@Atul_Gawande @nytimes One reason for CT overuse isn't mentioned: defensive medicine. Reform med-mal, and all unnecessary tests will drop.
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@Pathophilia@nytimes Doesn't appear true. Med-mal reform in TX dropped lawsuits massively. But TX remains a Medicare imaging outlier. -
@Atul_Gawande@Pathophilia@nytimes Further: 2003#Medmal reform in#Texas not shown to lower costs or incr MD supplyhttp://bit.ly/Lii30E
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes Big reductions in CT dose have been achieved thanks to new technology and radiologist effort. We are moving forward.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@drbachinsky@nytimes The radiologists are tackling this head-on, give them some credit http://www.acr.org/Advocacy/Economics-Health-Policy/Imaging-3 …#imaging3 - 1 more reply
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes@paulg aaaaand this was an ad that showed up next to that article:pic.twitter.com/JxZEeM9fVo
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes wouldn't it be tragic if a life saving CT scan went unperformed because of alarmist misinformation like this? -
@DrGMcGinty@Atul_Gawande@nytimes That's why the ordering doc needs to have a full discussion with the pt rather than just order the test. - End of conversation
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@Atul_Gawande@VarunSaxena2 which could be made worse by premature implementation of population screening tests including genetic profiles -
@Atul_Gawande@VarunSaxena2 because of pervasive cognitive bias in patients, the "personalized" medicine movement can make this worse
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@Atul_Gawande@nytimes@AlisynGayle MRI for everyone then! -
@DrGhaheri@Atul_Gawande@nytimes "They say" radioactive isotopes in contrast dye aren't harmful. Thoughts on repeated doses? -
@AlisynGayle@Atul_Gawande@nytimes i don't think they harm. -
@DrGhaheri@Atul_Gawande@nytimes I probably already glow in the dark ;-) Oft wonder how healthy it is to have cells magnetically realigned.
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@Atul_Gawande: Another warning shot -@nytimes oped: 3-5% of future cancers may be from overuse of medical imaging http://nyti.ms/1lpJczF ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ShannonBrownlee hitting it out of the park speaking@academyhealth1#nhpc14 on overtreatment--threatens to take down economy@Atul_GawandeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@pkedrosky@nytimes given the number of times service members are scanned this is troublingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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