Overview
Radiation Dose from Medical Imaging: A Primer for Emergency Physicians, can be described as originating from a scholarly source, the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, the other, The difficulty of Regulating X-ray Radiation in the ER, a mainstream media (sensational), physician blog (highly opinionated and inflammatory).
The video is a recent glimpse into where we find ourselves 15 years later.
Compare and contrast the tone and tenor of the two older yet relevant articles for this week’s discussion regarding use of imaging in the emergency room. Do you believe both readings have value and offer insight into the complexity of the use of imaging in an emergency room setting? Obviously, the issue of imaging overuse in the ER continues to be a major challenge to the healthcare system. Based on the perspective you've gained from the articles and video, is reform possible and what would it look like?
The difficulty of Regulating X-ray Radiation in the ER 2010
Dose from Medical Imaging: A Primer for Emergency Physicians 2012
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3415811/Links to an external site.
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