Thursday, June 13, 2019

Where is Medicine going

More than half of all surgeries may be unnecessary.

One-third of all medical office visits may not be needed. 

One-third of all hospital admissions may be iatrogenic. Errors still abound in medication, according to the IOM, resulting in more than 98,000 deaths during the last reporting period.

There is a virtual epidemic of diagnostic radiology with a resulting increase in the associated iatrogenic malignancy rates.

The Business of Medical Practice : Transformational Health 2.0 Skills for Doctors, Third Edition, edited by David E. Marcinko, and Hope Rachel Hetico, Springer Publishing Company, 2010.

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