Philip Ward

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Week in Review: Clampdown on unnecessary exams | CT pearls from Dublin | Dutch assess image quality
European governments are waking up to the urgent need to get tough on unnecessary and inappropriate requests for imaging, but ensuring the compliance of GPs and referring clinicians is a major obstacle.
July 18, 2025
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Belgium is embarking on a new scheme designed to reduce the number of unnecessary examinations, particularly CT scans, but will GPs and referring clinicians comply?
July 17, 2025
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Belgium moves ahead with novel radiology referral scheme
An initiative is underway in Belgium to improve the justification and appropriateness of radiology referrals. But will it succeed? Prof. Erik Ranschaert gives his opinion.
July 17, 2025
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Week in Review: Errors come under scrutiny | New advice on lung nodules | Tribute to Sarah Jenkins
For cardiac MRI scans, the expected error rate is around 5%, but initial findings from a U.K. audit showed a radiologist's discrepancy rate was a staggering 37%, BBC News has reported.
July 11, 2025
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Tragedy in Scotland puts focus on workplace culture
The tragic case of a neuroradiologist who died by suicide has cast light on the scale of the mental health difficulties faced by many doctors and the essential need to establish adequate safeguards to protect all employees.
July 8, 2025
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Week in Review: Leadership and radiology AI | Hospital doctor struck off | How AI depicts radiologists
Visionary leadership that fosters innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to achieve success in AI implementation.
July 4, 2025
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Report: Leadership proves central to integration of radiology AI
Successful AI implementation requires strong leadership and robust governance structures to oversee algorithm evaluation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance, according to a special report from a German-U.S. team.
July 3, 2025
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Hospital doctor gets struck off for serious misconduct
A U.K. tribunal has recommended erasing a hospital doctor from the medical register for acting dishonestly by performing locum agency work.
July 1, 2025
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Week in Review: Tribute to Barry Kelly | Underrated IR complication | AI’s impact on prostate MRI
It’s important for radiology to celebrate the lives and achievements of remarkable people such as Prof. Barry Kelly.
June 27, 2025
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Radiology mourns death of Ireland’s Barry Kelly
Tributes are being paid to Prof. Barry Kelly, an important figure in Irish radiology who played a central role in designing and implementing the ESR’s audit scheme and the European Diploma of Radiology.
June 24, 2025
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Experts issue statement on risks and benefits of CT
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Radiologists must address patients' concerns about the risks of CT without alarming them unnecessarily, according to a group of senior European specialists.
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CT can help clinicians differentiate accidental head trauma from trauma caused by abuse in infants, researchers from Paris have reported.
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CLAUD-IT, the EU's multidisciplinary project launched a year ago, has developed NuCline, a clinical audit guideline for nuclear medicine.
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Building up an understanding of imaging mimics of female reproductive tract obstruction helps to guide anatomic localization and prevent interpretive errors, according to a new analysis.
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Swedish team advocates daily QC checks for mammography
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
Automated daily quality control (QC) implementation can transform mammography safety and efficiency through the early detection of equipment issues, researchers have reported.
August 6, 2025
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