Medical, Legal, and Practice: Page 13

How will Germany's health reforms affect radiology?

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional radiology must receive far greater consideration in Germany's new hospital reforms, according to a Q&A interview with Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessling, head of the German Roentgen Society's (DRG's) working group on the reforms.

September 7, 2023

SERAM unveils poster for Barcelona congress

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Spanish Society of Medical Radiology (SERAM) has released the official poster for its 37th National Congress, to be held from 22 to 25 May 2024 in Barcelona.

September 3, 2023

Do cancer screening exams really extend patients' lives?

By Amerigo Allegretto

In what is sure to be a controversial study among cancer screening advocates, researchers from Norway have concluded that screening mammography and CT for lung cancer screening don't necessarily extend patients' lives, according to results published on 28 August in JAMA Internal Medicine.

August 28, 2023

Novel research focuses on why GPs fulfill patient imaging requests

By Will Morton

General practitioners (GPs) are struggling to balance their responsibilities as gatekeepers of imaging when anxious patients request examinations, a new survey has highlighted.

August 23, 2023

Stressed over breast reading exams? It helps to take a break

By Amerigo Allegretto

Taking short breaks doesn't improve accuracy during reporting sessions for digital breast tomosynthesis, but they do significantly reduce reader fatigue, suggest findings from the U.K. published on 17 August in European Radiology.

August 20, 2023

Radiologist arrested for opioid prescription scheme

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

An interventional radiologist from San Jose, California, U.S., has been arrested on charges of illegally prescribing opioids to patients, an official report has stated.

August 17, 2023

U.K. groups outline new plan on quality

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal College of Radiologists and College of Radiographers are ending their agreement with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to pursue a new direction for their jointly owned quality standard for imaging.

August 17, 2023

ESR partners with EACR to advance scientific collaboration

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is partnering with the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) to promote scientific collaboration and exchange between each other.

August 17, 2023

U.K. issues AI guidance on radiotherapy planning

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued a draft guidance on nine AI technologies that can be used to speed up radiotherapy treatment planning.

August 14, 2023

European survey opens on lung cancer screening

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

EU4Health has launched a survey on lung cancer screening perceptions and practices as part of the Strengthening the screening of Lung Cancer in Europe (SOLACE) project.

August 14, 2023

Dutch team finds work overload is major cause of diagnostic errors

By Amerigo Allegretto

Work overload is tied to radiologists committing diagnostic errors on CT exams. That's a key finding of research from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands published on 10 August in the European Journal of Radiology.

August 13, 2023

Women prefer mammography surveillance for low-risk DCIS

By Amerigo Allegretto

Active surveillance with mammography is the go-to choice for most women with low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), suggest Dutch findings published on 4 August in the European Journal of Cancer.

August 7, 2023

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