Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the recent announcement from Spreemo that its Quality Research Institute is partnering with the Hospital for Special Surgery and Thomas Jefferson University for a clinical study to examine how variability in the interpretation of MRIs across multiple radiology centers can impact the trajectory of a patient’s care.
The study will explore the differences in the performance and interpretation of an MRI examination performed at ten different imaging centers on the same patient with low back and leg pain, and aims to combat the mindset that diagnostic imaging is a commodity. Principal investigator Dr. Richard Herzog noted that diagnoses can be influenced by many factors, including equipment, type and number of sequences obtained, and the expertise of the interpreting physician.
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