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Posted at 5:39pm on Dec. 13, 2007 Medical Innovation and the Free Market
By Jeff Emanuel
(Despite the fact that so many seem to think that it requires Governmental action)
The increasing use of Computed Tomography (or “CT”) scans in today’s hospitals has prompted health professionals to take a closer look at the potential effects of the radiation from those scans, and to consider how patient radiation exposure during the procedure can be minimized.
Earlier this month, a group called RCG Health Care Consulting, led by Dr. Giles Boland, Vice Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), announced that it had established a series of CT practices and protocols which would allow radiologists to reduce radiation exposure while still being able to obtain diagnostic-quality images from their CT scans.
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