Search Tag: Healthcare
2023 05 Jul
Affidea , a leading European provider of advanced diagnostics, out-of-hospital services, and Centres of Excellence (in Cancer Care and Orthopaedics), proudly announces the successful acquisition of Clínica Radiologia de Albufeira and Clínica do Coração do Alentejo. With this strategic move, Affidea enters the vibrant region of Algarve...Read more
2023 31 Oct
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2022 22 Sep
Trust is one of the most essential and fundamental parts of a doctor-patient relationship. Establishing and maintaining trust with the physician is known to lead to positive patient health outcomes.For example, it can help to reduce patient stress, increase patient satisfaction and increase the placebo response. A research team,from the University...Read more
2021 14 Feb
In a new report, the Lancet Commission reveals that Donald Trump's presidency had devastating effects on every aspect of health in the U.S. This is the first comprehensive review that assesses the damage inflicted by former President Trump. As per the findings of this report, his policy failures resulted in 461,000 unnecessary deaths in the U.S....Read more
2021 03 Mar
Presented by Johan Hendrickx, Business Manager Enterprise Imaging Peter Wilkop, Sr. Global Product Marketing Manager Enterprise Imaging Willy Rosé, Head of Marketing Europe Find Agfa Healthcare on Social Media Read more
2020 27 Mar
Protecting patients from over-exposure to radiation is part of the daily life of healthcare professionals in medical imaging. Justification, optimization, ALARA’s approach – these principles are necessary to reduce the dose delivered to the patient.Moreover, numerous legal regulations (directives, the public health code) now make it compulsory...Read more
2020 22 Jan
Breast cancer is complex for clinicians to diagnose owing to how greatly cells within one tumour can vary. This complexity and challenge is highlighted by the fact that a biopsy only targets a sample of cells. You might also like: Radiomics Model Betters Radiologistsin Lesions Categorisation A new study from Penn Medicine addresses...Read more
2019 23 Dec
The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) in the UK has called on the new Conservative majority Government to prioritise and boost funding for five areas across NHS imaging and cancer care. You might also like: Brexit: Wreaking Havoc in Healthcare? “You have the power and the opportunity to give patients a sustainably...Read more
2019 03 Dec
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF ) have trained deep learning (DL) applications to identify cost indicators from chest radiographs to predict future health costs covering five years. In a Monday presentation at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) taking place in Chicago, researchers said DL could...Read more
2019 18 Nov
New research led by South Korean radiologists provides further proof as to how artificial intelligence can help improve diagnosis of lung cancer using medical imaging. Radiologists performed better in detecting malignant lung cancers on chest x-rays when they read images with deep-learning based software, according to the research published...Read more
2019 12 Nov
A new training programme, launched by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has been found to be effective in strengthening collaboration between radiology and non-radiology residents. Besides helping promote appropriate imaging use, the initiative provides more opportunities for radiology trainees to interact with their peers in...Read more
2019 11 Nov
Use of e-cigarette or vaping products, which may contain nicotine and tetrahydrocannabinol, has been blamed for an outbreak of lung disease that hit the U.S. starting in August. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) reported from 49 states and one...Read more
2019 30 Oct
Radiology care means ensuring optimal use of imaging for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Needless to say, radiologists play an important role in helping referring physicians avoid ordering imaging tests that provide not much diagnostic value – and unnecessarily expose patients to radiation. That's certainly the main reason behind the American...Read more
2019 10 Apr
Artificial intelligence ( AI ) software that analyses medical images is becoming increasingly prevalent. However, the promise of AI as a tool for promoting and enhancing personalised medicine can only be fulfilled with access to large quantities of medical data from patients. This data could be used for purposes such as predicting disease, diagnosis,...Read more
2019 03 Apr
Recognising the huge potential impact of AI in global health, The Rockefeller Foundation and United States Agency for International Development’s ( USAID ) Center for Innovation and Impact ( CII ) partnered, in close coordination with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , developed and launch today a groundbreaking new report: AI in Global Health:...Read more
2019 20 Feb
Executive Summary Radiology plays an important role in patient screening, diagnosis, treatment guidance, monitoring and follow-up. The sad thing is that two-thirds of the world's population has no access to basic radiologic services. In the case of computer tomography (CT) for example, 14% of low-income countries have at least one CT equipment...Read more
2019 06 Feb
Executive Summary Artificial intelligence ( AI ) is clearly the new trend in automation. This article, "The AI-powered radiologist" , authored by Dr. María Jesús Díaz Candamio , a radiologist at the Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario de A Coruña (Spain), highlights the advances in AI technology that will propel a revolution in...Read more
2019 06 Feb
The importance of artificial intelligence ( AI ) is ever increasing in healthcare, especially in enhancing the accuracy of diagnostic tools and disease risk predictive models. Radiology is said to be among the medical specialities most primed to incorporate AI into clinician workflow. It's no wonder that conversations about AI replacing radiologists...Read more
2019 30 Jan
Needless to say, radiology plays a critical role in healthcare delivery. It is rare for a patient to pass through a hospital without requiring the opinion of a radiologist somewhere along their journey – be it in triaging patients in the ER , assessing the need for treatment, or evaluating the effectiveness of treatment. Equally important is...Read more
2019 23 Jan
HealthManagement.org talks with # pinksocks founder Nick Adkins about the fascinating movement that started in healthcare and is spreading like wildfire in all industries- activating people to connect by sharing each other’s stories with compassion and empathy to work together. # pinksocks is a community united in changing the world from...Read more
2019 08 Jan
The much sought after 'partnership' between doctors, patients and their families or caregivers- named patient and family-entered care (PFCC) requires the cooperation and inclusion of all stakeholders in all aspects of the medical and health care decision making process. In a report published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, ...Read more
2018 16 Oct
£1,000 funding offered for award designed to promote worldwide innovation in radiation safety. The BIR/GE Radiation Safety Travel award aims to share best practice in radiation safety. Participants are asked to design a new tool or resource to improve radiation safety in healthcare. This could be innovative software or a novel use of new...Read more
2018 22 Aug
Improving population health and cost-effectiveness in healthcare are among the challenges that a new $3 million research initiative seeks to address. The new five-year research partnership between the American College of Radiology’s Neiman Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology will establish the Health Economics and Analytics Lab (HEAL)...Read more
2018 08 Aug
Burnout is a global health problem affecting physicians across all medical specialities who work in variable hospital settings and work environments. Radiologists, in particular, experience high rates of burnout, and this trend has only continued to worsen, according to a special report published online in the journal Academic Radiology. It...Read more
2015 21 Dec
Hologic, Inc. has announced that the Company will present at the 34th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on January 12, 2016 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time . The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed through a link on the investors section of Hologic's website at http://investors.hologic.com . The webcast will...Read more
2015 17 Nov
Tailored service offerings help hospitals manage people, processes and technologies Wide portfolio offers everything from equipment services, to cloud and managed services, to remote monitoring and financial services. Dedicated and expert Services teams support hospitals around the world to meet targets and goals. Hospitals can outsource,...Read more
2015 03 Sep
Combining innovation and ease of use, Agfa HealthCare offers ONE platform for IT and ONE platform for Imaging The Enterprise Imaging platform offers an image and information management ecosystem that supports healthcare enterprises and caregivers to increase productivity and enhance the value of care. The MUSICA image processing...Read more
2015 22 Jun
McKesson Corporation has announced that Kathy McElligott has been appointed to executive vice president and chief information (CIO) and chief technology officer (CTO) effective July 20 . McElligott comes to McKesson from Emerson where she served as CIO since 2010 and managed Emerson’s information technology strategy and information security for...Read more