Becker's Healthcare April 2, 2025
Nonradiologists interpreted 43.6% of office-based imaging studies in 2022, according to a study published April 2 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Researchers from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute analyzed more than 1.6 million Medicare physician office-based imaging claims ordered by nonradiologists. They found that just 36.4% of the studies were interpreted by a radiologist.
The study’s authors said the trend of ordering physicians interpreting their own imaging studies “warrants scrutiny given nonradiologists’ limited training in imaging interpretation.”
The rate of self-interpretation varied by specialty, office size and imaging modality. Orthopedics and sports medicine physicians self-interpreted 75.7% of...
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