ICSI brought together clinicians, radiologists, health plans and patients to develop an approach that enables clinicians to order appropriate high-tech diagnostic imaging scans while with the patient. This approach improved patient health, saved an estimated $234 million in Minnesota, and supports the use of “decision-support” to order scans nationally.
The ICSI collaborative committed to using American College of Radiology (ACR) criteria as a base for appropriateness criteria in decision support.
The chart below shows how decision-support and prior notification practices affected the number of high-tech diagnostic imaging scans ordered in Minnesota from 2007-2012. View a PDF of the chart.
![This chart shows how decision-support and prior notification practices affected the number of high-tech diagnostic imaging scans ordered in Minnesota from 2007-2012. Its title is "Aggregate HTDI Utilization Rate per 1,000 Members, 1Q03-1Q12. Aggregate Data Include: BCBSMN, HealthPartners, Medica, UCare and MN DHS Medicaid FFS Claims and Membership Data (Hospital Inpatient and ER Claims Excluded)"](https://www.icsi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/HTDI-Utilization-Data.png)