The article, published in Radiology, calls on radiologists to spearhead a collaborative effort to curb imaging overutilization.
"In most cases, an imaging procedure enhances the accuracy of a diagnosis or guides a medical treatment and is fully justified because it benefits the patient," said lead author William R. Hendee, Ph.D., a distinguished professor of radiology, radiation oncology, biophysics, and bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. "But some imaging procedures are not justified, because they are unnecessary for the patient’s care. These are the uses of imaging that we, as medical physicists, radiologists, radiation oncologists, and educators, are trying to identify and eliminate."
Radiologists call for national strategy to address medical imaging overuse
Over utilization of medical imaging services exposes patients to unnecessary radiation and adds to healthcare costs, according to a report.
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