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Cancer in women: prevent and screen

In the interviews published in International Hospital, we focus on a particular field of expertise to find out about current developments. We spoke to Peter Harper, oncologist and co-founder of Leaders in Oncology Care in London (United Kingdom). He talks about the main issues and challenges of cancer in women and the way forward. Q. […]

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Hospitals: using IT to define best practices

Hospital benchmarking systems have been devised by healthcare institutions, national and transnational official bodies, NGOs and the medical industry. The motive for such initiatives has, however, varied. This is reflected in different degrees of emphasis accorded to

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European Respiratory Society 2012: Every breath counts

The annual congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) took place in Vienna, Austria, 1-5 September 2012. Some highlights of the scientific programme are presented below. Multidimensional approach to non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasisOne of the leading experts in the field of respiratory infections, Miguel Angel Mart

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Scientific literature: molecular imaging

The number of peer-reviewed papers covering the field of molecular imaging is huge, to such an extent that it is frequently difficult for healthcare professionals to keep up with the literature. As a special service to our readers, International Hospital presents a few key literature abstracts from the clinical and scientific literature chosen by our […]

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Hospital goes fully digital Moving to wireless DRX-1 technology

International Hospital spoke to Professor Johan De Mey, the Head of the Department of Radiology at UZ Brussel hospital in Brussels. With nearly 800 beds, the hospital is one of the seven university hospitals in Belgium with around 200 000 patient contacts a year in radiology across a variety of disciplines. Professor De Mey talks […]

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Obtaining more information: Uncontrasted Computed Tomography or ultrasound?

This article compares uncontrasted Computed Tomography (CT) with ultrasound examinations over a period of a year (from May 2011 to May 2012)  with data obtained from a private practice PACS database. All the uncontrasted studies which had been performed were considered for the study: 339 patients were included in the research done for this investigation. […]

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Radiologists retain a key role, not least in cancer screening and prevention

The first International Day of Radiology (IDoR) on November 8, a joint initiative of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) aims at highlighting the role played by radiology and medical imaging in modern medicine while helping raise the public profile of […]