Most primary care physicians (PCPs) are confident in their abilities to provide cancer survivors with adequate follow-up care, an assurance in the skills of PCPs shared by less than one-fourth of oncologists, who see themselves as better-equipped to care for survivors. Meanwhile, both PCPs and oncologists order significantly more screening than professional guidelines recommend.
Self-referring physicians are 2.5 times more likely to order imaging exams on patients than physicians without financial stakes in imaging orders, resulting in an estimated $3.6 billion in additional healthcare costs each year, according to a study published in the July issue of the
Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can significantly improve the documentation of indications for imaging studies, but more is needed to address overall poor communication of radiology order indications, according to preliminary research published June 13 in the
Archives of Internal Medicine.
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