• Development of PACS in Italy:A National Research Programme with Worldwide Impact

    Author Prof. Paolo Inchingolo Professor of Bioengineering and Health Telematics University of  Trieste Trieste, Italy PAOLO . INCHINGOLO @ BIOING . UNITS . IT   There is long-standing tradition of Italian research in the management of images, from departmental to nationwide level. Much research began at the...

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  • Education and Training in Radiology:The Experience in Italy

    Author P rof . D avide C aramella A ssociate Professor of R adiology D epartment of Diagnostic and I nterventional Radiology University of P isa P isa , I taly CARAMELLA @ MED . UNIPI . IT   In Italy, there are thirty-eight universities...

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  • Italian Society of Medical Radiology: Presentation of its History and Activities

    Author P rof . P almino S acco P oliclinic ‘L e S cotte ’ S iena , I taly PSACCO @ SIRM . ORG Founded in 1913, the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM) is a scientific association of which its membership includes the majority of Italian radiologists, counting...

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  • Annual JFR Congress Review

    As well as a scientific congress and technical exhibit, the 2006 edition of the ‘Journées Françaises de Radiologie’ (JFR) meeting, welcomed radiologists, physicians, technologists, industrial and all other healthcare professionals. As with each year, the JFR assembled numerous French and French-speaking radiologists, actors and industry representatives...

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  • RSNA Congress Review

    The 92nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) saw attendance increased by three percent from last year. The congress included 1,625 scientific papers in 17 subspecialties, more than 300 refresher courses, 1,428 education exhibits and 638 scientific posters. 738 technical exhibits occupied 514,800 square...

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  • Blending Biomedical Imaging on Living Subjects with Fossil Imaging:The Dmanisi Projects

    Interviewee P rof . D r C hristoph P.E. Z ollikofer A nthropologisches I nstitut Und M useum U niversitaet Z uerich -I rchel Z urich , S witzerland ZOLLI @ AIM . UNIZH . CH How did you come to be involved in the Dmanisi research project?...

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  • How Much “Private Care” can Healthcare Tolerate

    Willy Heuschen EAHM Secretary-General Editor-in-Chief Shortly after the closing of the European Commission’s consultation on the EU Health programme 2007-2013, Commissioner M. Kyprianou announced in the press that he would propose a Directive aiming to standardise crossborder healthcare services by the end...

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  • EAHM

    EAHM Adopts Position Paper as Part of EU Consultation on Cross-Border Health Services Meeting on 15 December 2006, the EAHM board agreed the Association’s official position as part of the European Commission’s consultation exercise on cross-border health services. The paper’s key elements include a call for the introduction of a Europe-wide...

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  • Europe

    The German government is making its contribution during its EU presidency to the European Commission’s plans to draw up a clear strategy for the health sector. To enable as many views as possible to be injected into the debate, it organised a two-day conference on “The social dimension in the internal market – Perspectives of healthcare in Europe”...

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  • The Greek Hospital System

    Author: George J. Stathis Health Management Consultant President of GHSMA E-mail: [email protected] The current hospital system in Greece is a direct result of Act 1397/1983 that established the National Health System (NHS). Laws that were later enforced brought about some changes, but did not modify the basic characteristics...

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