Unifying IO globally: IASIOS reports first US-accredited centre
Interventional News, Issue 93
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University became the first centre in the USA to achieve IASIOS accreditation. In an interview with Interventional News, they relay that the accreditation has strengthened bonds with physicians from international IASIOS centres. The article dives into the development and importance of IASIOS, with quotes from Steering Board members and the Council.
Survey: Compliance With IO Accreditation Standards
Dr Murat DokDok and Dr Huseyin Tugsan Balli evaluated Turkish IRs doctors in an e-survey based on the core criteria from IASIOS Standards of Quality Assurance. Discover their study results in the published article in the Cureus, The Journal of Medical Science. 34 IR doctors responded to the questionnaire, five questions, consisting of 34 articles using 5 points Likert scale. The more experience they have in IR, the more compliance they have with IASIOS criteria.
IO recognition in Australia and New Zealand – Dr. Nick Brown
Interventional News
In an interview with Interventional News, Prof. Nich Brown, an IASIOS Council Member from the Accredited facility I-Med, The Wesley Hospital, emphasized how IOs face challenges getting a seat at Multidisciplinary meetings and how the IASIOS accreditation improves IO recognition.
Dimitrios Filippiadis, IASIOS committee member, interview with Interventional News
Prof. Dimitrios Filippiadis shared on Interventional News about Attikon General Hospital becoming the first Greek hospital to join the IASIOS programme. “During the IASIOS accreditation process, we have analysed our service, improved its coordination and monitoring, and the end result is improved delivery of high-quality IO care, with the patient receiving the best possible treatment for an optimal, individual clinical outcome”.
Accreditation in Interventional Radiology: Why it Matters and Why we Sought IASIOS Certification
(CVIR 2022) Sonam Taschi, Sivanathan Chandramohan, Andreas Adam & Bien Soo Tan.
Read the editorial about why the Singapore General Hospital became one of the first hospitals in the world to become IASIOS Accredited.
“Although IASIOS focuses on IO at Singapore General Hospital (SGH), it is regarded as a framework that can be adapted and expanded to the rest of the IR service. Throughout the process of IASIOS certification, whenever areas, where the IO service could be improved, were identified, the necessary changes were applied to the rest of the IR service. Thus, the accreditation journey enabled a process of improvement across the whole of IR”
Laura Crocetti, IASIOS committee member, interview with Interventional News
In an interview with Interventional News, Prof. Crocetti, whose facility was the first in Italy to achieve accreditation, had the following to say about the programme “IASIOS accreditation is a way of demonstrating first to us and then to the global community that the interventional oncology service we provide is of high quality and meets rigorous international standards. It helps to improve the whole process of patient care and treatment and is specifically designed for medical facilities offering interventional oncology. Accreditation already exists for other specialities or services, and it is extremely important to have it already up and running for interventional oncology.”
Interventional Oncology – Fourth Pillar of Cancer Treatment
Health Suites interview with Prof. Tay Kiang Hiong
Prof. Tay Kiang Hiong, head consultant of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, at IASIOS Accredited, Singapore General Hospital discusses the benefits of Interventional Oncology. He shares his insights into the growth of the discipline worldwide with Health Suites (MONEY FM 89.3).
I-MED Radiology, The Wesley Hospital Celebrates IASIOS Accreditation
Interventional News, Issue 83
A heartfelt congratulations to The Wesley Hospital as they become Australia’s first IASIOS Accredited facility. Dr. Nicholas Brown celebrates this achievement in the 83rd Issue of Interventional News and provides valuable insight into the programme and its benefits. “The IASIOS accreditation will allow our centre to promote our high standards to patients, referrers and hospital administrators. The process of seeking IASIOS accreditation allowed us to review and critically appraise our existing practices, and to ensure that how we work is aligned with the international standard.” says Dr. Brown.
IASIOS Public Launch Well Received!
Interventional News, Issue 82
The IASIOS team is beyond thrilled with the positive media coverage received during our official public launch of the programme. The support and encouragement for interventional oncology as a discipline will accelerate its development and adoption, making minimally invasive treatments for cancer safer, more efficient, and more widely accessible to patients worldwide.
Twelve pioneering hospitals from nine countries successfully participated in the IASIOS pilot phase.
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CIRSE Journal)
Volume 44, pages 21–35, (2021)
The Standards of Quality Assurance in IO were mentioned in the newly published study by Helmberger et al. (2020):
“While it was outside of the scope of the study to improve the necessary infrastructure for interventional radiology to follow up on their patients, this study provides an opportunity to reflect on the necessity for interventional radiologists to initiate follow-up standards and order relevant imaging after TARE. The CIRSE initiative Standards of Quality Assurance in Interventional Oncology is an initiative to improve quality assurance in interventional oncology, amongst which post-intervention follow-ups and imaging are one of the quality standards.”
