NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premerus, the industry’s first and only diagnostic management company (www.premerus.com) will deliver a poster presentation, “Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Radiologist’s Interpretations with Potential Savings,” at the nation’s first-ever national conference dedicated specifically to diagnostic error in medicine, May 31, 2008, Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ (www.Amia.org/meetings/s08/dem.asp). Co-sponsored by American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the conference will bring together some of the nation’s leading experts in diagnostic medicine to summarize the current state of the field by reviewing research in the clinical and cognitive sciences, and to catalyze emerging ideas that should be implemented to minimize diagnostic error in the future.
Based on the results of a Premerus study comparing the medical imaging interpretations of general radiologists to those of subspecialty radiologists, the presentation will show a 44 percent level of non-concordance (disagreement) in interpretation between the two groups. The study concludes that subspecialty readings were found more likely to be accurate and efficient, with significant potential cost savings. With these results, Premerus estimates that subspecialty radiology can generate savings to health plans and benefits payers of approximately $4.45 per member per month, or $53M annually for a million-member plan. There were 575,000 members in the heath plans studied, allowing for potential annual savings of over $27,000,000.
source: Business Wire
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