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  • Improving Early Detection of Breast Cancer

    I first became interested in early detection of breast cancer as a child when my aunt died of it at age 60 after initial diagnosis at age 40. Eight years later, my mother was diagnosed with it when I was in high school. She had nipple retraction. Her mammogram was normal and she had dense breasts. The surgeon had her admitted to the hospital, telling...

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  • Medicine, Technology and Humanity Intertwined: Zoom On Rafael Beyar

    Professor Rafael Beyar is General Director of Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, the major academic hospital serving northern Israel. He received his MD from Tel Aviv University (1977), his DSc from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion (1983), and his MPH from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University...

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  • Creating Healthcare Apps that Meet Needs and Usability Expectations

      Anna Sort, nurse, healthcare gamer and app creator at Play Benefit, answers the question: How should a healthcare app developer create a product that addresses a service need and that healthcare professionals want to use?   For the past few years I've heard this discussion a lot in start-up meetings, over coffee in congresses and even...

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  • Radiologists are the Stewards of Appropriate Imaging

    U.S. healthcare payment policy is finally shifting towards rewarding value not volume and radiologists are a critical part of the transformation. The healthcare delivery system in the United States has been notoriously expensive with marked variability in quality. The Affordable Care Act, “Obamacare” has led to more Americans being insured,...

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  • Critical Care in China

    Zoom On Bin Du Prof. Bin Du, MD, obtained his medical degree in Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) in 1994, when he joined the Department of Critical Care Medicine at PUMC Hospital. In 2005 he become a Professor and the Director of Medical ICU, PUMC Hospital. Dr. Bin Du is the Past President of the Chinese Society of Critical Care Medicine (CSCCM)...

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  • Healthcare IT Security Problems, People and Solutions

    Like other sectors whose mission depends on network-connected technology, healthcare is in crisis. In addition to the need for confidentiality, people’s lives depend on the integrity of the health information system. Incorrect decisions based on incorrect information could mean the difference between life and death. Finally, the information must be available...

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  • Vulnerability Leading to Improvement: Hospitals Start Comparing Outcomes Internationally

      It might sound absurd, but most hospitals have no idea how good they are. Physicians have a strong internal drive to provide the best possible care for their patients and to continuously improve quality of care. But how do they know if they succeed?   Right now, we have a situation in healthcare where treatment results are not or are...

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  • Radiologists - essential members of the patient's team

    Zoom On  Richard L. Baron, past-president, Radiological Society of North America, 2016 Richard L. Baron, MD, FACR, was president of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors (2016). As RSNA president, Dr. Baron’s priorities are to foster the development of new radiological innovations, and facilitate education into the...

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  • The Importance of Breast Screening: Zoom On Gabor Forrai

    Prof. Gábor Forrai is the current President of the European Society of Breast Imaging (2015-2018). He is Head of the Department of Radiology at Duna Medical Center - Hospital & Clinics, and Managing Director of GÉ-RAD Kft. Prof. Forrai previously worked as Head of Radiology Department at the Defence Forces Hospital/Teaching Hospital University...

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  • The Video Game Healer - Zoom On - Anna Sort

    Anna Sort is a qualified nurse, healthcare lecturer and the director of PlayBenefit, a Barcelona-based company which uses gaming to help people heal. What are your key areas of interest and research?  Video games, Engagement design, behaviour change, Placebo effect/mind power, willpower and eustress. What are the major challenges in...

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  • Critical Care Skeptic: Zoom On Paul Marik

    Dr Marik  is Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. He received his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and was an ICU attending at Baragwanath Hospital, in Soweto, South Africa. During this time he obtained a Master...

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  • Zoom On: Alain Cribier, Pioneering Interventional Cardiologist

    Prof. Alain Cribier, MD, MD, FACC, FESC has been Chief of Cardiology at the University Hospital Charles Nicolle of Rouen, France for 20 years. He became widely recognised for having developed new interventional technologies for the treatment of valvular heart diseases : balloon aortic valvuloplasty in 1985, mitral commissurotomy in 1994, and,...

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  • Zoom On: Tienush Rassaf, Editor-in-Chief, Cardiology, HealthManagement.org

    Prof. Tienush Rassaf took up his appointment as Editor-in-Chief, Cardiology, HealthManagement.org in September 2016. Prof. Rassaf has since August 2015 been Department Head and Chair of Cardiology (Cardiology and Vascular Medicine from August 2016) at the Westgerman Heart- and Vascular Center at the University of Essen, Germany.   He...

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  • Radiation: to be respected, not feared in the interventional setting

    With the ESC Congress 2016 Annual Meeting in Rome beginning this month, specialists will have the opportunity to learn and experience first-hand the latest innovations, as well as debate the latest developments in cardiology.  Among the discussions, I expect one hot topic for the interventional community will be the growing importance of managing radiation...

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  • Zoom On: Alain Gebrael, Deputy General Manager, Medsquare Paris

    What are your key areas of interest and research/assignment? Lean management. New technologies, new regulations and new opportunities make very frequent changes to our daily tasks. In order to maintain and improve quality, it’s very important to keep monitoring and adapting all of the processes.   What are the major challenges...

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  • Zoom on: Arnaud Legland, Strategic Accounts Manager, Medsquare

    What are your key areas of interest and research/assignment?   Every day, I put all my efforts into making patient care and patient quality of care more efficient, comfortable and safe.   Since I’m not in direct contact with patients, I strive to fulfill this mission by providing healthcare professionals with innovative solutions that...

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  • Prof Vasilis Ntziachristos, Director - Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging

    Modern imaging methods greatly exceed the possibilities of X-rays. Vasilis Ntziachristos holds the Chair of Biological Imaging at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and is Director of the Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging at Helmholtz Zentrum München. In this interview, he talks about the fascination of imaging techniques and about...

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  • Burnout Syndrome in Critical Care: What Needs to Happen Now?

    Following the release of the U.S. Critical Care Societies Collaborative Call to Action on Burnout Syndrome , ICU Management & Practice interviewed co-authors Ruth Kleinpell and Vicki Good from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Q. Is there a tendency for health professionals experiencing burnout not to admit it or recognise it?...

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  • Innovative solutions addressing challenges of complex cardiovascular disease

    An integrated approach to interventional cardiovascular medicine According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. [1] As CVDs are on the rise, it’s important to understand the risk factors associated with complex heart disease, as well as the impact of innovative solutions...

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  • Zoom On: Ella Segaran, Advanced Critical Care Dietitian, St Mary's Hospital, London

    In her clinical role Ella Segaran works on the general / trauma ICU as the advanced critical care dietitian at St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.   She is passionate about clinical care, education and research and about raising the profile of nutrition in our patients.  Ella says that she is lucky to have a full-time...

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