Medicare Imaging Demonstration Final Evaluation Report to Congress

• Autor principal: Timbie, Justin W. (auth)
• Otros Autores: Hussey, Peter S. (auth), Burgette, Lane F. (auth), Wenger, Neil S. (auth), Rastegar, Afshin (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: RAND Corporation 2014
• Materias: Medical equipment & techniques; Health systems & services; Medicolegal issues; Nurse/patient relationship; Clinical & internal medicine; Health Sciences
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 2011, the Medicare Imaging Demonstration from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began testing whether exposing ordering clinicians to appropriateness guidelines for advanced imaging would reduce ordering inappropriate images. Small changes in ordering patterns were noted, but decis...