Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
Screening exams are important to public health. But given all the noise about the benefits and harms of screening, members of the lay public can become confused about why screening can be helpful, and even whether the exams are safe.
In this newsletter's Insider Exclusive, we're highlighting a study conducted by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center. They found that public education about screening exams -- conducted by radiologists -- not only arms patients with accurate information, it teaches them the important role that radiology plays in proactive healthcare. Read more by clicking here.
After you've finished our featured article, check out these other stories in the Imaging Leaders Digital Community:
- Discover the top 10 social media tips for radiologists, straight from last week's Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting.
- Learn what Boston University researchers found regarding advanced imaging use trends among privately insured patients.
- Find out just how much on-call radiologists are affected by interruptions and what radiology departments can do to minimize them.
- Discover what researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have to say about the possible effects of echocardiography code bundling.
- Get the scoop on a new list of low-value procedures that includes a dozen imaging exams, and learn how radiology organizations have responded.
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.
