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Paxeramed inks Dubai contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS and RIS software developer Paxeramed has won a contract for its PACS/RIS with Belhoul European and Specialty Hospital in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
April 20, 2011
New open protocols look set to eliminate image transfer on CDs
By John Brosky
PISA, Italy - Transferring medical images in this all-digital age often continues to rely on cumbersome compact discs. Help is on the way, promises Chris Lindop, who heads the Interoperability & Standards Group for GE Healthcare and is the lead author for a new integration profile in the final stages of development.
April 17, 2011
BIR releases molecular radiotherapy report
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) has released a report that reviews the status of molecular radiotherapy in the U.K. and provides recommendations to improve its use and effectiveness.
April 14, 2011
Lansley says sorry to nurses over health reforms
By Reuters Health
LONDON(Reuters) - Health Secretary Andrew Lansley apologized for the poor communication of his health reforms and said changes would be made to draft legislation after nurses passed a vote of no confidence in him.
April 13, 2011
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8 ways radiologists can win the turf battles
By Wayne Forrest
Medical imaging's increasingly essential role in the diagnosis and treatment planning of patients in almost all fields of healthcare has prompted physicians, clinicians, and other subspecialists to claim any one of the imaging modalities for their own domain.
April 10, 2011
New IHE website targets healthcare system interoperability
By Rebekah Moan
Ahead of this week's Connectathon conference in Pisa, Italy, the Europe branch of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) has redesigned its website, targeting healthcare system interoperability.
April 10, 2011
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Take strict precautions when it comes to pacemakers and MRI
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The emergence of MRI-compatible pacemakers has revolutionized patient management, but this relatively new clinical combination of pacemaker with MR systems means that radiologists are often only partially aware of the associated risks.
April 5, 2011
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Radiology reports could use improvement
By Rebekah Moan
Radiologists are still the best physicians for interpreting images, but improvements can be made in the reports they provide to referring doctors, according to a survey of Dutch and Belgian physicians.
April 4, 2011
U.K. coalition puts brake on NHS reform
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government said on Monday it would slow the pace of a radical shake up of the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), reflecting growing unease over the issue within the ruling alliance.
April 4, 2011
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U.K. coalition puts brake on NHS reform
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government said on Monday it would slow the pace of a radical shake up of the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), reflecting growing unease over the issue within the ruling alliance.
April 3, 2011
U.K. report criticizes equipment purchasing at NHS trusts
By Rebekah Moan
The U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) is leaving trusts to their own devices, literally and figuratively, when it comes to purchasing medical imaging equipment, according to a report published by the National Audit Office on 30 March.
March 30, 2011
UCSD student strives to bring US to Uganda
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A fourth-year student at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine will be traveling to Africa in May to try to make medical imaging technology more widely available in low-income countries.
March 28, 2011
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