Distributed decision making in action: diagnostic imaging investigations within the bigger picture

摘要

IntroductionDecision making in the health care system – specifically with regard to diagnostic imaging investigations – occurs at multiple levels. Professional role players from various backgrounds are involved in making these decisions, from the point of referral to the outcomes of the imaging investigation. The aim of this study was to map the decision‐making processes and pathways involved when patients are referred for diagnostic imaging investigations and to explore distributed decision‐making events at the points of contact with patients within a health care system.