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An Update From Europe’s PACS Programmes
Dear readers, This edition's cover story examines both emerging and established PACS installations in Europe with the purpose of highlighting some valuable lessons about what elements are needed for a successful project rollout. Two of the articles in particular give a comparative analysis of their nationally led solutions, one which failed to...
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News from the EU Presidency
Ministers Provide Direction for E-Health EU Ministers and the Spanish Presidency have drafted a Ministerial Declaration of European Cooperation on E-health, a plan for the future that recognises the efforts that brought EU policy on e-health to the fore. In the Declaration, a detailed framework was set forth in order to achieve the overall objective...
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Commissioner for Development Addresses Global Health MDGs
At the Cross Europe Conference, EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, addressed the progress made toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the work that still needs to be done. In his keynote address at the conference, titled "Delivering the Right to Health with the Health Millennium Development Goals," Piebalgs offered an...
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CARS Congress: Register Now for Geneva, 23 – 26 June
The CARS Congress Organising Committee invites you to be part of their congress which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from 23 – 26 June, 2010. The congress is aimed at those who work in the fields of radiology, surgery, engineering, informatics and/or healthcare management and have an interest in topics, such as Image guided interventions; ...
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CIRSE 2010 Announced for 2 – 6 October, Valencia, Spain
In this year's annual CIRSE meeting and postgraduate course, billed as the "world's top platform for specialists in all minimally invasive image-guided procedures", the programme has been designed around seven main themes, facilitating itinerary planning and allowing delegates to follow one of these themes with little or no overlap. This years main...
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ECRI Institute Purchases Biomedtalk Listserv
ECRI Institute has announced its recent purchase of the Biomedtalk Listserv, a popular email subscription service for biomedical and clinical engineering professionals where they can connect to share information and advice. Founded in 1997 by Mike Kauffman, assistant director of facilities for the Reading Hospital and Medical Centre in Reading, Pennsylvania,...
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The National E-Health Programme in Estonia
As of September 2008, a nationwide health information system has been available for citizens and healthcare professionals in Estonia. The information system includes certain data that is supposed to reflect the population's health status, entered into the database either by the healthcare professional or by the patient himself. The content of the centrally...
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Financial Ratios in Radiology
This article investigates how financial ratios can serve as performance indicators or guide investment decisions. Performance indicators are used to guide short to midterm controlling and monitoring. In contrast, investment decisions have a longer time horizon, and involve financial planning over a couple of years. In the first case, financial ratios...
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Carestream Health Provide PACS in the Netherlands
The long-term RIS/PACS E-health Managed Services (eMS) agreement with Stichting Samenwerkende Ziekenhuizen Oost Groningen (SSZOG) will amount to the management of an estimated 1.3 million radiology studies. The agreement covers Stadskanaal, Winschoten and Delfzijl in the north part of the country and includes protection of workflow within and across...
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GE Augment Ultrasound Needle Capability
The upgraded electromagnetic sensor tipped needle, designed to improve guidance accuracy, will be included in GE Healthcare's LOGIQ E9 platform.The new volume navigation capability of the sensor tipped needle, added to the image quality of the LOGIQ E9, will increase the accuracy of many procedures while overcoming many of the traditional challenges...
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