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Unnecessary imaging for cancer patients persists
The threat of legal liability is a likely contributor to continued orders for unnecessary imaging tests, according to researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Radiology who
Mostashari: Study on e-access and medical imaging doesn't get all the facts
National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, M.D., wrote a scathing post Tuesday on the Health IT Buzz blog in response to the study published this week in Health Affairs that concluded that
Providers await rules to curb medical overuse
As the healthcare industry deals with the "medical gluttony" of unnecessary tests and procedures--as American Cancer Society Chief Medical Officer Otis Brawley called it--providers anxiously await
More research needed to curb unnecessary care, spending
Despite reports that doctors spend billions of dollars on unnecessary tests each year, the industry lacks adequate research on the overuse of healthcare services, according to research published in
Physician reimbursement sways testing
In the absence of explicit guidelines regarding routine tests for heart patients, physicians' ordering of follow-up stress imaging tests appears to be heavily influenced by whether doctors own the
Docs spend $6.8B in unnecessary care
Physicians order at least $6.8 billion worth of unnecessary tests for their patients each year, most of them during patients' annual physical exam. That's the conclusion of a study not from
Imaging prior authorization reveals cost savings
When compared to a decision-support approach, prior authorization for imaging tests and services could translate into cost savings, a commentary in Diagnostic Imaging argues. Through prior
New payment models promote undertreatment, malpractice risks
New coordinated care models, like accountable care organizations (ACOs), are being touted as ways to eliminate unnecessary tests and procedures and improve care. While these new arrangements may
CAD use for breast cancer patients leads to unnecessary tests
Despite its widespread use for detecting tumors in breast cancer patients, computer-aided detection (CAD) technology actually does a poor job of finding such tumors. Patients, because of this, are
Pricier lab tests better at preventing HAIs
While money can't buy you happiness, it could buy you better prevention of hospital-acquired infections, according to a study in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. Even though hospitals are trying
