The Impact of Geographic Barriers to Patient Access Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific
2009 05 Sep
Author Mr Robert George Formerly Clinical Operations Manager Dr. Jones and Partners Adelaide, Australia President International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) [email protected] Providing an effective, comprehensive radiology service...Read more
The Impact of Innovation on Patient Access:How Rising Costs Affect Availability of Imaging
2009 05 Sep
Author Prof. Mathias Goyen Chief Executive Officer (CEO) UKE Consult and Management Hamburg, Germany [email protected] Health policymakers have focused on cost containment, for the past several decades, to deal with the rapid rise in healthcare costs in the western world. All kinds of measures...Read more
The Impact of Defensive Medicine on Patient Access: The United States
2009 05 Sep
Author Prof. Stephen R. Baker Professor and Chairman of Radiology New Jersey Medical School New York, U.S. [email protected] The United States (U.S.) healthcare agenda is the major domestic debate of President Obama’s presidency. He had made revamping of the U.S.’ pluralistic medical delivery system...Read more
Market Access in European Union Countries:Pricing and Reimbursement of New Healthcare Technologies
2009 02 Sep
Author Nikos Maniadakis Ass. Prof. Health Economics & Management Department of Economics University of Piraeus Piraeus, Greece [email protected] A major aim of health policy in most EU member countries is to regulate and control the price of, access to and the use of new and expensive medical...Read more
MRI of the Breast: A Valuable Tool for Accurate Patient Management Decisions
2008 01 Dec
Authors Dr. Federica Pediconi Dr. Carlo Catalano Prof. Roberto Passariello Dept. of Radiological Sciences University of Rome “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy [email protected] Currently, conventional mammography and ultrasound are standard imaging techniques...Read more
Overview of the Healthcare System in the United States:Disparity in Access Continues to Provoke
2008 01 Dec
Authors Prof. S. Sujanthy Rajaram Assistant Professor of Medicine [email protected] Prof. Carolyn Bekes Professor of Medicine Cooper University Hospital New Jersey, US The United States is the only wealthy industrialised nation without a universal...Read more
UK Imaging Accreditation Pilot Programme
2007 01 Oct
Author Dr Conall J. Garvey Consultant Radiologist Royal Liverpool University Hospital Liverpool, UK [email protected] Healthcare in the UK is undergoing a major restructuring. New untested independent healthcare providers are appearing on the scene, especially in medical imaging, making it crucial...Read more
Audit and Accreditation: Defining Quality for Medical Imaging
2007 01 Oct
Dear readers, There are a number of definitions of quality. The English dictionary provides three, of which the initial one explains it as the degree of excellence of a thing. However, where medical imaging is concerned, this precise definition needs to be elucidated in order to provide a benchmark for both customers and providers. ...Read more
Accreditation of Medical Imaging in Korea
2007 01 Oct
Developing a System for Better Healthcare Authors Kyung-Hyun Do (above) Dong-Gyu Na Tae-Hwan Lim Korean Institute for Accreditation of Medical Image (KIAMI) Asan Medical Centre University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul, Korea [email protected] Lack of Quality...Read more
Enabling Access to Patient Data
2006 30 Nov
Ensuring True Mobility in Imaging Author L iz B eckmann M anaging D irector Lanmark M edical B eaconsfeild , UK LIZBECKMANN @ LANMARKMEDICAL . CO . UK Mobile imaging is not new; for over ten years, it has been used in several areas, including the transmission...Read more
Wireless Access to Patient Records in a Clinical Environment
2006 30 Nov
Overview of Emerging Trends Authors D r D avid B andon D igital I maging U nit H ead P rof . O sman R atib H ead of Nuclear Medicine D r A ntoine R osset R adiologict D epartment of Radiology And Medical Informatics...Read more
L’Accord De Reconnaissance Mutuelle France-Québec (Prof. David A. Koff)
2005 10 Apr
Auteur Prof. David A. Koff Chef du service de radiologie hamilton health Sciences et Professeur McMaster university, hamilton, ontario, Canada [email protected] La visite du Président Nicolas Sarkozy à québec, le 17 octobre 2008, si elle a vivement déçu les indépendantistes...Read more
Impact De La Mondialisation De La Santé: La Garantie De Normes Et d’Un Accès Pour Tous
2005 18 Mar
Auteur Dr Silvia Ondategui-Parra Directrice Associée Centre médical Teknon Barcelone, Espagne, Également Assistante adjoint, Faculté de Médecine de l’Université de Boston Boston, USA [email protected] La mondialisation se caractérise par la circulation internationale...Read more
L’Accès Aux Marchés Dans Les Pays De L'Union Européenne,
2005 01 Jan
Prix Et Remboursement Des Nouvelles Technologies Auteur Nikos Maniadakis Prof. assistant de gestion et d’économie de la santé Département d'économie, Université du Pirée Pirée, Grèce [email protected] Un des objectifs majeurs des politiques de santé dans la plupart des pays de l'Union...Read more
