EU & International Affairs News

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.

It’s all about the patient

ESR Patient Advisory Group provides ECR attendees with a profound understanding of the patient’s journey in clinical radiology, as well as pros and cons of the big data trend

The European Society of Radiology’s Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) was established by the ESR in 2013 to take its communication with patient groups to another level. The goal of the ESR-PAG is to bring together patients, the public, and imaging professionals in order...

ESR iGuide ist ein klinisches Entscheidungshilfesystem (clinical decision support – CDS) für europäische Leitlinien für die Zuweisung für bildgebende Verfahren in der Medizin, entwickelt von der European Society of Radiology (ESR) und National Decision Support Company (NDSC).

Durch die Kombination der medizinischen Expertise der ESR und des bewährten CDS Systems von NDSC ermöglicht ESR iGuide eine effiziente, nachvollziehbare und zuverlässige Entscheidungshilfe um Ärzte in der klinischen Praxis bei der Auswahl der angemessensten bildgebenden Verfahren zu unterstützen. ESR iGuide macht...

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 (ESR, Vienna) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) have concluded a practical arrangement on cooperation in the area of diagnostic imaging, including hybrid imaging.

This practical arrangement, signed on February 28 by IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Aldo Malavasi, and Prof. Katrine Riklund, Chair of the ESR Board of Directors, is the first agreement of its kind between the...

The ESR considers the use of imaging referral guidelines through clinical decision support systems at the point of care to be the most effective way to improve the referral process and utilise imaging more appropriately. ESR iGuide is a CDS system using referral guidelines developed by the ESR in cooperation with the American College of Radiology, available to healthcare providers in Europe since 2016.

The annual European Congress of Radiology is an opportunity to take stock of the status quo...

The ESR and HIMSS Analytics have developed the Digital Imaging Adoption Model (DIAM) to assess the maturity of imaging IT in radiology, which was launched at ECR 2016 and has since then undergone a successful pilot phase with 13 centres. The self-assessment tool is now ready for hospital imaging departments and imaging centres to help them benchmark in regard to their IT infrastructure, to identify potential gaps as well as to plan their IT strategy.

A dedicated DIAM event will...

The European Society of Radiology and the European Society of Cardiac Radiology have been invited by the International Atomic Energy Agency to participate in the International Conference on Integrated Medical Imaging in Cardiovascular Diseases (IMIC 2016) from 10-14 October 2016 in Vienna, Austria.

This is a follow-up conference to IMIC 2013 and will focus on the current status of medical imaging including SPECT, PET, echocardiography, CT, MRI and the use of hybrid imaging in the management of cardiovascular...

In May 2016, agreement was reached between the EU Council and the European Parliament on a new regulation for medical devices, designed to enhance the safety of medical devices while allowing patients to benefit from harmonised rules for timely and innovative healthcare solutions.

Devices will become fully traceable and patients receiving implantable devices must be informed of the product’s key facts. Non-confidential information will be made available publicly through a central database, the European Databank on Medical Devices (Eudamed).

On 14 July 2016, with the goal of ensuring overall safety and patient care in the MRI environment, a coalition of international MR organizations has published a blueprint to guide the creation of three safety positions within radiology departments or imaging centers.

The document, published online in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, outlines the duties and requirements for an MR medical director/MR research director, MR safety officer, and MR safety expert. All three people would...

On 25 May 2016, the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a draft agreement on the medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices regulations. This agreement comes after a four-year long legislative process initiated by the European Commission’s 2012 Proposal for a Regulation on medical devices and Proposal for a Regulation on in vitro diagnostic medical devices to replace the three existing medical devices directives. The Commission had considered...