White paper report of the 2010 RAD-AID Conference on International Radiology for Developing Countries: Identifying sustainable strategies for imaging services in the developing world

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 556-562

  Welling, Rodney D ^a,b   Azene, Ezana M ^b,c   Kalia, Vivek ^b,c   Pongpirul, Krit ^b,d,e   Starikovsky, Anna ^b   Sydnor, Ryan ^a,b   Lungren, Matthew P ^a,b   Johnson, Benjamin ^b,f   Kimble, Cary ^g   Wiktorek, Sarah ^h   Drum, Tom ⁱ   Short, Brad ^j   Cooper, Justin ^k   Khouri, Nagi F ^c   Mayo Smith, William W ^l   Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^c   Goldberg, Barry B ^m   Garra, Brian S ⁿ   DeStigter, Kristen K ^o   Lewin, Jonathan S ^c   Mollura, Daniel J ^b   more..

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAD AID International   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Project HOPE   (United States)

^h Aperian Global   (United States)

ⁱ Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development Small Enterprise Assistance Funds   (United States)

^j AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^k Engineering World Health   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ Imaging the World   (United States)

^o FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

developing countries; economic development; international global imaging; public health; Radiology; radiology readiness; residency education; sustainability; technology

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84928096521     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.01.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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