The Sorcerer's Apprentice: How Medical Imaging Is Changing Health Care Pdf Reviews

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2010-11-01
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0195386965
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

The Sorcerer's Apprentice pdf
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Many will remember the segment of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in the Disney film Fantasia; it is a perfect metaphor for medical imaging as it stands today. The apprentice magician tests his nascent skills at sorcery by bringing common household items to life and putting them to work. At first, things go well, but eventually he loses control, and chaos ensues.

Medical imaging, too, could spin out of control. The benefits of imaging are undeniable. In the past thirty years, innovations like CT, MRI, and PET scanning have not only markedly reduced clinical risk for patients but have also transformed medical practice. Its costs, however, have grown explosively, to the point where imaging expenses have become a political issue. The aggressive adoption of imaging technology has raised issues about the role of inappropriate economic incentives and the role of defensive medicine in driving up medical costs.

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