07 September 2022 A simple audit and feedback mechanism can successfully reduce overuse of musculoskeletal imaging by General Practitioners (GPs) at a national scale, saving precious health system resources, and saving patients' time, money, potential for incidental findings, unnecessary treatment and risk of harm from cumulative exposure to ionising radiation. The findings, from a collaboration between musculoskeletal research experts at Monash Public Health and Preventive Medicine and the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, were published in high-impact journal JAMA today.

https://www.monash.edu/medicine/news/latest/2022-articles/providing-feedback-to-gps-an-effective-solution-to-overuse-of-musculoskeletal-diagnostic-imaging

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