Medical, Legal, and Practice: Page 50

Waiting times and cancer care come under scrutiny
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Royal College of Radiologists has endorsed a report encouraging greater involvement and oversight by National Health Service (NHS) England and NHS Improvement to reduce waiting times and improve care for cancer patients.
June 11, 2019
RCR, SCoR update hospital imaging accreditation plan
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K.'s accreditation plan for clinical imaging was relaunched on 11 June with a new name and updated support tools, according to the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR).
June 11, 2019
UKIO: Patients should see their scans, but with care
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Patients should be able to see their imaging scans, but with guidance, according to research presented at the UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) in Liverpool.
June 11, 2019
Video from UKIO 2019: Giles Maskell on conflict
LIVERPOOL, U.K. - Perfect harmony doesn't always prevail in a radiology department. Dr. Giles Maskell, immediate past president of the Royal College of Radiologists, spoke at the UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) about managing differences within a team. We asked him how he keeps the peace in his own hospital.
June 11, 2019
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Instability leads to serious ultrasound skills shortage in U.K.
By Erik L. Ridley
Continuous personnel changes are a major factor behind the serious shortage of ultrasound staff in the National Health Service, a situation that has resulted in increased diagnostic delays and canceling of operations, according to research presented this week at the UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO) in Liverpool, U.K.
June 10, 2019
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Video from UKIO 2019: Erika Denton on turnaround times
LIVERPOOL, U.K. - Pressure to improve turnaround times for image reporting continues to grow. Nearly a year since a damning report from the U.K. regulator, progress is being made on establishing national standards and avoiding further backlogs of unreported scans, said Prof. Erika Denton at this week's UK Imaging & Oncology Congress (UKIO).
June 9, 2019
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COCIR: Clock is ticking on MDR countdown
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European medical device community has one year to go until the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) goes into effect, but little progress has been made toward implementation of the regulatory scheme, according to the European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR).
June 6, 2019
ESR promotes 5-year minimum for radiology training
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is strongly urging the European Commission to increase the minimum requirement for radiologist training from four years to five years to comply with the European Training Curriculum for Radiology.
June 4, 2019
RCR praises NHS workforce plan, with reservations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
While praising the broad direction of a new plan for improving the workforce of the National Health Service (NHS), the U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) said that centralized funding and oversight will be crucial to its success.
June 3, 2019
Pocketed knife gets man 3 months in jail
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A man from Aberdeen, Scotland, found out the hard way it is best to check your pockets before an x-ray.
May 29, 2019
DRG prepares to unveil book at 100th congress in Leipzig
By Philip Ward
The German Radiological Society (DRG) is to launch a new book about medical imaging's current and future role during the upcoming 100th German Radiology Congress (RöKo 2019), which begins in Leipzig on 29 May.
May 23, 2019
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AIPES changes name to Nuclear Medicine Europe
By Leo Cendrowicz
The Association of Imaging Producers & Equipment Suppliers (AIPES) has changed its name to Nuclear Medicine Europe (NM-EU). The new name reflects the group's aims to represent industry's interests more effectively and improve its brand identity. The first president of NM-EU is Antonis Kalemis, PhD.
May 22, 2019
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