Dr. Chris Hammond

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Clinical decisions and how to assess the value of a life

Decisions affecting people's health, livelihoods, and welfare are -- and need to be -- made all the time. But how useful are quality-adjusted life years, or QALYs, in this process? Interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond has some answers.

September 13, 2021

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Shared decisions must lie at the heart of consent process

When it comes to informed consent, we need to develop practical techniques and questions and be curious about our patients’ wishes, writes Dr. Chris Hammond. Offer them time, space, and support, and try to listen and understand them before negotiating a decision.

August 2, 2021

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What does it mean to be resilient?

Medicine is a roller coaster that never stops -- you just have to jump on and jump off, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond. He reflects on his personal journey, the memorable patients, the intense and relentless ride, and the meaning of resilience.

June 16, 2021

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Sometimes it's better for everyone if we just do nothing

Specialties like interventional radiology exist almost entirely in the context of doing procedures rather than managing patient pathways, but it may be in everybody's interests not to intervene at all. Occasionally inaction really is preferable, writes Dr. Chris Hammond.

May 26, 2021

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What do we mean by clinical need and comprehensive service?

Much is said these days about services being based on "clinical need" and the importance of providing a "comprehensive service." What do we mean by need? What is included in a comprehensive service and why? Dr. Chris Hammond investigates.

April 5, 2021

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Training: How to go beyond unconscious competence

Failing to create a healthy work environment means radiologists become increasingly siloed, but positive training methods and the use of mentoring can help enormously, writes Dr. Chris Hammond.

March 1, 2021

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Why can PACS still be both a miracle and a misery?

PACS developers have paid insufficient attention to the ergonomics and configurability of the interface and how a user will interact with the impressive underlying system architecture, Dr. Chris Hammond writes.

February 10, 2021

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Social media and the dominant power of an image

Posting beautiful images may show the success of an intervention, but it raises confidentiality issues and like Instagram, it represents a filtered and distorted version of reality, Dr. Chris Hammond writes. Used properly, however, social media is an exciting and powerful tool.

January 6, 2021

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Coping with COVID-19: Moral values must play central role

To find answers on how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, we may be looking in the wrong place. As much as epidemiological science, moral values underpin the huge changes in society imposed by governments worldwide. We must examine our moral values more closely, writes interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond.

December 21, 2020

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How much emphasis should we put on cost-effectiveness?

After a long discussion with his doctor, a patient with an abdominal aortic aneurysm selects a treatment option that is not cost-effective. Interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond reflects on the ethical and moral dilemmas posed by such a case and by the costly technological advances that doctors want to offer patients but may be unaffordable for society.

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EANM puts focus on theranostics at 2024 annual meeting

The EANM has highlighted the central themes of its annual congress to be held in Hamburg from 19 to 23 October, emphasizing a plenary session called “The Age of Theranostics.”

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Radiologist faces strong criticism in negligence case

By Amerigo Allegretto

A radiologist exhibited a "lackadaisical attitude" and did not show compassion when informed of a patient's burns due to a radiofrequency ablation, according to a media report in Malaysia.

September 11, 2024

AI helps out with spotting interval breast cancers

By Erik L. Ridley

A new study from Cambridge in the U.K. has assessed performance characteristics of AI software in identifying and localizing interval breast cancers.

September 11, 2024

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Hospital doctor gets struck off for fraud

A clinician who defrauded the U.K. health service of £50,000 (€59,200) by submitting false time sheets has been struck off. Another recent tribunal issued a warning to a radiologist over care quality.

September 10, 2024

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Serac highlights first patient imaged with SPECT agent

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Serac Healthcare and the University of Exeter are highlighting that the first patient has been scanned with a novel molecular SPECT imaging agent.

September 10, 2024

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Embolization can mitigate enlarged prostate symptoms

A team from Paris has found that men with enlarged prostates who undergo minimally invasive prostatic artery embolization have significant improvements in symptoms after two years.

September 9, 2024

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DeepHealth partners with HOPPR on foundational AI model

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

DeepHealth is partnering with HOPPR to commercialize a medical-grade generalized foundational model.

September 5, 2024

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EANM announces training initiatives

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) is reorganizing its training and education section and will establish a new Education Council.

September 5, 2024

ESC 2024 attendance reaches pre-COVID-19 levels

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has announced that about 32,000 health professionals from 171 countries attended its 2024 annual meeting.

September 5, 2024

RaySearch announces practice milestone with Iridium Network

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Iridium Network successfully treated its first patient on 2 September with RaySearch's oncology information system RayCare and Varian's TrueBeam linear accelerator.

September 4, 2024

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ESC 2024: Optical coherence tomography standards needed now

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Study results highlighted at the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC 2024) in London found that optical coherence tomography improves survival and reduces adverse cardiovascular events.

September 4, 2024

Affidea acquires Synlab Lithuania laboratories

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Affidea has acquired Synlab Lithuania to add advanced laboratory analysis, testing, and specialty consultation to its outpatient imaging services.

September 4, 2024

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France greenlights Sonio Samsung Medison deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Samsung Medison's acquisition of Sonio has been approved by the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance.

September 3, 2024

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