iNvestigate is an interactive website designed for use by medical graduates, which focuses on the appropriate and cost-effective use of diagnostic investigations. It is intended for use by prevocational, general practitioner and specialist trainees.
This project was funded by the Australian Government under the Quality Use of Pathology Program.
iNvestigate uses data from the RCPA Manual website to provide detailed information about individual Pathology tests.
The Medicare Benefits Schedule is used as the data source for indicative costs of investigations. It is important to note that these do not necessarily reflect actual costs to the patient or the laboratory and do not include associated costs e.g. of anaesthesia or hospital admission.
In addition, iNvestigate uses data from the RANZCR Inside Radiology website to provide general information about diagnostic imaging.
You may interact with iNvestigate as a User or as a Case Builder. Help for both of these roles is provided in this file. Administrative functions are not described here.
How a User interacts with iNvestigate is explained in the diagram below. Simple instructions and help are provided on each page of the website.