Greater use of in-patient diagnostic imaging improves patient outcomes without significantly impacting costs
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 18:21
in Health & Medicine
Hospitals that make greater use of inpatient diagnostic imaging exams achieve lower in-hospital mortality rates with little or no impact on costs, according to a peer-reviewed study of more than 1 million patient outcomes in more than 100 hospitals nationwide published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).