Author Dervla Gleeson Managing Editor, IMAGING Management [email protected] CORDIS, the European Community Research and Development Service, has launched a new health research web service for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to provide information on health research, a part of the FP7 Cooperation programme....
READ MOREThe European Parliament has recently approved the request by the European Commission to postpone the Directive on the use of MRI for a period of four years in order to have sufficient time to review the EU Physical Agents Directive 2004/40/EC (EMF). The European Parliament approved the postponement with a clear majority. The Directive...
READ MOREPhilips Closes Visicu Acquisition Philips Holding has completed a 427 million dollar acquisition of Baltimore-based Visicu, a healthcare IT and clinical solutions company focused on critical care. The terms of the deal include payment to option holders, pursuant to the previously announced merger agreement by and among Visicu, Philips and...
READ MOREECRI Institute, a non-profit organisation, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research in healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for nearly 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ...
READ MOREWhat Every Decision-Maker Needs to Know Author Dr. Silvia Ondategui- Parra Associate Hospital Director Teknon Medical Center Barcelona, Spain also, Adjunct Assistant Professor Boston University School of Medicine Boston, US [email protected]...
READ MOREAuthors Ing. Elisa Talini Prof. Davide Caramella (above) Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department University of Pisa Pisa, Italy [email protected] [email protected] During the last two years the radiology department at the University Hospital in Pisa, Italy,...
READ MOREAuthors Thomas J. Vogl (above) M.G. Mack T. Lehnert Department of Radiology Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany [email protected] Digital technology has revolutionised our lives. We...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Hanna Pohjonen (above) Healthcare IT Consultant Rosalieco Oy Finland [email protected] The EU e-Health initiative and action plan is a driver for the sharing of patient information and networking of expertise across different institutions and countries. It was launched...
READ MOREAustria is a democratic republic and a federal state which is composed nine Länder. The Länder have their legislative competencies and also participate in legislation at a federal in the Bundesrat (upper house of parliament). The Austrian healthcare system is characterised by the federalist structure of the country, the delegation of...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Werner Jaschke Chairman Department of Radiology Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria [email protected] The radiology department at Innsbruck University Medical Centre has two divisions located in two different buildings, staffed by 66 physicians,...
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