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C O M PA N Y P RO F I L E© Zentrum für medizinische RadiologieAn essential part of modern radiology: computer-assisted diagnosis.Aus dem Alltag der Radiologie nicht mehr wegzudenken: Computergestützte Diagnosen.67able to keep the staff from the previous centre and that we all belongto the same “family” of 20 employees. We underline this aspect alsothrough our joint efforts to create a very pleasant atmosphere for bothpatients and staff. When people come to us they are often worriedabout their tests, and they are always treated with respect and never asjust a number. An atmosphere such as this alleviates stress and alsoprevents mistakes. However, it is not something you can create fromone day to the next, but rather the result of a process of many years,in which everyone has the same ultimate goal in view: people workingfor people.The introduction of flat-rate payments means that in future hospitals willhave to carry out as many investigations as possible on an outpatient basis.What opportunities does this create for your centre?The introduction of flat-rate payments is forcing hospitals, for financialreasons, to carry out as many operations and investigations as possibleon an outpatient basis. This is where the benefits of private centressuch as the RIB come in, particularly our flexibility and specialistknowledge. The staff at our centre have an expertise that comes from20 to 40 years of professional experience. They have experience of allthe procedures carried out in hospitals and are familiar with the way ahospital is run. It is exactly this expertise and our network thatprovides the flexibility that enables us to react faster and moreeconomically to certain problems – in comparison to some of thelarger hospitals.What form does the cooperation between the CHUV and the BellevueCentre take?Our centre is part of a network that includes the dissemination oftechnologically advanced diagnostic methods. In agreement with theZurich and Geneva university hospitals, our parent company RIHolding AG has a contract for positron emission tomography or PET.This is a mobile unit installed on a 40-tonne truck with a combined CTscanner and a nuclear device called a positron tomograph (PET-CT).This unit is based at the university hospital in Geneva. The 40-tonnetruck then travels from western Switzerland to the Winterthur CantonHospital. The CHUV does not participate directly in the PET-CTscheme, although we do maintain close contact over training, especiallyin our capacity as members of the Swiss societies for nuclear medicine(SGNM) and ultrasound in medicine (SGUM).Zentrum für medizinische RadiologieRöntgeninstitut Bellevue ZürichMühlebachstrasse 7 - CH-8008 ZürichTel.: +41 (0)43 222 60 70 - Fax: +41 (0)43 222 60 80E-mail: bellevue@radnet.ch - Website: http://www.radnet.chSwiss Label CHUV 2010