Training and reporting must factor in communication with the patient
eHealth provides unmatched opportunities to improve healthcare, but also raises questions of patient confidentiality. Sharing data must be done appropriately, to encourage patients to help…
Gathering perspectives on shifting paradigms: value as a basis for practice in radiology
Originally written for publication during ECR 2020 in March on the occasion of a planned Coffee & Talk session, ‘Value in radiology: in the eye…
Risk communication with pregnant patients moves forward in the Netherlands
There is an urgent need for better information about the risks associated with radiation exposure when imaging pregnant women and how best to communicate these…
Ethical issues come to prominence in the fast-emerging world of artificial intelligence
Much of the excitement to date surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has been about the technical capabilities, rather than the associated moral challenges. But AI will…
ESR Patient Advisory Group renewed its leadership and activities to encourage patient engagement in medical imaging
Originally written for publication during ECR 2020 in March and updated in June. Thanks to the European Society of Radiology’s Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG), things…
AI in healthcare gains track in the European Union: a call for engagement
Originally written for publication during ECR 2020 in March and updated in June. The healthcare sector will always be open to innovation that has the…
Increasing patient and public involvement in our profession: an EFRS workshop
At ECR 2020, the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS) welcomes the involvement of the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) and the European Organisation for…
Israel to address AI and culture-based communication
Leading Israeli radiologists will show how they work to advance radiology practise with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and improving human interactions, during the…