The notes that accompany this course can be downloaded from the Order History section of your Account Dashboard.
Course Outline:
- Laws and Standards Related to Imaging
- Medical Necessity
- Definition
- Value of X-ray
- Generic Guidelines for Skeletal X-Rays
- Exam Findings Suggesting the Need for Skeletal X-Rays
- Additional Physical Medicine Indications for X-ray
- Decision-Making and Charting
- Benefit vs Risk
- Imaging Responsibilities for DCs
- Requirements
- X-Ray Quality
- Consents
- Simple consent
- Informed consent and possible pregnancy
- How Image Quality Issues Can Affect Detection of Conditions
- Manual Manipulation and the Need for X-Ray