{"id":109,"date":"2013-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/are-too-many-scans-endangering-patients-lives\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:10:32","slug":"are-too-many-scans-endangering-patients-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/are-too-many-scans-endangering-patients-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Too Many Scans Endangering Patients\u2019 Lives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/medical-malpractice\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Medical malpractice<\/a> | June 28, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Along with a rise in claims of defensive medicine and unnecessary medical testing has come a concern that certain medical tests could be causing a dangerous increase in radiation exposure among some patients. A new movement has begun in some hospitals to track the cumulative radiation exposure a patient receives as part of his or her electronic medical record. While most are doing nothing more than tracking exposure, it may be a step toward curbing over-testing in that it will show doctors when a patient has received multiple high radiation dose procedures over time. It may encourage doctors to be more judicious in ordering these potentially damaging tests.<\/p>\n<p>Even the decision to track this information is drawing controversy. Some doctors are concerned that there is insufficient evidence to balance the potential risks of greater radiation exposure against the risks of not obtaining the test results they desire. The movement to track exposure is based on recent studies connecting medical imaging tests with increased cancer rates. One such study indicated that the roughly four million pediatric CT scans performed on the head, abdomen, chest or spine in a given year will lead to a projected 4,870 future cancers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/are-too-many-scans-endangering-patients-lives\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Are Too Many Scans Endangering Patients\u2019 Lives?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical malpractice | June 28, 2013 Along with a rise in claims of defensive medicine and unnecessary medical testing has come a concern that certain medical tests could be causing a dangerous increase in radiation exposure among some patients. 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