SERAM guide for the renewal and technological update in radiology

The recent financial crisis has led to a substantial reduction in public investment and technological renovation in Spain, resulting in a significant increase in the rate of obsolescence of diagnostic imaging equipment. The Spanish Society of Medical Radiology, aware of the importance of maintaining appropriate technological measures to ensure the quality of health care, has elaborated a document with the aim of analyzing and promulgating the state of diagnostic imaging technology in Spain (depending on the imaging modality, between 32% and 59% of the equipment is more than 10 years old) as well as of establishing criteria and recommendations to guide the management of technology in medical imaging.