The forgotten MBS Taskforce master plan to reduce pointless GP imaging rises again
The RACGP is to test new decision support GP software to find out if it works
A forgotten MBS Review Taskforce recommendation to roll out software that deters GPs from making unnecessary imaging requests may finally come to fruition.
The task force’s diagnostic medicine committee made the proposal in January 2019, saying a clinical decision support (CDS) program integrated with GP desktop software was the best option to curb over-testing by giving GPs real-time advice on whether the tests they wanted to order were appropriate for the condition.
