GPs unwitting guinea pigs in ‘nudge’ letter trial, JAMA study reveals
GPs were targeted based on their relatively high rates of requests for imaging
Three thousand GPs who received ‘nudge’ letters over their high referral rates for musculoskeletal imaging were unwitting guinea pigs in research involving the federal Department of Health.
Back in 2019, the department announced it was sending letters to GPs to “draw attention to overdiagnosis and over-treatment”.
