• Is Academic Radiology in the UK Dead? A Personal View

    Author Prof.Alan Jackson Professor of Radiology Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering The Medical School Manchester, UK [email protected] The decline of candidates for academic training, the resultant The decline of candidates for academic training, the resultant lack of published...

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  • Uterine Fibroid Embolisation: Ensuring Post-Procedural Best Practice

    Author Thomas J. Kroencke Department of Radiology Humboldt University Medical School Campus Charité Mitte Berlin, Germany Interventional radiologists play as important a role in post-procedural processes as they do during pre-procedure evaluation and the intervention itself. Patients consider the...

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  • Overview of the Healthcare System in Estonia: A Personal View

    Author Margus Ulst Member of the Executive Board Tartu University Hospital Tartu, Estonia [email protected] One of three Baltic states, Estonia covers an area of 45,227km 2 , making it slightly bigger than Holland but with a population density ten times less. Estonia's population (1.34...

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  • Developing Research in Radiology: The Estonian Outlook

    Author Dr Pilvi Ilves Associate Professor/Docent of Radiology Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine The University of Tartu Tartu, Estonia [email protected] The University of Tartu, founded in 1632 is a national university in Estonia uniting different branches of science.The Faculty...

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  • Radiological Training in Estonia: European Charter Brings Change

    Author Mare Lintrop Department of Radiology Tartu University Hospital Tartu, Estonia [email protected] The majority of physicians working in Estonia are graduates from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tartu. Until the mid-1970s, it was necessary to complete a full six years of studies...

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  • Interview with Dr René Van Tiggelen on his Role as Curator of the Belgian Radiology Museum

    I nterviewee Dr Rene Van Tiggelen Curator Belgian Museum of Radiology Brussels, Belgium [email protected] _ Why did You Decide to Launch a Museum of Radiology, and What were the Challenges in Doing So? I am also a great admirer of Professor Röntgen’s, who did not take out any patent for...

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  • EAHM

    Results of the Study on Patient Satisfaction Measures The short study of the General Secretariat of the EAHM of November 2006 (see Hospital 1/2007) has been processed.   Reminder: the members of the EAHM office were invited to respond to questions such as, for example, the existence of legal depositions in relation to the evaluation of...

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  • News Europe

    Working Time Th e European Commission has written to all 27 EU governments asking them how they are complying with recent court rulings on the working time directive with its provisions on rest periods and a maximum 48-hour week.   The extent to which national authorities respect key judgements from the...

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  • News Members

    Ireland The Hospital Administration Wants to Reduce Private Hours The Irish hospital administration has just announced that it wants to reduce the income which medical specialists derive from private fees paid for the treatment of private patients.   The medical specialists and the Irish hospitals are authorised to treat private patients,...

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  • Creating Modern Management Structures in Hospitals through Centre Formation

    The economic pressures facing hospitals are set to intensify in the years ahead. Studies carried out by a range of consultancy companies predict that the viability of as many as one in four hospitals will be jeopardised in the next 15 years. It is highly unlikely that the German university hospital sector will emerge unscathed at the end of this process. The...

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