Choosing the Correct Radiologic Test Case-Based Teaching Files /

• Main Authors: Lee, Susanna I. (Author), Thrall, James H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Obstetrics.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Pediatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Internal Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.

With the rapid growth in the cost of imaging and political and market pressures to contain health care costs, physicians are being encouraged to order only appropriate radiologic exams and to rationalize their choices. The American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria have emerged as...