Medical, Legal, and Practice: Page 163

Is overtreatment burdening healthcare budgets?

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Yes, says Dr. Günter Leiner, president of the European Health Forum Gastein. Unnecessary medical treatments are being performed throughout Europe, and healthcare providers need to confront this issue head-on, according to Leiner.

September 25, 2011

U.K. health dept. ends NHS National Programme for IT

By Cynthia E. Keen

The U.K. Department of Health announced that it will accelerate the dismantling of the National Programme for IT, marking the death knell for the country's high-profile but controversial project to link all National Health Service (NHS) hospitals with a centralized medical records network.

September 22, 2011

vRad to support Doctors Without Borders

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Teleradiology services provider Virtual Radiologic (vRad) will provide pro bono diagnostic radiology services to the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.

September 19, 2011

Same-day MRI scans boost radiology productivity

By Wayne Forrest

With the right processes in place, requests for same-day MRI scans can be handled more than 90% of the time, resulting in productivity gains and boosting revenue for radiology departments, according to a German study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

September 18, 2011

Same-day MRI scans boost radiology productivity

By Wayne Forrest

With the right processes in place, requests for same-day MRI scans can be handled more than 90% of the time, resulting in productivity gains and boosting revenue for radiology departments, according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

September 18, 2011

Toshiba donates Aquilion CT to Kenyan hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has donated and installed a refurbished Aquilion 4 CT system at a Kenyan hospital.

September 14, 2011