Expanding Your Referral Base and Educating Practitioners on Appropriate Use-Expanding Your Referral Base and Educating Practitioners on Appropriate Use

Expanding Your Referral Base and Educating Practitioners on Appropriate Use

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The talk argues that cardiac MRI (CMR) is underused in the community despite major advances and strong clinical value. CMR improves diagnosis and management in many patients, often avoiding additional tests, invasive angiography, or unnecessary treatment. Barriers include limited awareness, guideline adoption, cost, scanner time, insurance approval, long exams, and overly technical reports. The speaker emphasizes education of referring clinicians, technologists, and administrators, simpler reporting, advocacy, and better evidence generation. CMR is presented as a key tool for precision medicine, with potential to improve care while reducing waste and cost.

Keywords

cardiac MRI

CMR underuse

precision medicine

diagnostic imaging

clinical advocacy