Arjun K.

At a conference on Entrepreneurship in Healthcare at which I recently spoke, I had the pleasure of meeting the irrepressible and multifaceted Subroto Bagchi, writer, entrepreneur and philosopher, whom I have the honour to call my friend. The conference itself was excellent learning and sharing. Subroto in his inimitable way, held the audience enthralled as […]

There is a great story in the Indian mythological tour de force the Mahabharata about Arjuna and Duryodhana, representing the forces of good and evil respectively, coming to visit their mentor Lord Krishna to seek his support for their respective armies during battle. When they arrive he is asleep on his bed. Duryodhana who arrives

The writer Atul Gawande in his book entitled ‘Better’ describes the benefits of checklists in improving the quality of healthcare. In radiology no less than in other specialties as well, is such In the month of June there have been two major milestones in my life – 1) my 18 year old daughter leaves home

This week has been significant in our organization as it marks the tenth anniversary visit of our Singapore partners the National Healthcare Group. The visit was memorable as it reinforced the strength of the partnership we have had with our good friends over the past decade and gave rise discussions which in turn created new

An awful lot is being said today about radiologist burnout. Hardly a week passes by without a dire article on the subject on the front page of a radiology journal. Surveys indicate that the majority of radiologists are burned out, and some of these even delve into associated pathologies such as substance abuse to indicate

I recently spoke at a conference in New Delhi on the subject of Teleradiology: Scaling up Diagnostics in India. The talk went well and I enjoyed the conference and the stimulating interaction. What was interesting to me in the conference was the content focused on investment in healthcare. Expressions such as EBITDA now seem to

If there was one overwhelming take home lesson for me at RSNA 2014, it was related to the necessity of using structured format reporting. Among the sessions I attended included a workshop on Structured Format Reporting, and the audience poll in the session indicated that the growing majority of radiologists are currently using it. The

We had the pleasure recently of hearing an outstanding e-lecture on “Improving the Clarity and Impact of Radiology Reports’ by Professor Michael Bruno, who is Professor of Radiology and Medicine and Director of Quality Management and Patient Safety for the Department of Radiology at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey Pennsylvania.

I recently made a quick trip to Bhopal to speak at the 14th annual telemedicon conference. An excellent experience! First, it is a multidisciplinary conference and so one gets to engage with physicians from all ot specialties, and the level of interaction is therefore more varied than at a pure radiology meet. Secondly the common

I have always been a fan of music and this extends to my workspace. I feel that listening to music while I work aids my skills as a radiologist and allows me to perform better. When it’s busy, I favour relaxing jazz or light pop or even classical music and when it’s slow, peppy rock