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... , the workshop committee brought together public health regulators, physicians, manufacturers, researchers, and patients to explore "why," "what," and "how" to track exposure from medical diagnostic procedures and possible next steps. The committee is responsible for the overall quality and accuracy of the report as a record of what transpired at the workshop, but the points discussed do not represent a consensus of the workshop participants or the authoring committee; instead, they represent views expressed by individual participants during the workshop.
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... These participants reiterated that such strategies ought to be adopted by all facilities that perform diagnostic imaging, including hospitals and imaging centers, as well as free-standing private physician, dental, and chiropractor practices. Several workshop participants also noted that although it would be desirable to have a national registry that tracks radiation exposures from medical diagnostic procedures, such a national effort is not likely to be implemented in the near future for many reasons including the following: lack of sharing of medical information across different health care facilities, lack of a unique patient identifier and integrated medical records, non-automated dose information collection processes, and data protection and patient privacy issues.
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