• No Systematic Link Between Medtech Innovation and Increase in Healthcare Expenditure

    New research from the European Health Technology Institute (EHTI) confirms that there is no uniform relationship between medtech innovation and an increase in healthcare expenditure. The impact of medical technology on healthcare costs is a result of multiple, dynamic factors, such as whether a technology expands the number of treatable conditions,...

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  • Number of Countries Using Patient Summary of epSOS is Increasing

    Currently in pilot stage, the epSOS project aims to design, build and evaluate a service infrastructure that demonstrates cross-border interoperability between electronic health record systems in Europe.   Since 19 June 2013 Swiss citizens are able to make use of the epSOS Patient Summary service when going to another epSOS piloting country....

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  • European Parliament Affirms Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    The prospect of limiting magnetic resonance imaging in healthcare due to European legislation protecting workers from radiation has been averted after a decision by the European Parliament in June. MRI in healthcare has been exempted from the regulations, which limit exposure to electromagnetic radiation and oblige employers to assess and reduce risk....

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  • Medicolegal Issues in Radiology

    Author Dr. Peter Mackenzie Head of Membership Governance Medical Protection Society Edinburgh, UK [email protected]   Clinical negligence claim costs continue to increase in many parts of the world. The growth in preventative screening measures involving radiologists and the increasing...

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  • Radiology Cares™ Campaign Combats ‘Invisibility’ Factor

    By encouraging meaningful physician engagement in the patient experience, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)’s new Radiology Cares ™ campaign offers an effective solution to a common problem radiologists often face: invisibility.   “Even though we actively participate in patient care, we’re relatively...

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  • Personalised Medical Technology

    Author Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Goyen HealthManagement Editorial Board Member - Industry Adviser Academic Research Director GE Healthcare [email protected]   Personalised medicine is all the rage and has become a dominant guiding theme of health research. The focus is on the development of...

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  • Cloud Computing for Health Information Management

    Authors Mu-Hsing KUO Andre KUSHNIRUK Elizabeth BORYCKI School of Health Information Science University of Victoria,Canada [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]   Cloud computing refers to an on-demand self-service network infrastructure that enables the user to...

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  • Healthcare-Associated Bacterial Infection

    Authors Jared A. Greenberg , MD (photo) Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine University of Chicago,Chicago, US [email protected]   John P. Kress, MD Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine, University...

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  • Radiology in Brazil

    Brazil is the 7th largest economy in the world, and the largest country in South America in both area and population.   Brazil has a public healthcare system, funded by the government, called SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde – Unified Health System), which supplies healthcare to most of the population, and a private system, funded by private...

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  • CIRSE 2013

    Author Ciara Madden Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe Vienna, Austria   The CIRSE Annual Meeting has long been a central hub for anyone with a professional interest in imageguided, minimally invasive medicine; interventional radiology (IR). The meeting attracts a spectrum...

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