Radiologist Overreads of Intraoperative Radiographs- Value or Waste?

All aspects of the arthroplasty pathway must be scrutinized to maximize value and eliminate unnecessary cost. Radiology providers ’ contracts with hospitals often call for readings of all radiographs. This policy has little effect on patient care when intraoperative radiographs are taken and used to make real time decisions. In order to determine the value of radiologist overreads, we asked three questions: what was the dela y between the time an intraoperative radiograph was taken and time the report was generated, were the overreads accurate, and what is the associated cost?
Source: The Journal of Arthroplasty - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research