Congress:
EuroSafe Imaging 2020
Keywords:
Not applicable, Outcomes, Health policy and practice, Conventional radiography, Professional issues, Action 12 - Information for and communication with patients
Authors:
C. Cruwys, B. Bauer, N. van Hoylandt, J. Van Riet
DOI:
10.26044/esi2020/ESI-06780
Background/introduction
The ESR representing more than 120,000 radiologists and acting as the umbrella organisation of all European national radiological societies and subspecialty societies is taking an increasing interest in the needs and expectations of patients.
In 2013, the European Society of Radiology began taking its communication with patient groups to another level, and at the society’s annual meeting, the European Congress of Radiology, the ESR Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) [1] was launched (Fig. 1).
Being the first of its kind the group is chaired by a patient representative and a radiologist and includes members from several disease specific patient groups, as well as radiologists and radiographers (Fig. 2).
The goal of the ESR Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) is to bring together patients, the public and imaging professionals in order to positively influence advances in the field of medical imaging to the benefit of patients in Europe.