[afro-nets] Imaging is Transforming the Practice of Medicine

[Kathleen Ford <KFord@projecthope.org>]

Health Affairs: Imaging Is Transforming The Practice Of
Medicine, But At A Price
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Medical imaging promises transformative benefits for the
practice of medicine. However, the technologies involved are
already costly and getting more so, making it crucial to ensure
that techniques such as computed tomography (CT) scans, magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET)
are used cost-effectively.

That's the message delivered by two experts, one from industry
and one from academe, in an interview with Health Affairs
founding editor John Iglehart. The interview was published today
on the Health Affairs Web site.

You can read Iglehart's interview with E. James Potchen, the
University Distinguished Professor and chairman of radiology at
Michigan State University, and Bill Clarke, the president and
CEO of Cellectar and former chief technology and medical officer
at GE Healthcare, at
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.26.2.w227

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