Unnecessary Testing, Scams
Slide show and articles on unnecessary testing, including whole body scans.
Slide Show:
*Scans, Scams, and Unnecessary Testing in Medicine
Slide show covering direct-to-consumer marketing of unnecessary (and potentially harmful) screening tests. Slide show also reviews benefits and risks of CT scans and examines health care fraud
Articles:
ct cor angio scans – jama lte 2007.doc
Unpublished letter re overuse of CT coronary angiography and whole body CT scans and radiation exposure
*Unnecessary Testing in Ob-Gyn and Medicine – Medscape.doc
Article on unnecessary testing in Ob-Gyn and Medicine
whole body scans-scams – LO Review 6-05.doc
Editorial re whole body scans/scams
External Links:
Choosing Wisely (American Board of Internal Medicine): http://choosingwisely.org/