Dear Imaging Center Insider,
The term "physician self-referral" is such a loaded phrase these days, with imaging advocates working to kill the practice while nonradiologists fight back. But is it really the scourge it's made out to be?
Some experts aren't so sure. In this month's Imaging Center Insider, we offer a few different perspectives on the issue of self-referral, including some from nonradiologist physicians. Click here to read the article. As an Insider subscriber, you have access to the article days before the rest of our members.
When you've finished, check out the rest of the articles in our Imaging Center Digital Community. Read how a radiation oncology telemedicine system may reduce errors. Check out the state of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's process to reclassify digital mammography from class III to class II. Learn how positive feedback and self-hypnosis can reduce uncompleted MRI scans. Or discover how radiology information systems can improve productivity -- but it depends on the modality.
As always, if you have a comment or report to share about any aspect of diagnostic imaging practice, management, administration, regulation, or financing, please contact me at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you.
