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Indian Healthcare spending has increased at an annual growth rate of 10%. In spite of the increased expenditure, India spends only 4.2% of its GDP on Healthcare against the global expenditure of 9.4%. There is a personnel resource gap with a doctor patient ratio of 1:1500 against the WHO recommended 1:600. 75% of qualified doctors […]

On the flip side, the fun part of doing client visits is meeting our clients! Especially fun for me is my habit of going into emergency rooms of hospitals we cover in the middle of the night (or at least in the late evening) and meeting the ED physicians we actually work with, many of

A large part of my time as chief radiologist of a Teleradiology group goes into report quality assurance review and analysis. This is a very challenging task that involves wearing many different hats at the same time a) Radiologist- there is a need to review and objectively analyze the images for myself and determine whether

When a client says to you “You’re a whole level above anything I’ve previously experienced in Teleradiology” that is positively inspirational. I had this goosebump generating experience recently during my summer visit to the US when I called up the chief radiologist of one of the hospitals we cover in Pennsylvania, Dr Steven Diehl to

History and Inspiration derived therefrom Rouen, France. A place of immense history, which is imbued in its every stone and brick. It has the historic spot where St Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in 1431, now commemorated by a lovely modernistic cathedral and a towering cross, in the Place de Vieux Marche

Another summer visit to the US has come to an end and I write this on the flight back home as I reflect on the trip. The trip was a hectic one as they typically tend to be. It began in Philadelphia where it included a resident conference to the residents at Albert Einstein Medical

I currently review radiology articles for Radiology journals based in the US, Europe and India respectively. I find the process of reviewing articles to be one of the most interesting and challenging tasks I perform. For one thing, there is a wide range in quality of the proferred articles. Some articles are so creative in

This past week I worked from our Delhi office, which is always such a great pleasure. Run with great zest and enthusiasm by my colleague Dr Anjali Agrawal, who is among the most dedicated academic radiologists whom I have met, it is a small but vibrant place, which exemplifies quality and keen analytics. And to

This week, some of the charity work undertaken by our organization has figured in the national media. In particular, two of the activities we support a) the people for people trust that puts up playgrounds in government schools and b) the charitable radiology reporting done by our Telerad Foundation have been given attention in a

At a talk I recently gave to GE’s corporate leadership, I dwelt on the subject of perfection in reporting, stating that this was a goal of our organization. In radiology reporting, 50% is the actual analysis and interpretation, with the balance being in the effective communication of the findings. One of the training points I