Dear readers, Much has been written on the management of change across a variety of industries and services. Change is an integral feature of radiology, which has evolved and integrated a number of different imaging modalities of increasing sophistication, complexity and clinical effectiveness. Every time a new piece of equipment is installed...
READ MOREAuthor Dr Nicola Strickland Chairman Dr Nicola Strickland, with Prof. Georg Bongartz Reinforcing the Message of Management in Medical Imaging Organised and chaired by Dr Nicola Strickland, consultant radiologist at London’s Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, this year’s annual Management in Radiology (MIR) congress,...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Mathias Goyen Assistant Professor Chief Communication Officer University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg, Germany [email protected] The way hospitals address and manage change can substantially influence employees' willingness to commit to the process.Today, the...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Juerg Hodler Chairman Department of Radiology Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist Zurich, Switzerland [email protected] In 2006, the Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist in Zurich treated more than 4,000 inpatients, saw approximately 40,000 clinical outpatients and...
READ MOREAuthors Sukru Mehmet Erturk Hansel Otero Ileana E. Gill Eric Nathanson Pablo R. Ros (above) Silvia Ondategui-Parra Radiology Management Group Department of Radiology & Department of Hospital Administration Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical...
READ MOREResults from Mainz Meeting Indicate a Need for Change Author Prof. Reinhard R.W. Loose Chairman Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Hospital Nuremberg-North Nuremberg, Germany [email protected] PACS systems offer many proven benefits compared to filmbased...
READ MOREAuthor Pekka Ruotsalainen National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health Stakes Unit for eHealth and eWelfare Helsinki, Finland [email protected] The national communication platform is financed both by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and public...
READ MOREI nterviewee Dr Jean-Pierre Pelage Hopital Ambroise Paré Paris, France _ Please Tell Us About Your Background in the Area of UFE. I was trained as a resident and performed my first UFE procedure in the Hôpital Lariboisière, a University Hospital of Paris under the supervision of Dr. Le Dref, one...
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 MOREImplementing good staff assessments in the medical imaging department begins at recruitment level. Making sound hiring decisions in the first place ensures as few later difficulties as possible. Don’t hire anyone who isn’t well qualified or who has questionable career history, is the first piece of advice; it makes assessing staff afterwards much more...
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