Dr. Chris Hammond

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Dr. Chris Hammond is a consultant vascular radiologist and clinical director for radiology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, U.K.

Clinical News
Errors: Why radiology can often seem a very risky business
When did you last make a mistake at work? Have you missed a cancer on a chest radiograph, caused bleeding with a biopsy needle, or forgotten to add an alert to a time-sensitive finding? In his latest column, Dr. Chris Hammond focuses on errors.
December 20, 2021
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The impact of a healthcare system that seems to be failing
The everyday reality for patients and clinicians, especially within the U.K., is that procedures and examinations get postponed. What's the solution to these increasingly frequent system failures? Interventional radiologist Dr. Chris Hammond investigates.
October 25, 2021
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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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Clinical News
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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Clinical News
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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Clinical News
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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Clinical News
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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Imaging Informatics
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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Clinical News
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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McCoubrie on the mangling of medical English
Radiologists should employ simplicity of phrase, avoid arcane jargon, and ensure reports are not Joycean, writes Dr. Paul McCoubrie.
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