Organized Radiology Issues: Page 18

IAEA acts to promote COVID-19 safety in nuclear medicine

By Wayne Forrest

New guidance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is designed to ensure that nuclear medicine departments across the globe keep patients and staff safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 29, 2020

Dutch airline makes pledge on radioisotope deliveries

By Wayne Forrest

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has promised to allow medical isotopes to be carried on its planes from Europe to the U.S., beginning on 27 April. The move is designed to keep supplies moving during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 23, 2020

France releases pediatric guidance on COVID-19

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The French radiology society has published a series of recommendations for pediatric thoracic imaging in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, based in part on studies in the literature.

April 21, 2020

U.K. staffing crisis deepens, RCR asserts

By Philip Ward

Workforce shortages in clinical radiology are increasing year-on-year, resulting in delayed diagnoses and lower-quality patient care, according to the latest annual census from the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR). Shortages of interventional and breast radiologists are an area of particular concern.

April 20, 2020

Confusion reigns over payment of COVID-19 work in France

By Frances Rylands-Monk

The regional union of private health professionals in Île-de-France (L'Union régionale des professionnels de santé médecins libéraux Île-de-France) has called on the government to pay volunteer private practitioners for COVID-19-related shifts -- a demand which to date has been refused.

April 19, 2020

New EDiR examination set for Paris in October

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Board of Radiology has announced that a new European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) examination will take place on 16 October in Paris.

April 16, 2020

ESR issues statement on imaging's role in COVID-19

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) marked World Health Day 2020 with a statement aimed at reminding European Union politicians of the contributions of medical imaging to the fight against COVID-19.

April 15, 2020

RCR teams up with CoR on coronavirus advisory posters

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has collaborated with the College of Radiographers (CoR) to publish advisory posters detailing personal protective equipment that should be used by imaging and cancer teams during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 15, 2020

Chicago's McCormick Place to house COVID-19 patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The McCormick Place convention center in Chicago is being converted into an alternate care facility that can house up to 3,000 patients with COVID-19.

April 14, 2020

RCR offers guidance on adopting AI during COVID-19

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) has published fresh advice on how to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis software within the radiology workflow during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 14, 2020

Radiographers: Don't forget us when it comes to AI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiographers and radiological technologists shouldn't be left out of the process of developing and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) applications, according to a joint statement from the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists and the European Federation of Radiographer Societies.

April 14, 2020

ECR 2020 will be online-only, not onsite

By Philip Ward

The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) will not take place onsite in Vienna this year. Instead it will be a digital-only event from 15 to 19 July, the European Society of Radiology announced on 9 April.

April 8, 2020

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