International Accreditation System for Interventional Oncology Services
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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”.

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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”

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IASIOS Network tripled since public launch in April 2021 – IR News Issue 2, 2022

The article gives a brief introduction to the International Accreditation System for Interventional Oncology Services (IASIOS), highlights the activities the IASIOS community participated in, announces the most recently accredited and enrolled facilities, and encourages facilities to join the IASIOS community.

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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.”

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IASIOS reports a successful first year, more centres incoming!

IR News Issue 1, 2022

“Since launching publicly less than one year ago, IASIOS has had success far beyond its initial expectations with the number of early adopters of the accreditation programme. The number of IASIOS facilities increased from 12 to 22 centres, with several more incoming centres having initiated the process with their hospital administration”.

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First hospital in Asia to achieve IASIOS accreditation

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) has been awarded the IASIOS accredited seal, making it one of the first ten facilities globally and the first in Asia to achieve this. The accreditation recognizes SGH’s use of advanced interventional oncology (IO) techniques for minimally invasive cancer treatment, with over 3,500 procedures performed annually. The article below details SGH’s journey to this milestone and the accreditation process during IASIOS’s pilot phase. “Receiving the accreditation is a deep honor for SGH, acknowledging our high-quality clinical services,” said Associate Professor Tay Kiang Hiong.
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IASIOS – Booming success after public launch!

IR News Issue 3, 2021

Since making enrolment open to the public, IASIOS – the world’s first international accreditation system for interventional oncology services, has had success far beyond its initial expectations. Centres that enroll in the IASIOS system become part of a worldwide community of top IO centres.

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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).

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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.

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First IASIOS accredited centre in Germany

Published in a local newsletter, “Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung,” SLK-Heilbronn is announced as the first centre to achieve IASIOS accreditation in Germany. The article celebrates the facility’s excellent methodologies and technologies in treating tumours in cancer patients and recognizes SLK-Heilbronn’s advanced treatment option, offering the best patient care in the region.

The facility also made a statement on its website highlighting how, in addition to traditional cancer treatments (surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy), the IO service provided at SLK Kliniken heilbronn is becoming increasingly significant; included a statement from Prof. Phillipe Pereira, Director of the Radiology Department “This certification attests to the extremely good cooperation in our centre between the oncology and radiology department. This guarantees our patients minimally invasive therapies according to the highest standards of quality, with excellent treatment results.”