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Imaging for Whom: Patient or Physician?

¹ Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Sts., Buffalo, NY 14263.

OBJECTIVE. Radiologic imaging examinations are being ordered beyond the margin of medical necessity. Radiologists can assess the value of imaging in a variety of clinical situations by gathering data regarding test ordering patterns and their effects on patient outcomes.

CONCLUSION. Emerging information technologies have the potential to facilitate the collection of data and permit the dissemination of appropriate guidelines to limit the number of unnecessary and possibly harmful examinations.

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