2011
COVER: The Workforce Issue: Manage Workload, Avoid Litigation & Recruiting and Retention
RESEARCH: Frost & Sullivan Market Analysis: The PACS Market
SPECIAL FOCUS: Interventional Radiology at the Fore / CIRSE 2011
COUNTRY FOCUS: Interview with Prof. Dragos Negru, President of the Romanian Association of Radiology
Cover Story: Radiation Protection: Focusing on patient and personnel safety with papers on dose reduction, radiation safety and the interventional radiologist, and the role of GPs as a gateway to medical imaging, amongst others.
Tech Horizons: Image-Guided Surgery Market Overview & Buyers' Guide
Management: Insight into Leadership Skills
Financial Management: Benefits of Investing in PET-CT
Country Focus: Cyprus
COVER: "The Management Decision I Most Regret", Six Top Chairmen on Regret
RESEARCH: Frost & Sullivan Market Research: Ultrasound
DIAGNOSIS: Diagnosing Pulmonary Embolism
NEWS: E-Health Week 2010
COVER STORY: IMAGING Management @ RSNA 2010
RSNA 2010 Round-Up: Top Session Picks
Use & Overuse of Exams
Design of Imaging Departments
Curent Issues in Radiation Safety
Managing Risk for Patient Safety
Exhibitors @ RSNA 2010
2010
COVER STORY: This edition covers the discussion currently surrounding the practice of nuclear medicine in Europe and the cooperation between radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists as to how training and practice should be professionally organised.
PCC: PACS systems
NUCLEAR MEDICINE: The Role of 18-FDG PET CT in Monitoring Tumour Response: Optimal Imaging Management of Oncology Patients
MANAGEMENT: How to Conduct Staff Appraisals: A 12-Point Plan for Success
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in the Netherlands
COVER STORY: This edition presents the turf war over who should perform cardiac imaging. Two leading experts, a cardiologist and a radiologist, take up the issue, with view to create a wider discussion on the subject.
PCC: Computed Tomography Systems
PATIENT SAFETY: Safe Use of MRI Contrast Agents
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in the Czech Republic
COVER STORY: This edition covers the discussion currently surrounding the practice of nuclear medicine in Europe and the cooperation between radiologists and nuclear medicine specialists as to how training and practice should be professionally organised.
PCC: Digital Radiography
COST MANAGEMENT: Assessing the Cost Versus Benefit of Radiology: NICE on Cost Control
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Canada
COVER STORY: This edition deals with the disparity in progress being made with national PACS programmes, in the wider context of e-health, taking a look at different examples from: Ireland; Finland and Norway; UK; Italy and Estonia.
PCC: Computed Radiography
DOSE MANAGEMENT: Manufacturer's Association Cooperates on Dose Safety: Can Patient Safety Features on Equipment Cut Radiation Doses?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: Matching Talents and Jobs; Financial Ratios in Radiology
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Greece
2009
COVER STORY: This covers scheduling & appointment management in the medical imaging department, offering guidance on topics such as restructuring radiology scheduling in a hospital environment, operatinga call centre for scheduling & appointments and workflow scheduling with multiple equipment requirements.
PACS: PACS in the Cardiology Department
PATIENT SAFETY: Radiation Exposure in Computed Radiography
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Poland
COVER STORY: This edition covers the impact of the economic crisis on radiology and offers practical advice on how to recession-proof Your radiology department – useful even outside of times of crisis.
HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS: Market Access in European Union Countries: Pricing and Reimbursement of New Healthcare Technologies
CAREERS: Project Funding & the National Institutes of Health (NIH): An Insider’s Guide to Grant Applications
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Switzerland
COVER STORY: Summarises the best papers from the Management in Radiology (MIR) Annual Scientific Congress & Meeting Cover Story including a focus on ultrasound, private practice in the U.S. and pros and cons of public versus private imaging.
PCC: Ultrasound Scanning Systems
PATIENT MANAGEMENT: Managing Imaging Patient Referrals: The Case for Adrenal Tumour Imaging
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Australia & New Zealand
2008
COVER STORY: This edition examines leadership and team management issues with articles focusing on: Skill Mix and Teamwork in Imaging Departments; Partnerships Between Research Institutes and Industry; Good Governance in Radiology and Leading Team in Times of Change.
PCC: Digital Radiography Systems
HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS: Impact of Globalisation on Healthcare
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in the United States
COVER STORY: This edition analyses Cost-Effectiveness in the Imaging Department, with specific focus on: Negotiating Equipment Maintenance Contracts; Creating Custom Software for Your PACS; Open Source Software and an article from the UK Centre for Evidence-Based Purchasing.
PCC: Computed Tomography Scanners
HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS: Quality Management in Radiology: Defining the Parameters
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Ireland
COVER STORY: This edition focuses on Managing Imaging Education, especially on transforming imaging education in Sweden, promoting lifelong learning and using teleradiology as an educational tool.
PCC: Ultrasonic Scanners
HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS: Marketing Your Healthcare Services
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Belgium
COVER STORY: This edition presents the '10 Commandments for Running a Medical Imaging Department' and highlights the top papers and presentations from the Management in Radiology (MIR) Congress.
PCC: Thermal Printers
HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS: Outsourcing and Radiology
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Turkey
2007
COVER STORY: This edition covers Audits and Accreditation with focus on the: UK Accreditation Programme; Clinical Audit; Quality Improvement in Radiology and Accreditation of Medical Imaging in Korea
FEATURES: Is Academic Radiology in the UK Dead?; PET/CT Moving into the Mainstream; Uterine Fibroid Emobolisation
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Estonia
2006
COVER STORY: This edition covers Mobile Informatics in Radiology with special focus on: Mobile Image Delivery and Acquisition; The Digital North Denmark Project; Enabling Access to Patient Data; Mobile Life in the Radiology Department an Wireless Access to Patient Records in a Clinical Environment
PCC: PACS
FEATURES: The Evolving Ultrasound Market; Practical Guidelines for a Sucessful 3D Imaging Service; Building Trust in Remote Reporting
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Germany
COVER STORY: This edition focuses on Interventional Radiology, in particular investing in interventional imaging, organisational aspects of an active IR group, clinical care in interventional radiology and and the leaders across Europe
PCC: Cardiac Ultrasonic Scanning Systems
FEATURES: Increasing Operational Effectiveness; Live 3D Echo Brings Real-time Benefits in Paediatric Cardiac Care; Power Injectors in Computed Tomography
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in Hungary
COVER STORY: PACS and IT
PCC: Cardiac Ultrasonic Scanning Systems
FEATURES: Assessing Performance in Digital Mammography Technology; Resolving Budget Conflicts in University Radiology; Management Training in Norway; Live 3D Ultrasound Solutions
COUNTRY FOCUS: Radiology in France
