Radiology Business March 17, 2024
A group of radiologists believe it may be time to rethink the specialty’s involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings, and they have data to back up their claim.
Six subspecialized physicians documented their contributions to these meetings over the course of two years at a single tertiary care center. Their work included interpreting and reporting on all related scans prior to gathering. Investigators also calculated the instances in which a radiologist’s recommendations resulted in patient management changes, beyond the information already provided by an in-house radiology report.
Bottom line: It’s not worth the trouble, Dr. Ömer Kasalak and colleagues wrote Friday in European Radiology [1].
“Radiologists’ time investment in [multidisciplinary team meetings] is considerable relative to the small proportion of cases...
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