To initiate Phase IV in July of 1998. To evaluate Nuclear Medicine Physician Manpower requirements based on current workload. To establish changes which may have occurred under the current Managed Care environment to affect the previous Modifier factor and how this will affect future Nuclear Medicine Physician Manpower requirements. Assess the methodological strengths and weaknesses of previous Nuclear Medicine Specialty workforce studies as a guide to future studies. Discuss the Nuclear Medicine Specialty issues and strategies with a panel of experts.
Additional guidelines are in various states of development.