Radiology Business November 11, 2024
Most referrer requests for medical imaging are inadequate due to insufficient information or reasoning, according to a single-center study published Friday.
Amid calls to reduce the rate of low-value imaging exams, experts have developed a scoring system for radiology requests. Dubbed the Reason for Exam Imaging Reporting and Data System or “RI-RADS,” the tool aims to standardize the clinical information included in radiology request forms.
Italian imaging experts sought to study RI-RADS in action, retrospectively applying the system to a collection of 762 requests at their institution. They discovered that most were inadequate based on RI-RADS, and especially those for routine exams, according to a study published in Insights into Imaging [1].
“This could be because the...
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