Tuesday 31 August 2010

Private In-House Imaging Services Raise Concerns About Increased Costs

There has been a significant debate whether doctors should have in-house medical imaging systems in their private clinics or not. Recently, Dr. John Finkenberg, an orthopedic MRIsurgeon in San Diego, and five of his colleagues installed an MRI system in their clinic instead of sending their patients to undergo diagnostic imaging procedures in other imaging centers. Dr. Finkenberg said that after the installation of the new MRI unit, the quality of the provided service has improved as technicians rapidly process images and provide patients with immediate results.

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