“Role of radiology in a multidisciplinary approach to patient care”: summary of the ESR International Forum 2022

Abstract

Key points Multidisciplinary approach to patients is vital for providing balanced and comprehensive health care. Radiology is an integral and indispensable part of all multidisciplinary teams in diagnosing and treating patients. Radiologists need to collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines and increase their visibility. Despite numerous benefits, multidisciplinarity also creates new challenges for radiologists that need to be considered. Multidisciplinarity and building bridges between professions is the way forward as only this approach can ensure that patients will receive the best possible care.

Keywords

• Multidisciplinarity
• Teams
• Visibility
• Cooperation
• Challenges