12.03.2007

Lively and successful: The HOSPITAL MANAGER SYMPOSIUM

Round about 200 visitors came to this years HOSPITAL MANAGER SYMPOSIUM during the course of ECR 2007 to inform themselves about the latest news in Management, IT and Fincance in the field of radiology. Prof. Dr. Christian Herold, President of ECR 2007 opened the symposium and welcomed the speakers and visitors from around the world.

For the fourth time now, the HOSPITAL MANAGER SYMPOSIUM organized by EUROPEAN HOSPITAL and the ECR (European Congress of Radiology) took place on Saturday during the course of Europe´s most important radiology event, the ECR. The highly regarded speakers obviously met the nerve of the audience for their speeches were visited by 200 interested visitors who took their chance for lively discussions with the speakers.

If you had missed to be there personally, here you will find all abstracts and impressions of the symposium:

Session 1 - Management

Consumerism - impact on business models and processes in healthcare
Harald Pitz, MD, Vice President Industry Business Unit Healthcare, Higher Education & Research, SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany
Take a new approach to hospital management
Hartwig Jaeger, MD PhD, Director for Coporate Development with Vivantes - network for health, Berlin, Germany
Business Intellegence in Healthcare - turning strategies into action
Jan Schillebeeckx, Head of Radiology at Imelda Hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium

Session 2 - IT

From left to right: Harald Pitz (MD), Jan Schillebeeckx (MD), Wolfgang Brandtner (MD), Hartwig Jaeger (MD PhD), Peter Mildenberger (MD) and Daniela Zimmermann from EUROPEAN HOSPITAL
Key trends in Medical Archive Systems
Bernard Algayres, EAMER Business Manager, Eastman Kodak´s Health Group, Hert, UK
Local and national IT concepts in hospitals
Rainer Braunschweig, MD, Director of the clinic for diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology, BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Halle/S., Germany
Secure and effective archiving of clinical data with Hitachi Content Archive Platform
Georgios Rimikis, MD, Manager Solution Strategy, Hitachi Data Systems GmbH, Dreieich-Buchschlag, Germany

Session 3 - Finance

Peter Fletcher, Director of Philanthrophy at University Hospital Birmingham, UK during his speech "Healthcare Fundraising You will get what you ask for!"
Diagnostic imaging and financing private diagnostic facilities in Poland
Jacek Brzezinski MD, PhD, Clinical Research Director, Helimed Diagnostic Imaging, Katowice, Poland
What financing models does the German healthcare market need and what do Leasing Companies have to offer?
Sabine Eidmann, Med Finance, Compredium Leasing (Deutschland) GmbH, Unterföhring, Germany
Leasing, private investments, private equity, PPP and fund raising
Nikos Maniadakis, MD, General Manager & President of the Universitz General Hospital of Iraklion, Crete, Greece
Healthcare Fundraising – You will get what you ask for!
Peter Fletcher, Director of Philanthrophz at the University Hospital Birmingham, UK