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Shared learning can help minimize errors

By Dr. Paul A. Spencer

Neither doctors nor patients are safe from error, which may be defined as an unintended act, or one that does not achieve its intended outcome. It is only recently the high error rate within medicine has been appreciated and there are now more efforts at prevention, said Dr. Paul A. Spencer in his column.

November 19, 2012

RSNA meeting prepares to celebrate its centenary

By Otha Linton

As delegates from across the globe get ready to head to Chicago for the 2012 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) congress, plans are already being laid for the meeting's 100-year anniversary. Otha W. Linton describes how the RSNA rose from humble Midwestern roots to become one of the pre-eminent medical societies in the world.

November 12, 2012

JFR: French society announces progress on referral guidelines

By Philip Ward

PARIS - Plans for a new fully online edition of imaging guidelines for French-speaking referring physicians across Europe and Africa were unveiled on the opening day of the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) by Dr. Philippe Grenier of the French Society of Radiology.

October 18, 2012

International Day of Radiology set for 8 Nov.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology, the American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America are joining forces to sponsor the first annual International Day of Radiology.

October 16, 2012

International Day of Radiology set for Nov. 8

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology, the American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America are joining forces to sponsor the first annual International Day of Radiology.

October 16, 2012

MedTech Europe launched in Brussels

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An alliance of European medical technology industry associations, known as MedTech Europe, was launched on 11 October at the European MedTech Forum in Brussels.

October 11, 2012

MIR: Technology proves double-edged sword for workload

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Efficient use of teleradiology, along with efforts to control imaging demand, will play a central role in reducing future radiology workload, according to a senior Turkish radiologist who is speaking at this week's Management in Radiology (MIR) scientific meeting in Milan.

October 11, 2012

Dublin selected as host for eHealth Week 2013

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dublin has been selected as the location of the next eHealth Week scheduled for 13-15 May 2013.

October 10, 2012

Volcano gets FDA, CE Mark OK for IVUS catheter

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Intravascular ultrasound developer Volcano announced that it has received both the CE Mark and 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new Visions PV.035 digital intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS) catheter.

October 8, 2012

Istanbul will host 2013 IHE-Europe Connectathon

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The 2013 Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Europe (IHE-Europe) Connectathon will be held in Istanbul from April 15-19 at the Haliç Congress Center.

October 4, 2012

ESC chooses London for 2015 meeting

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced that it will bring its annual congress to London in 2015.

October 2, 2012

Nuclear medicine pioneer Dr. Henry Wagner passes away

By Wayne Forrest

Dr. Henry Wagner Jr., a global pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine and past president of the U.S. Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, died on 25 September at the age of 85. The professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins is credited as being one of the founders of nuclear medicine as a scientific and medical specialty.

September 26, 2012

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