Educational Webinars on High Quality, Cost-Effective Imaging
Jointly sponsored by Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Health Care Institute, and MedSolutions.
The goal of this webinar is to improve primary care physicians’ knowledge and utilization of appropriate high tech imaging studies for patients with lower back pain.
The educational objectives of this webinar are for learners to:
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Evaluate patients with back pain to determine if imaging is required for diagnosis.
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Select the most appropriate imaging modality for the patient’s condition.
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Present the specialist with complete, timely and clinically relevant information when making the referral.
Faculty:
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Joseph J.
Rencic,
MD.
Internist and Staff Physician, General Medical Associates, Tufts Medical Center; Associate Residency Program Director; Clerkship Site Director, Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine.
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Kevin
Yao,
MD.
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Tufts University School of Medicine; Co-medical director of the Boston Gamma Knife Center at Tufts Medical Center.
Course Directors:
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Philip
Boulter,
MD.
Medical Director, Tufts Health Care Institute; Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Tufts Health Plan; Senior Consulting Physician for Helms & Company, Inc.; Chair of the New Hampshire Citizen’s Health Institute Task Force on Quality of Care/Payment Reform.
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Lisa A.
Intriere,
MD, MBA.
Radiologist, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA.