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The ESR is getting ready for its participation in the IAEA International Conference on Radiation Protection in Medicine in Vienna, 11-15 December. As a cooperating organisation of the conference, the ESR has the opportunity to present its radiation protection activities with a focus on the EuroSafe Imaging campaign.

EuroSafe Imaging translated the 2012 IAEA-WHO Bonn Call for Action into a European perspective, focusing on developing guidance and practical tools to support ESR members with the implementation of the...

EU Health Policy Platform - Thematic network on medical training and professional development for patient safety

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) presented the joint stakeholder statement on medical training and professional development for patient safety at the annual Health Policy Platform meeting on November 27.

The joint statement calls on stakeholders and EU institutions to improve education, training and continuing professional development for the European health workforce by utilising digital tools and better embedding IT skills, establishing patient safety...

IAEA Regional Workshop on Justification and Appropriate Use of Imaging

From October 26-28, 2017, an IAEA Regional Workshop on Justification and Appropriate Use of Imaging was held in Zagreb, Croatia. Co-organised by the ESR and hosted by ESR 2nd Vice-President Prof. Boris Brkljačić, the workshop was attended by radiologists and officials from 18 European countries. The workshop proceedings focused on the issue of justification in radiology within the framework of the EURATOM Basic Safety Standards Directive (2013/59) which EU...

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From October 26-28, 2017, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regional Workshop on Justification and Appropriate Use of Imaging will be held in Zagreb, Croatia.

Led by the IAEA's Radiation Protection of Patients Unit, hosted by ESR 2nd Vice-President Prof. Boris Brkljačić and co-organised by the ESR, the workshop will be attended by IAEA, World Health Organization (WHO) and ESR experts as well as 45 delegates from 20 European IAEA member states, with each country nominating radiologists and representatives of...

The ESR is leading a thematic network on Medical training and professional development for patient safety in the EU Health Policy Platform (HPP), an online forum used by the European Commission to facilitate its contacts with health stakeholders. The thematic network seeks to explore the connection between education and professional development with enhanced patient safety.

The main outcome of the thematic network is a joint statement, proposing actions to improve medical training, professional development and patient safety in Europe. The...

EU HPP - ESR Thematic Network

The ESR is leading a thematic network on Medical training and professional development for patient safety in the EU Health Policy Platform (HPP), an online forum used by the European Commission to facilitate its contacts with health stakeholders. The thematic network seeks to explore the connection between education and professional development with enhanced patient safety.

The main outcome of the thematic network is a joint statement, proposing actions to improve medical training, professional development and patient safety in Europe. The...

HPP - ESR Thematic Network

ESR publishes paper on value-based radiology

The ESR is pleased to announce the publication of its concept paper on value-based radiology. Prepared by the ESR Value-Based Imaging Working Group (VBI WG), led by its chair and current ESR 2nd Vice-President Prof. Lorenzo Derchi, the paper sets out the ESR's position on value-based trends in healthcare in general, and radiology in particular.

Established in August 2016, the VBI WG was tasked by the ESR's Board of Directors with leading the ESR's...

ESR VBR concept paper

ESOR-ESHI-IAEA Course

As part of the practical arrangement between the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 12 participants sponsored by the ESR and the IAEA participated in the European School of Radiology (ESOR) Asklepios Course ‘Introduction to Hybrid Imaging in Oncology’, organised in cooperation with the European Society for Hybrid Medical Imaging (ESHI) from August 31-September 1 in Vienna, Austria.

The participation of radiologists from IAEA...

ESR and IAEA sponsor participants for ESOR-ESHI course on hybrid imaging in oncology

As part of the technical arrangement between the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 13 participants sponsored by the ESR and the IAEA will participate in the European School of Radiology (ESOR) Asklepios Course ‘Introduction to Hybrid Imaging in Oncology’, organised in cooperation with the European Society for Hybrid Medical Imaging (ESHI)...

Read this month’s EU Affairs update on the EU’s new regulation on medical devices and the ESR’s paper on the General Data Protection Regulation.