Author Peter Bak VBM Services Inc. Toronto Ontario, Canada [email protected] Canada is currently implementing a national, interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution supporting seamless sharing of diagnostic imaging results to authorised healthcare providers. Through this programme, Canada will...
READ MOREInterviewer Dervla Gleeson Managing Editor IMAGING Management [email protected] Interviewee Prof. Henrik Thomsen Chairman Department of Diagnostic Radiology Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev Copenhagen, Denmark Interviewee Prof. Gabriel Krestin...
READ MOREThe Evolving Story Author Dr Giles Roditi Consultant Radiologist Glasgow Royal Infirmary Scotland, UK [email protected] What is Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis? This condition was first described by Dr Shawn Cowper in a paper published in 2000 in The Lancet as a disease with ‘scleromyxoedema-like...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Leonard Berlin Chairman Department of Radiology Rush North Shore Medical Centre Skokie, Illinois, US [email protected] Whereas failure to diagnose is the commonest cause of medical malpractice litigation involving radiologists, failure to communicate is a close second. It is a causative...
READ MOREAuthor Dr A K Banerjee Consultant Radiologist Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull Hospitals NHS Trust Birmingham, UK [email protected] Despite technological advances, radiology faces unprecedented challenges related to the ability of radiology to deliver what the consumer...
READ MOREAuthor Prof.Anthony Watkinson Professor of Interventional Radiology President of the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) The Peninsula Medical School The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Devon, UK [email protected] Interventional...
READ MOREAuthor Dr Michael Joffe Clinical Director Vista Diagnostics London, UK [email protected] A commissioner-based national study of the fifteen key diagnostic tests published by the Department of Health in the United Kingdom on the 18 April 2007 indicate that there are currently 733,273 patients waiting...
READ MOREAuthor Dr Elizabeth M Robertson Consultant Radiologist Aberdeen Royal Infirmary NHS Grampian Aberdeen, Scotland [email protected] Since the Scottish Executive and Scottish Parliament were convened officially on July 1, 1999, powers in devolved matters such as justice, health,...
READ MOREAuthor Dr Jolanta Lapczynska Consultant Radiologist Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Scotland, UK [email protected] In recent years the NHS has struggled to retain sufficient numbers of healthcare workers, leading to a shortage of medical staff.To combat this skills deficiency, the NHS set targets...
READ MOREI nterviewee Marcel Swennenhuis Global Marketing Director AGFA Healthcare Mortsel, Belgium “PACS’ rapid absorption worldwide, is not just down to the initial hope that it would save money on long-term film costs.With PACS came the ability to clarify and manipulate images, the advent of integrated information...
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