The Qualities Every Leading Radiographer Needs

By nature, the role of a radiographer is highly demanding: from the inevitable stress associated with patient care to technological challenges that arise in practice, professionals in this sphere certainly have their work cut out for them. The need for rigorous technical training goes without saying, as successful radiographers must be able to manipulate various […]

5 Ways To Become A More Effective Radiographer

Ask any radiographer whether they would like to become more effective in their work and it’s unlikely you’ll get a single negative response. Even those at the top of their game could stand to make a few changes in order to improve efficiency. Due to the nature of radiology, professionals in this sphere must be […]

Five Ways Radiologists Can Better Understand And Respect Transgender Patients

When Sidsel Pedersen, a medical radiologic technologist (MRT) and instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology performed what she assumed to be a routine x-ray on an eight-year-old boy in 2017, she could not have foreseen a notable error she would make in the process. Upon completing the x-ray, she would soon discover some […]

Regulations Versus Cybersecurity In Healthcare – Which Will Emerge Victorious?

Regulations in healthcare oblige medical equipment vendors to focus on developing next-gen technology – not addressing the cybersecurity issues present in current technology, according to a report from TheRegister.com at Israel Cyber Week. Speaking on the topic, Ophir Zilbiger, partner and head of the BDO Cybersecurity Israel consultancy, confirmed that healthcare presents a significant risk […]

Just 51% Of Men Have Access To Prostate Cancer Mri Scans

A recent investigation by Prostate Cancer UK has noted that half of all men in the UK have been denied MRI scans to detect prostate cancer. MRIs can be used to detect up to 93 per cent of malignant tumours. With this in mind, Prostate Cancer UK described their findings as “appalling”. The investigation from […]

Breaking News – Ge Healthcare To Be Spun Off As A Stand Alone Entity By Ge

Industrial conglomorate GE, who was recently booted out of the DOW Index, has announced that it will spin off its GE Healthcare division into a stand alone company. Presumably, it will then try to sell or IPO it to raise cash, in the same way Siemens earlier this year spun off its Medical Systems division as […]

Whittington Hospital Rents Fairford Medical’s Latest Mobile Ct Scanner

Fairford Medical successfully delivered and commissioned their fantastic Canon Aquilion Prime mobile CT scanner to the Whittington hospital in early March of this year. The Whittington hospital is undergoing a full departmental renovation which will span over a 2-year period. The initial phase included the replacement of their current CT system hence the need for […]

Fairford Delivers A Mobile Mri To The South Pole

FAIRFORD MEDICAL delivers its Mobile Siemens Avanto TIM+DOT MRI to the Amundsen-Scott base for an interim rental at the Geographic South Pole for a bio-diversity research project. Admittedly, this will be mainly scanning penguines and other Antarctic birds as the seals are a bit too fat to squeeze into the MRI! Well done to HEALTH IMAGING SOLUTIONS LTD for the installation […]