RT Journal
A1 Mitka M
T1 NEw tools assess need for cardiac tests
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD May 27
VO 301
IS 20
SP 2084
OP 2084
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.711
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.711
AB 
“Appropriate use criteria” were introduced in 2005 to provide guidance for cardiovascular imaging testing. Because physicians were embracing such testing despite little evidence regarding how it should be used, insurers began requiring physicians to justify such studies before they would approve the testing—something many clinicians saw as a source of added cost and bureaucratic hassle.