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The New “Donald Trumps” Of The Madoff Medical Industry, Exposing Unneeded Expenses

Posted by Mr.Copper @ 13:48 on July 22, 2018  

Docs Say Extra Tests Not the Key to Best Patient Care.

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In an effort to end medical over-testing, nine major medical professional organizations have banded together to try to change the way doctors use tests and procedures once considered fairly routine.The campaign, Choosing Wisely, a joint effort led by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and Consumer Reports, released a list of 45 common tests and procedures it hopes will be more carefully prescribed and performed.

The campaign is a frank attempt by a wide consortium of medical groups to address what many characterize as rampant, wasteful procedures and spending in the U.S. health care system.

“The distinction to be drawn is between ‘care’ and ‘tests,'” said Dr. Thoralf Sundt, chief of cardiac surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Doing tests is not the same as providing care in all instances.”

Several of the over-used tests called out by the specialty organizations are procedures that have long been considered routine or harmless by many. Staples such as cardiac stress tests or chest x-rays before minor surgery got the thumbs down from several of the groups.

Several said patients who report non-specific headaches, fainting or lower back pain shouldn’t be screened with x-rays, MRIs or other imaging.

video:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/doctors-react-testing-recommendations/story?id=16073905

 

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