• A patient-centred approach to mammography

    Head radiologist provides feedback on department’s three-year use of the Hologic Selenia® Dimensions® 3D Mammography™ System In an exclusive interview with HealthManagement, Dr. Annie Philippou Papoutsou explains how the implementation of Hologic’s Selenia® Dimensions® 3D Mammography™ System has helped radiologists to detect more cancers,...

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  • How can radiologists adapt to the knowledge age?

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is the talk of the radiology world. While AI is unlikely to replace the radiologist, better adaptation in healthcare to new technology is needed. In this interview with HealthManagement, Paul Chang, Professor of Radiology at the University of Chicago, explains the importance of human-machine cybernetic harmony....

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  • Clinical diagnostic reference levels in medical imaging

    An introduction to the European study on clinical DRLs for x-ray medical imaging (EUCLID). The EUCLID project was launched by the European Commission to collect data needed for the establishment of DRLs for the most important x-ray imaging tasks, from the perspective of radiation protection, and to specify up-to-date DRLs for these clinical...

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  • Successful quality management system in a radiology department

    Basic components of effective performance improvement programmes include patient safety, process improvement, customer service, professional staff assessment, and education, each of which requires strategies for implementing continuous programmes to monitor performance, analyse data, implement change, and meet regulatory requirements....

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  • Follow-up breast cancer imaging widely variable, U.S. study finds

    No consensus on surveillance imaging after treatment. Geography affects what post-treatment imaging women with low-risk breast cancer receive in the United States. A study that analysed follow-up imaging received by women with non-metastatic breast cancer found wide variation across the United States. Of concern was that many low-risk...

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  • Perspectives on Error Disclosure in Radiology

    Interviewees Professor Stephen Brown  Assistant Professor of Radiology Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, US Professor Thomas Gallagher Department of Medicine Department of Bioethics & Humanities University of Washington Seattle, US “we see much bigger differences in error disclosure...

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  • Clinical Applications of Shearwave™ Elastography

    Author Dan Conley Correspondent Key Points Strain elastography vs. ShearWave™ elastography Non-invasive alternative to biopsy Measure tissue stiffness in kilopascals Appropriate for detection, characterisation, biopsy guidance, therapeutic monitoring Introduction...

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  • The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist:A Multifunctional Hospital Risk Management Tool

    Author: Axel Fudickar Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein  Germany [email protected] Hospital risk management includes human factors and technical hazards as well as leadership, procedural, educational, financial and organisational issues. The World Health...

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  • Provision of a Dedicated Radiology Service For Acute Hospital Care

    Author Dr. Daniel Boxer West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Watford, UK   [email protected] Key Point   ·       Delivery of radiology for acute care within a dedicated unit may be beneficial for patient outcomes and lengths of stay. ·      

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  • Radiology in South Korea

    Author Prof. Kyung-Hyun Do Department of Radiology University of Ulsan College of Medicine Asan Medical Center, Seou l [email protected]  Healthcare in South Korea The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs (MIHWFA) is responsible for the health of the population, and has a supervisory role in health insurance policy....

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