Report of the Stakeholders Workshop, Seoul, Korea, September 2016: Justification of the use of CT in Asymptomatic People for Individual Health Assessment (IHA)
meeting report: 26-28 September 2016, Seoul, Korea
Overview
The purpose of this workshop is consistent with the objectives of the WHO Global Initiative on Radiation Safety in Healthcare Settings, will contribute to the implementation of the BSS and the Bonn Call for Action which identifies 10 priority actions to improve radiation protection in medicine: priority action #1 is JUSTIFICATION, of asymptomatic people
The scope of this workshop extends beyond radiation protection and covers other aspects as shown in the agenda. Even if this this project 2 years ago because of radiation safety concerns, we realized that the scope is much more multifactorial than initially anticipated: e.g. it has implications on research, ethics, financing, governance…
A multidisciplinary approach is needed to devise a framework for policy guidance to improve clinical governance of this practice. The expected result this workshop is to identify a conceptual framework for good governance and to outline a roadmap to move forward for producing a policy guidance document proposing such a framework.