Publications by authors named "I OE Brandsaeter"
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 1,182 return letters were sent, with the highest volume occurring early in the intervention, and interviews with medical directors and managers highlighted five key factors that contributed to its success.
- * The intervention was mostly well-received, revealing important insights on how to effectively reduce low-value imaging practices, although the frequency of return letters declined significantly over time.
Background: Substantial overuse of health care services is identified and intensified efforts are incited to reduce low-value services in general and in imaging in particular.
Objective: To report crucial success factors for developing and implementing interventions to reduce specific low-value imaging examinations based on a case study in Norway.
Materials And Methods: Mixed methods design including one systematic review, one scoping review, implementation science, qualitative interviews, content analysis of stakeholders' input, and stakeholder deliberations.
Rational: Low-value radiological imaging threatens patient safety and efficient use of limited health resources. It is important to evaluate measures for reducing low-value utilisation, to learn and to improve. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to qualitatively evaluate a pilot intervention for reducing low-value imaging in Norway.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study aimed to survey general practitioners' (GPs) and radiologists' perspectives on referrals, imaging justification, and unnecessary imaging in Norway.
Materials And Methods: The survey covered access to imaging, responsibilities, attitudes toward justification assessment, referral process, and demographics using multiple choice questions, statements to report agreement with using the Likert scale and one open question.
Results: Forty radiologists and 58 GPs attending national conferences completed a web-based survey, with a 20/15% response rate, respectively.
Sustainability in healthcare by reducing low-value imaging - A narrative review.
Radiography (Lond)
June 2024
Objectives: This narrative review aims to present the concept of value in imaging and explore why we conduct low-value procedures, how to reduce this wasteful use, and what we could gain from reducing low-value imaging.
Key Findings: Imaging of low value to the patient contributes to thousands of metric tons of CO emissions, costing several billion US dollars annually. With a 20% reduction in low-value imaging, we would reduce the waste of resources related to 7.