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Blue-sky thinking: France acts to solve staffing crisis
By Coline Cesarra
French radiologists have welcomed a significant loosening of the specialty's quotas for the next five years. The initiative is designed to cope with the looming shortage of radiologists and rising demand for imaging, but will it be enough to meet the country's long-term recruitment challenges?
August 5, 2014
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MESA to merge with Asteral
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swiss imaging service and parts provider Medical Equipment Solutions and Applications (MESA) and Asteral have agreed to combine their operations in a merger backed by the international private equity firm Permira.
August 3, 2014
BIR announces annual congress
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has announced that its annual congress will be held 22-23 October in London.
July 24, 2014
Skanray buys CEI-Italy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Indian medical equipment firm Skanray Technologies has expanded into Europe with the purchase of x-ray tube manufacturer CEI-Italy of Bologna, Italy.
July 22, 2014
How congress revenue funds ESR member services
By The European Society of Radiology Office
Complaints about the ECR's registration fees are not hard to come by, but it's crucial to remember the European Society of Radiology (ESR) uses congress revenues to pay for other services for its 60,000-plus members. This article explains the rationale behind the approach.
July 22, 2014
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Australian health service finds lapse in x-ray reporting
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Queensland Government in Australia said it has been asked to appoint an independent expert to review issues associated with plain x-ray reporting at Gold Coast University and Robina hospitals.
July 21, 2014
French monitor interventional, teleradiology cases
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Haute Association de Santé in France has published a short "toolkit" report on ways to improve monitoring of patients who undergo interventional radiology and teleradiology procedures.
July 20, 2014
World Brain Day prepares for launch on 22 July
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The World Federation of Neurology is launching the first "World Brain Day" on 22 July, the organization said.
July 17, 2014
French MRI waiting times are 'worst in a decade'
By Philip Ward
The shortage of MRI equipment in France is becoming increasingly alarming, and many patients have to wait almost 40 days to undergo an examination, the longest delay in the past 10 years, according to new data. This report highlights a disaster, said a respected senior radiologist from Paris.
July 15, 2014
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MRI use linked to patient mortality in Irish study
By Wayne Forrest
A new study of MRI use at a hospital in Ireland paints a complex picture of the modality, with higher in-hospital mortality and longer hospital stays for patients who got MRI scans. However, this could be because the patients were more acutely ill, according to an article in the July Journal of the American College of Radiology.
July 14, 2014
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Royal College announces cardiac chest pain event
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has opened registration for its annual Cardiac Chest Pain conference, to be held at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London on November 7.
July 10, 2014
DRG promotes Europe's largest brain imaging meeting
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The German Radiological Society (DRG) has announced a press conference will be held on 23 October for the annual meeting of the German Society of Neuroradiology, Neurorad 2014.
July 9, 2014
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