Professor of Radiology at McMaster University, David Koff is founder and director of MIIRCAM at McMaster, leading numerous research projects. He is Chair of Canada Safe Imaging and has been organising MIIT conference in Canada for the past 15 years.
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Radiologists make errors, and this is inevitable. Peer Learning is a safe way to improve the performance of the entire group of radiologists, benefitting from each other’s errors in a spirit of Just Culture. The process is anonymous; there is no scoring, shame, or blame. Key points The overall prevalence of errors in radiology has not significantly changed since the 1960s. Radiologists
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Summary: Under pressure in the age of COVID-19, David Koff stresses that researchers need to maintain high standards for their offerings to have value to the medical world. COVID-19 is the worst pandemic the world has been going through since the Spanish Influenza of 1918, which claimed the lives of millions of people. As we watch the death toll climbing above that of the dreaded 2003 SARS-CoV-2...
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The 13th edition of Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology (MIIT) conference to take place in Ontario, Canada. This year’s exciting programme will feature talks on imaging in an EMR-centric enterprise, radiology service outreach for physician engagement, using imaging informatics in quality initiatives, artificial intelligence as well as many other trending topics in the field....
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Healthcare, a Changing Landscape Equal access to a quality healthcare system is part of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), and is considered as a right by Canadians. Making Canadians the healthiest people in the world as well as preserving a healthcare system that is true to their values and sustainable must be the system’s overriding objective (Royal Commission on the Future...
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The opportunity to mingle with renowned radiologists from Europe, North America and beyond whilst discussing and learning about management and leadership comes just once a year.The 2015 Management in Radiology Annual Scientific Meeting takes place in the elegant surroundings of Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos Hotel in the heart of Barcelona from 8-9 October. Programme Thursday 8 October 2015...
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Canada is implementing a network of large data repositories designed to store all diagnostic imaging studies generated in hospitals and clinics across the country. There will be 18 such storage units covering all provinces, called DI-r (Digital Images Repositories). The goal of this project is to make all imaging studies available to healthcare professionals, wherever they are, increase efficiency...
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Canada is implementing a network of large data repositories designed to store all diagnostic imaging studies generated in hospitals and clinics across the country. There will be 18 such storage units covering all provinces, called DI-r (Digital Images Repositories). The goal of this project is to make all imaging studies available to healthcare professionals, wherever they are, increase efficiency...
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There are 2100 radiologists in Canada. Approximately 90 residents graduate each year in Canada. The number of Canadian Resident Matching Service (CarMS) spots in the country is around 55. This does not include additional routes to training such as re-entry funding or externally funded residents. So the number graduating to jobs each year is between 50 and 60. Public radiology in Canada is stronger...
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Prof. David Koff – Editorial Board Member Imaging David Koff, MD, FRPC, is Radiologist-in- Chief, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hamilton Health Sciences, Ontario, Canada; Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, McMaster University; Founder and Director, Medical Imaging Informatics Research Centre, McMaster University; Co-founder of RealTime Medical. We put our seven...
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Zoom On: Prof. David Koff - Editorial Board Member Imaging
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