ECR 2011 OsiriX PRO Workshop Summary

The workshops were listed in the official ECR 2011 program. 305 people registered at myesr.org prior to the congress.Apple was very generous and sent 24 iMac’s 27″ to Vienna for the trainings.400+ people attended the workshops. Each participant receive…

Workstation Face-Off

Top Developers invited to ViennaFeatured in aycan’s April 2011 issue of “News and Views”aycan, with its’ OsiriX PRO workstation, was among seven companies invited to demonstrate imaging systems at this year’s European Society of Radiology Meeting. a…

Medical Monitor

How to ChooseFeatured in aycan’s April 2011 issue of “News and Views”Amidst ever-changing technology and the ongoing debate on standards and regulations for medical monitors, how do you choose one that will support increased productivity and more ac…

Apple in Medicine

The Latest on iPads, Apps, and the FDAFeatured in aycan’s April 2011 issue of “News and Views”Since its inception in 1976, Apple technology has revolutionized many industries including graphic arts and printing, music, and mobile connectivity. Today…

10 Things Doctors can Learn from Programmers

Software development is a subject that isn’t really understood by the public. It’s being treated as something obscure, technical and nerdy. That’s bad, because it has implications for us physicians. We are living in a technological world and are surrounded by products that all once required a piece of code to make it work. From cars to web applications and MRIs. All of these fields require programmers that make use of syntax to tell the products or programs what to do and what to show. The input, a.k.a. the code, is strict and follows a defined set of rules that enable it to work. Programmers (and equivalently engineers from all walks) are often wrongly treated as necessary elements for any product, yet they are hardly being treated as they deserve to be treated – as the people who make things work and who are eventually responsible for a space shuttle bursting or a website being down. Now I don’t really know how to code, except for some HTML and CSS, but I’ve spent endless hours with both physicians and programmers. What came to my mind recently, is that good physicians run through programms in their head. Apart from being empathic […]

Inspiring MedCrunch Interview: Lisa Chu, MD

Lisa Chu MD tells about her journey to joy, fulfillment and happiness. After medical school she decided not to go into clinical medicine but to become a VC instead. After three years in the industry, she decided that she was still not entirely happy with her career, founded a violin school for kids and later became a life-coach.

Words Against Depression

Have you ever heard of Stephen Fry? If not, then check him out. Saying that he’s a British actor and comedian is partly true, but also misleading. He’s an eloquent man with great humor and wise words. A couple of years ago – in 2006 – a woman named Crystal Nunn, suffering from depression (though we have no proof of a clinical diagnosis, but for the sake of this post let’s assume that she was suffering from what the public in general calls “being depressed”), wrote a letter to the afore mentioned Stephen Fry. Basically 2006 is when I was seriously suffering from depression and I felt so alone and as if nobody cared about me, I had no idea who to turn to. But I really needed someone to confide in and to ease the pain. So I wrote to Stephen Fry because he is my hero, and he has been through this himself. And low and behold, he replied to my letter, I will love him eternally for this. Although Stephen has more than 2 million Twitter followers and is a UK-wide celebrity, he sat down and wrote a letter to Mrs. Nunn. The following has been discovered […]