Study Suggests Clinical Decision Support Can Prevent Unnecessary Imaging

Researchers suggest the use of imaging clinical decision support can substantially decrease the utilization of advanced imaging, according to a study published in Journal of American College of Radiology.

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The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study on evidence-based clinical decision support built into ordering systems for imaging procedures, including lumbar MRI, brain MRI and sinus CT. Brain CT was also used as the control in the study. Results of the study showed that the clinical decision support mechanism decreases the utilization rate of lumbar MRI for lower back pain, head MRI for headache and sinus CT for sinusitis.

Read the study about clinical decision support in medical imaging.

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