Abstract

According to Dr Mahoney, the RSNA convened a number of expert panels to create consensus papers and webinars on the pandemic "Because all patients everywhere require and deserve basic healthcare In her opening session lecture titled, "The Power of Radiology to Drive Collective Action and Transform Global Health," Kristen DeStigter, MD, FACR, Professor and Chair of Radiology at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, spoke of the lack of access to essential medical imaging services in many parts of the world According to Dr DeStigter, neither the World Health Organization nor the United Nations have addressed in any significant way through their respective healthcare guidance documents how increasing access to medical imaging can help flatten disparities in patient care [ ]she said, an analysis of 79 national health plans in low income and lower-middle-income countries found that only 12 mentioned imaging or radiology

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