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The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) is not only European radiology's most important and innovative scientific get together, it is also the place where professional, political, and technological issues are discussed amongst radiologists, health professionals, and policy makers - and the most important stakeholder of all: the patient!

The ESR has long recognised the importance of reaching out beyond the radiology community. The annual ECR is the ideal place to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders to unite them...

ESR iGuide Portal launched at ECR 2018 - free access!

The ESR iGuide portal was launched during ECR 2018. It provides a stand-alone decision support solution for appropriate imaging using the ESR's imaging referral guidelines. Enabling users to consult the ESR's guidelines across 10 topic areas developed in cooperation with the American College of Radiology, the portal is available for free for ESR radiologist members, and for all individual users until September 30, 2018!

ESR radiologist members will enjoy permanently...

Check out the posters of the ECR 2018 EuroSafe Imaging exhibition!

Thank you to the record 89 submitters that participated in the EuroSafe Imaging poster exhibition at ECR 2018! The posters attracted almost 1,500 views during the congress, which represents another record for EuroSafe Imaging.

We encourage you to browse through the posters online in EPOS™, and would like to briefly present some of the submissions in this newsletter.

EuroSafe Imaging Posters (EPOS™)

Discover ESR iGuide at ECR 2018

ESR iGuide is a clinical decision support system using imaging referral guidelines developed by the European Society of Radiology (ESR) in cooperation with the American College of Radiology (ACR), based on the ACR Appropriateness Criteria.

To ensure the ESR's guidelines for appropriate imaging are as widely available as possible, the ESR and its licensing partner, National Decision Support Company (NDSC), are launching a new stand-alone web portal at ECR 2018. The portal is a...

ESR strengthens collaboration with COCIR

The ESR’s public affairs and advocacy efforts aim to shape policies and standards to ensure radiologists’ interests are taken into account. Making our members’ voice heard at the European and international levels requires action in concert with other stakeholders and forming alliances around issues of common interest.

The ESR has been successful in establishing good working relations with prominent EU health stakeholders to work together towards the goal of improving clinical practice, patient safety...

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