EU & International Affairs News

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.

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...