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....
READ MOREThe 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....
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Lorenzo Faggioni Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology University Hospital of Pisa Pisa, Italy [email protected] Social media have now become familiar companions to everyday life, thanks to the widespread diffusion and ongoing technological evolution of highly portable...
READ MOREAuthor 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...
READ MOREAuthors 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...
READ MOREAuthor Sowmya Rajagopalan Program Manager, Healthcare, Frost & Sullivan Cardiovascular diseases account for 31 percent of deaths from all diseases globally and for almost 48 percent of non-communicable disease deaths. It is estimated that by 2030, there are likely to be around 23.6 million cardiovascular deaths....
READ MOREAuthor 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...
READ MOREAcknowledgements Sandhya Kamath, Industry Manager (Health & Wellness) Darshana De Industry Analyst (Medical Devices & Imaging) Frost & Sullivan are well known for their market analysis and insights. Managing Editor Claire Pillar put questions about the future of imaging and other medical technologies...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Stephen R. Baker Professor and Chairman of Radiology New Jersey Medical School New York, U.S. Editorial Board Member IMAGING Management The golden age of radiology in the United States has drawn to a close. Perhaps after a period of adjustment, a new resplendent silver age might occur but for the present and medium...
READ MOREEurope’s premier Interventional Oncology meeting, ECIO 2013, takes place in Budapest, Hungary, June 19-22, 2013. In recent years, Interventional Oncology has emerged as a new discipline offering effective treatment of many malignant tumours with image-guided minimally invasive techniques. In numerous cases, Interventional Oncology achieves...
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