Search Tag: Radiology
2021 26 Apr
An overview of imaging policies that contribute to health inequity and solutions to ensure treatment decisions are free from bias and the radiology workforce is more diverse and equitable. Key Points Health Equity is defined as the absence of avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences among groups of people. Current imaging policies...Read more
2021 26 Apr
An overview of a physician’s journey and the impact of retirement and a presentation of an example of an anaesthetist who worked ten years in our radiology department after his retirement. Key Points Fernando Burchi retired after working 31 years as a hospital anaesthetist. Aged 62, he was ready to continue serving the wider...Read more
2021 20 Apr
The Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (USA) took the bold decision to make care records and images from all their patients accessible across the care continuum. To realise their vision, a team of experts worked together with Agfa HealthCare to expand knowledge across the organisation and support high-impact care. Their vision was to...Read more
2021 09 Apr
In February 2020, news started filtering slowly through the media about a fast-spreading virus in China. Within a month it hit South Africa, and the President Cyril Ramaphosa and his team had the unenviable task to warn and educate all citizens about the impending virus. Their initial addresses to the nation was of doom and gloom and instant lockdown...Read more
2021 17 Mar
For the first time in its history, the British Institute of Radiology (BIR) will hold the Annual Radiotherapy and Oncology Meeting online. Bringing together experts from around the world to share their views on a broad range of aspects relevant to radiotherapy and oncology, the Meeting will run in two parts, from 17-19 March and 24-26 March 2021....Read more
2021 04 Mar
Affidea Group, the leading European provider of diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer care services has today announced the acquisition of Orthoderm, a highly regarded outpatient healthcare provider with a reputation for the delivery of innovative and quality care from its clinic located outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. With this acquisition,...Read more
2021 28 Feb
It is with great anticipation that we count down to the start of the European Society for Radiology’s fully online European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2021 from 3-7 March 2021. ECR is also going global with its “Pop-up World Tour–Online – On demand”, thus embracing a new way of connecting the radiology community across the world. After a year...Read more
2021 15 Feb
Ahmed Serafi is the founder of the International Radiology Centre, Dubai and Professor of Radiology, Suez Canal University, Egypt. He has been working in the field of telemedicine for more nearly two and a half decades. Prof Serafi spoke with HealthManagement.org to share some of his experience with telemedicine, how it has changed over the years,...Read more
2021 15 Feb
An overview of how Enterprise Imaging supported the multidisciplinary needs of Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri (IFO), an oncology hospital and research centre in Rome, Italy, and how it enhanced the productivity and efficiency of its radiology services. Key Points Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri (IFO) is a renowned scientific...Read more
2021 11 Feb
At Hologic , we understand that there is nothing more important for your breast surgery patients than being sure. Are the margins clear? Do you have the specimen of interest? Have the markers been captured? We also understand the need to minimise time under anaesthesia and recall rates for additional excisions, together with...Read more
2021 02 Feb
Despite a falling number of COVID–19 patients in ICU, imaging departments are facing another surge in demand, explains Dr James Diss, Radiology Registrar at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) NHS Trust in the UK. And technology will be vital in helping them continue to provide high-quality care. With only one COVID-19 patient in ICU following...Read more
2021 03 Mar
Presented by Anjum Ahmed, Global Chief Medical Officer, Agfa HealthCare Koen Vergote, Global Product Manager Analytics, Agfa HealthCare Find Agfa Healthcare on Social Media Read more
2021 11 Jan
Shortage of skilled manpower is a widespread fact and has indeed not spared radiology. If you are looking into details why radiological manpower is missing, you will find different reasons for it. · Radiology seems not to be that attractive anymore for young doctors · Further, radiology itself gets more and more complex and the ongoing specialization...Read more
2020 08 Dec
At a time when healthcare providers worldwide are under increasing pressure to deliver faster diagnosis and treatment, the value of an integrated radiology system capable of collecting and managing data from a range of complex and mission-critical machines has never been greater. One leading Gulf institution – King Hamad University Hospital in Bahrain...Read more
2020 08 Dec
Report transmission upon report release? Dr. Roland Scheck and his colleagues from the Radiology Oberland in Southern Germany offer this excellent service to their referrers and patients. Via the portal4med REFERRER PORTAL of the RIS provider medavis from Karlsruhe, Dr. Scheck and 14 other radiologists exchange reports and images independent...Read more