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Louisiana State University Install GE RIS/PACS
Louisiana State University (LSU) Health System, which includes 10 public hospitals and more than 500 clinics in the area, will deploy GE Healthcare's RIS, PACS and diagnostic reporting system, as part of a 12.5 million dollar contract to create a filmless and paperless central database and radiology image repository for sharing patient imaging. Implementation...
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Hypothermia Company Acquired by Philips
Philips has agreed to acquire the assets of InnerCool Therapies Inc., a therapeutic hypothermia company, and wholly-owned subsidiary of 1 1 Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. It will be acquired in an asset purchase transaction for 11.25 million dollars, and the transfer of around 1.5 million dollars in trade payables. The transaction will reinforce Philips’...
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Junior Workshop a Success: 2010 Edition Confirmed
In other MIR news, the association held its first junior workshop in late July 2009. The course is aimed at new consultants, or those about to seek or take up a consultant post. A "consultant" is a British term equivalent to the Nor th American staff grade post, which means a definitive, substantive medical appointment: the highest grade of doctor...
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CARS Congress 2010 Announced (June 23 - 26, Geneva, Switzerland)
The next edition of the Computer Assisted Radiology & Surgey (CARS) congress will be held from June 23 – 26, 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with the annual meetings of ISCAS, EuroPACS, CAR, CAD and CMI societies. The CARS congress organising committee invites you to be part of this scientific and medical community, which gives medicine...
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UEMS Vote Officially Recognises Interventional Radiology
A recent vote taken by the UEMS Radiology Section has officially recognised interventional radiology as a distinct medical specialty. Until recently, interventional radiology was a self-declared medical subspecialty of radiology. Although recognised in some countries and embedded in the European Society of Radiology (ESR), it was not seen as a...
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Workflow Scheduling with Multiple Equipments Requirements
The Case for MRI & CT Scanning Scheduling appointments plays a crucial role in the smooth administration of the radiology department, particularly when multiple pieces of equipment have to be managed simultaneously. Access to modalities is assigned according to different sectors’ requirements and volume of activity. All radiological appointments...
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Managing Medical Imaging Appointments
Authors Dr. Sylvia Neuenschwander G. Scamps A. Livartowski Ph. Rizand Medical Imaging Department Curie Institute Paris, France sylvia.neuenschwander@ curie.net Case Study - The Curie Institute The Curie Institute enjoys a relatively privileged situation, as a medium-sized establishment, with an efficient computer system, a large...
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Applying a “Business Process Reengineering” Model to Radiology
Part I: Six Steps for Streamlining Exam Processes Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is a philosophy that advocates restructuring an organisation, based around processes rather than the individual tasks that take place in the organisation. The idea is that by approaching workflow without deference to traditional business models, one can analyse...
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Overview of Healthcare in Poland
Portrait of a System Under Pressure The Republic of Poland is the largest country in central and eastern Europe, in terms of both population (38.2 million) and area (312,685 km2). In 1989, Poland was the first country among the central and eastern European countries to re-establish democracy after 44 years of communist rule. After a severe economic...
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The Contribution of Poland to Radiology
A Snapshot of its Pioneers and Inventors The first news about Konrad Wilhelm Roentgen's great discovery in Poland was published by Kraków-based daily "Time" as early as January 8, 1896. Soon the first experiments with x-rays were begun. In Kraków between January 8 and 15, 1896 the Jagiellonian University professor of chemistry Karol Olszewski,...
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