Who’s Reading Office-Based Medical Images? - The Imaging Wire

Who’s Reading Office-Based Medical Images? - The Imaging Wire

Non-radiologist providers are reading almost half of medical images acquired in the office practice setting. A new analysis in AJR raises questions about both the quality of these interpretations as well as whether they are contributing to imaging overutilization.  Radiologists have jealously guarded their role as the primary interpreters of medical images, but keeping referring physicians away is like holding back the tide – especially when the…