Use of medical imaging in asymptomatic people for individual health assessment (IHA)
Global Initiative on Radiation Safety in Health Care Settings: Report of Expert Meeting, 2017
Overview
This expert meeting was held as part of an ongoing WHO project on justification of imaging asymptomatic people for individual health assessment (IHA). It was convened as a follow-up of prior meetings:
- (i) IHA expert consultation in Munich, Germany, October 2014;
- (ii) IHA stakeholders’ workshop in Seoul, South Korea, September 2016;
- (iii) IHA briefing to imaging experts in Vienna, Austria, March 2017.
The main findings of this project have been summarized in a paper published in JACR in 2016. The aim of this meeting was to start working on the development of a document proposing a framework to enhance justification and clinical governance of IHA. The expert meeting was attended by representatives from Public Health England (PHE), Korean Society of Radiology (KSR), Alliance of Preventing Over-diagnosis, Trinity College Dublin, RAD-AID International, and WHO staff from various relevant departments/programmes. Representatives from the German Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) and from the Korean National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) participated remotely on Day 2 sessions .