The impact of choosing wisely interventions on Low‐Value medical services: a systematic review

BQ Cliff, ALV Avancena, RA Hirth… - The Milbank …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Policy Points Dissemination of Choosing Wisely guidelines alone is unlikely to reduce the
use of low‐value health services. Interventions by health systems to implement Choosing …

Interventions to reduce low-value imaging–a systematic review of interventions and outcomes

E Kjelle, ER Andersen, LJJ Soril… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background It is estimated that 20–50% of all radiological examinations are of low value.
Many attempts have been made to reduce the use of low-value imaging. However, the …

Curbing unnecessary and wasted diagnostic imaging

O Oren, E Kebebew, JPA Ioannidis - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Despite modest effects from initiatives such as the Choosing Wisely campaign, unnecessary
diagnostic imaging remains a substantial problem in the United States. 1-3 Significant …

[HTML][HTML] Sciatica. Management for family physicians

AL Aguilar-Shea, C Gallardo-Mayo… - Journal of family …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Sciatica or lower back pain with sciatic radiation is a frequent medical problem in primary
care. The aim of this article is to better inform medical practitioners on diagnosis and …

[HTML][HTML] Development of lumbar spine MRI referrals vetting models using machine learning and deep learning algorithms: Comparison models vs healthcare …

AH Alanazi, A Cradock, L Rainford - Radiography, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Referrals vetting is a necessary daily task to ensure the appropriateness of
radiology referrals. Vetting requires extensive clinical knowledge and may challenge those …

Impact and effect of imaging referral guidelines on patients and radiology services: a systematic review

YX Tay, S Foley, R Killeen, MEH Ong, RC Chen… - European …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives The objective of this systematic review was to offer a comprehensive overview
and explore the associated outcomes from imaging referral guidelines on various key …

Defining and measuring imaging appropriateness in low back pain studies: a scoping review

M Yates, CB Oliveira, JB Galloway, CG Maher - European Spine Journal, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Patients with low back pain (LBP) rarely have serious underlying pathology but
frequently undergo inappropriate imaging. A range of guidelines and red flag features are …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning and deep learning-based natural language processing for auto-vetting the appropriateness of lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging …

AH Alanazi, A Cradock, J Ryan, L Rainford - Informatics in Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Manual vetting of radiology referrals is an essential daily task to ensure the appropriateness
of the received referrals. Such tasks require sufficient clinical experience and may challenge …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing MRI referrals' appropriateness for low back pain post a radiology-initiated intervention

CC Chilanga, M Heggelund, E Kjelle - Radiography, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction This study evaluated a pilot intervention to reduce low-value Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI) referrals for Low Back Pain (LBP). Methods This before-after …

Imaging Wisely: an introduction to the ACR Appropriateness Criteria® and analysis of its impact on internal medicine trainees

MKW Cheng, JM Telleria-Cano, JB Nath… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - jacr.org
Overutilization of diagnostic imaging is an increasing concern. In the United States, an
estimated 50% of all crosssectional imaging may not provide useful information for …