On unwarranted performance of MRI scans

doi:10.12659/PJR.890225

On unwarranted performance of MRI scans

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title:	On unwarranted performance of MRI scans
author:	Bekiesińska-Figatowska Monika
Journal title:	Polish Journal of Radiology
volume:	79
date of publication:	2014
pages:	239-242
ISSN:	1733-134X
eISSN:	1899-0967
DOI:	10.12659/PJR.890225
notes:	Bibliogr. s. 242
language:	English
Journal language:	English
abstract in english:	Having read the paper by Oikarinen et al. in the penultimate issue of Insights into Imaging, the author discusses the absurdities of everyday work of the radiologist in the MRI unit, concluding that delayed terms of appointments, despite numerous facilities being available in Poland, are largely due to the unwarranted referrals of patients to MRI examinations, which makes the patients who truly require them wait very long or decide to pay for the examination out of their own pockets; radiologists should get involved in the fight against unwarranted studies, even through the use of such expressions as "anatomical variant", "does not require further inspection", "no clinical significance", "MRI is not the first study in the diagnostic algorithm" in warranted cases and by contacting the referring physician (in agreement with the head of the unit/department) to politely explain the absurdity of referral and refuse the test in the most absurd cases.
keywords in english:	MRI, unwarranted referrals, ways to solve the problem
type:	journal article
subtype:	other documents

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