MIR 2015: Is Radiology Entering a Dark Age?
From the vantage point of a 45 year career in radiology, Stephen Baker, Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, Rutgers, The State University... Read more
Higher Volume Mammography Centres Better for Screening
New research suggests that women are more likely to benefit from mammography screening if this is done at facilities with higher total... Read more
Study: CT Can Change ER Physicians' Diagnoses
In emergency department settings, CT scan results can substantially change physicians' diagnoses, diagnostic confidence, and admission decisions,... Read more
Reducing Low-Value Imaging - More Intervention Needed?
Researchers analysed use of seven low-value clinical services in Choosing Wisely campaign and found notable declines in two services: the use... Read more
MIR 2015: Radiology Societies Step Up to Develop Radiology Leaders
Worldwide there is a mandate for providing value healthcare, and radiologists play a key role in leading the team approach to high quality, high... Read more
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A patient-centred approach to mammography
Head radiologist provides feedback on department’s three-year use of the Hologic Selenia® Dimensions® 3D Mammography™ System In an exclusive interview with HealthManagement.org, Dr. Annie Philippou Papoutsou explains how the implementation of Hologic’s Selenia® Dimensions® 3D Mammography™ System has helped radiologists to detect more cancers,... Read more
What is needed to ensure radiology and clinical oncology can support the NHS for another 70 years?
The National Health Service (NHS) was created to provide medical care for all, free at the point of use. Now 70 years old, it is a national treasure under intense strain, battling to provide the best modern medicine to an ever-growing, ageing UK population. Both radiology and clinical oncology are vital to the health service. Most patient diagnoses... Read more
Can we put true value back into radiology?
The radiology department has transformed from a unit of collaboration to one that focuses on interpretation, and in order to regain past values, an efficient harmony between IT and humans needs to be achieved. As radiologists we have to be valued for not just interpreting images. I have been around the world giving talks, and I seen radiology... Read more
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Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Breast Ultrasound
2016 23 Jul
Samsung Applies Deep Learning from Big Data in World-First The Samsung RS80A with Prestige premium ultrasound device now includes S-Detect™, which applies deep learning to breast lesion analysis using ultrasound. Background Breast ultrasound can be hard to read and interpret and the reader may experience fatigue and attention lapses.... Read more
Telemedicine – a new model for pre-hospital ultrasound?
2017 28 Nov
FUJIFILM SonoSite’s M-Turbo point-of-care (POC) ultrasound systems will soon be providing pre-hospital diagnostics across the Scottish Highlands as part of the innovative SatCare trial. This study aims to combine POC ultrasound and advanced communications to enable remote image interpretation and decision making for a range of time-critical conditions.... Read more
Regional Healthcare Initiatives in the UK: An Opportunity For Silo-Busting & Integrated Diagnostics
2017 02 May
Health authorities in the UK are developing regional initiatives to make significant improvement to health and care. The needs look beyond departmental and organizational boundaries, focusing on the needs of the local population.[1] (These initiatives are called STPs, sustainability and transformational plans). In this article, Chris Scarisbrick,... Read more
From Our Journals
Complications of decompressive craniectomy in neurological emergencies
There are a number of complications related to the use of decompressive... Read more
Patient Safety & Risk Management
In recent years patient safety and risk management have become important... Read more
Caring for critically ill immunocompromised patients
We can do better! Élie Azoulay, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine... Read more
Mammographic Screening for Women with Dense Breasts, Prof. Diana Miglioretti
As breast density legislation is introduced in more and more states of... Read more
Tienush Rassaf
Editor-in-Chief Cardiology, HealthManagement.org Department Head and... Read more
Editorial: Safety
The publication of the landmark Institute of Medicine report To Err is... Read more
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SonoSite SII
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Sectra Reporting
Sectra's reporting module, developed with complex oncology cases in mind, facilitates overview of relevant priors together with the current request and report text. It also offers support for resident workflows and embedded links to images in the rep...
DC-70 Ultrasound System
X-Insight is an insightful solution to envision more. Mindray’s brand-new solution is an excellent transforming of continuous customer insights into clinical needs, combined with evolving cutting-edge ultrasound technologies. As an intimate...
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