title: Strategies for teaching non-radiologist physicians the appropriate use of imaging studies: use of radiology seminars.
abstract: Increasing healthcare expenditures affect every person in the United States; the country was expected to spend dollars 1.9 trillion in 2005 on healthcare. Diagnostic medical imaging has evolved into a sophisticated arena resulting in healthcare expenditures reaching dollars 100 billion. Several factors contribute to the escalating imaging costs: the aging population, practice of defensive medicine, over utilization of diagnostic imaging, self-referral abuses, duplicative studies, consumer demand, and advanced technology. Research has shown many of these costs could be decreased if the referring physician community had a solid understanding of the appropriate ordering of diagnostic imaging studies and risks related to radiation exposure. Seminars will be designed to include several physicians and other healthcare providers, thereby giving a comprehensive presentation on each topic.
authors.affiliation: Insight Health Corporation, USA. ritadileo@aol.com
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DiLeo
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spinelli
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D010820:Physicians; D014481:United States