Examination portability.
Truly global radiology would exist if patients could visit any European physician without their CDs or films. It would be possible for patients to go to a hospital or a clinic in any European country and have their examinations done in a different country, analyzed and eventually compared with the examination done at that hospital. This paper analyzes two national projects that should be documented and analyzed: Scotland with a national archive with radiology images and Finland which is implementing a system that will create an online personal health record of the citizen with all health-related information. This possibility would improve quality in European radiology and create a true network of images and knowledge that can be the seed to improve efficiency by reducing costs and exposure to radiation and increasing knowledge sharing among Europeanradiologists/neuroradiologists. We present here the idea of a network between three centers in three different countries that can be the start for a global project.
S24 Group; Lisbon, Portugal - ivelho@s24group.com.
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Fernandes
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Bernardes
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Cordeiro
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Do Céu Castro
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Velho
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Ratilal