Email invitations to the screening interview were sent out to the relevant specialty panels.
The protocol was successfully implemented within each of the four specialty panels, and each produced lists of high priority targets amenable to CDS (Table 9).
[ 5- 7] Studies examining group processes in determining appropriateness of coronary procedures have found that physicians of diverse specialties are likely to converge on a given recommendation after discussion in a multi-specialty panel.
We ensured our panel comprised different specialities, as less disagreement has been found among same-specialty panels.
To maintain similar specificity at each level in each specialty, the panel decided that a three-level classification was not required in ENT surgery, urology, ophthalmology and obstetrics, in which cases Level 2 was omitted.
Lagging rates of reimbursement and concerns over malpractice -- the examinations miss 10percentto20percentcent of cancers -- are leading many would-be mammographers to choose other specialties, the panel members added.
Compared to other specialities, oncologists identified the time it takes to obtain results as a barrier to practice (59%) more often than other specialties (figure 5, panel A).
Comparing across specialties (figure 4, panel A), oncologist respondents were more likely to agree that tests they had ordered had influenced treatment plans (67% agreed) compared to other specialties (χ p=0.006).
Medical specialties of the panel members included rheumatologists (n = 13), physiotherapy (n = 6), rehabilitation medicine (n = 1), occupational therapy (n = 1), orthopedic biomechanics (n = 1), and musculoskeletal medicine (n = 1).
The butter, which won out over 600 entries, was selected by an independent panel of specialty food experts.
