Diagnostic radiology and its future: what do clinicians need and think?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the view of clinicians on diagnostic radiology and its future.

Methods

Corresponding authors who published in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet between 2010 and 2022 were asked to participate in a survey about diagnostic radiology and its future.

Results

The 331 participating clinicians gave a median score of 9 on a 0-10 point scale to the value of medical imaging in improving patient-relevant outcomes. 40.6%, 15.1%, 18.9%, and 9.5% of clinicians indicated to interpret more than half of radiography, ultrasonography, CT, and MRI examinations completely by themselves, without consulting a radiologist or reading the radiology report. Two hundred eighty-nine clinicians (87.3%) expected an increase in medical imaging utilization in

SUBMITTER: Kwee TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10667510 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature