [email protected] In June 2002, the German Bundestag decided to introduce a demographically-based...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Uwe Heindrichs Director Department of Breast Surgery University Hospital Aachen Aachen, Germany [email protected] In Germany, up to two out of every ten women will suffer from breast cancer during her lifetime. Around 17,000 out of 50,000 of these affected women will...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Hanna Pohjonen Healthcare IT Consultant Rosalieco Oy Espoo, Finland [email protected] In Spring 2006, the first phase of an innovative Finnish RATU project was launched, providing regional RIS/PACS and eConsultation service in Northern Finland. The area covered by the RATU project consists...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Mustafa Özmen Professor of Radiology deputy General director Hacettepe University Hospital Ankara, turkey [email protected] Since the formation of the modern Republic of turkey in 1923, successive governments have looked towards the West in the development of the country’s...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Muzaffer Basak President Turkish Society of Radiology Istanbul, Turkey [email protected] The Turkish Society of Radiology was founded in Istanbul in 1924. Its founding members included leading experts at the time, Dr. Sevki Bey, Dr. Suphi Neset Bey, Dr. Burhanettin Toker, Dr. Kilalditi,...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Oguz Dicle Chairman Department of Radiology Dokuz Eylül University Izmir, Turkey [email protected] Medical doctors in Turkey graduate after following a six-year curriculum. According to set programmes, different concepts are used to teach radiological issues. Since 1996, most schools...
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