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Pre-Planning of Imaging Workload
Managing a continuously increasing workload is a major challenge for many imaging departments. However, effective workload management can be achieved through service level agreements, and will help radiologists in their interaction with hospital administrators, as well as helping purchasing groups to enable appropriate resources to be provided for...
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An Update From The Contrast Media Safety Committee of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology
The Contrast Media Safety Committee (CMSC) of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) first produced guidelines on contrast medium-induced nephropathy (CIN) and on the use of metformin in patients receiving contrast medium in 1999. The committee decided to critically review the new literature and update its guidelines for reducing the risk...
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Professional Challenges for Medical Imaging
The radiology department of the University Hospital of Ben Aknoun hospital was founded 2007 and comprises three units: conventional radiology, ultrasonography, and CT. Two units are in the process of creation: MRI and vascular radiology. The activity of the imaging department is strongly linked to the direction of the hospital, which specialises in...
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IT @ 2012 Winners
IT @ 2012 Winners 1st Place: Successful Development and Implementation of a Primary Healthcare Information System (Presented by Ian de Vega) 2nd Place: Individualised Patient Disease Diagnosis and Treatment through Whole Genome Sequencing and Comparison (presented by Peter van der Spek) 3rd Place: eyeSmart EMR - Intelligent IT Solution for...
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Survey Shows Generational Divide Poses Challenge to Adoption
An Accenture survey of more than 3,700 doctors across eight countries has found that healthcare IT is improving health practices and there is common agreement on the top benefits of technology across countries. But some physicians do not yet see all the benefits, especially those over 50 or those who are not actively using healthcare IT, such as electronic...
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Details Announced For 2012 MIR Congress
The 2012 edition of the Annual Scientific Meeting of Management in Radiology (MIR), chaired by Prof. Peter Mildenberger, has been announced for October 11 – 12, in Milan, Italy. This yearly gathering of leaders in healthcare, primarily coming from the medical imaging sector, but extended to all those with an interest in healthcare economics, management...
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CIRSE & Radiation Safety
In the question of radiation protection education for all medical professionals in Europe, CIRSE has assumed a pioneering role. Under the guidance of the ESR, CIRSE is involved in the EC-funded MEDRAPET project which has two main goals: Assess the current standard of radiation protection training for medical professionals in Europe, and Update...
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IHE Connectathon Moves to Bern, Switzerland
The 12th Annual European interoperability testing event for IT in healthcare, known as the IHE Connectathon, will be held in Bern, Switzerland from May 21 to May 25, 2012 at the Bern Expo. More than 300 information technology engineers from 70 companies are expected for this year’s event, an intensive, live five-day ‘connectivity marathon’ for...
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RadLex Playbook: The Next Stage in Innovating Standard Radiology Procedure Names
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) released the first version of the RadLex Playbook (http://playbook.rsna.org) on November 1 during the recently past RSNA congress, and already this resource has found eager users in the radiologic community. The Playbook provides a standard, uniformly structured set of names for radiology procedures....
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IMAGING Management’s Guide to Top ECR Highlights
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is the annual meeting of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), which has grown now to almost MH,000 members. It is a trend-setting, dynamic and service-oriented congress, well-known as one of the most innovative meetings within the scientific community, embedded in a unique and inspiring ambience. Its purposes...
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