Dear Imaging Leaders Insider,
As policymakers attempt to curb healthcare costs, the use of advanced imaging -- MR, nuclear medicine, and CT -- has been shifting from private offices to hospital outpatient departments. So how might this trend affect patients?
We're highlighting a new study that addressed this question. Researchers from Duke University and Thomas Jefferson University presented the findings at the recent RSNA 2014 meeting, and you can learn more in this issue's Insider Exclusive.
When you've finished our featured article, check out the rest of the Imaging Leaders Community:
- Discover a simple way to reduce patient CT radiation exposure.
- Read why geographic variations in imaging use do not necessarily mean these services are being overused.
- Find out why nonphysician healthcare staff is 30% more likely than primary care physicians to order imaging exams for patients.
- Check out what researchers have to say about the migration of MRI exams from private offices to hospital outpatient departments.
- Read why emergency departments are driving CT use.
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.
