tailieunhanh - Sách: Evidence-Based Imaging

Despite our best intentions, most of what constitutes modern medical imaging practice is based on habit, anecdotes, and scientific writings that are too often fraught with biases. Best estimates suggest that only around 30% of what constitutes “imaging knowledge” is substantiated by reliable scientific inquiry. This poses problems for clinicians and radiologists, because inevitably, much of what we do for patients ends up being inefficient, inefficacious, or occasionally even harmful. In recent years, recognition of how the unsubstantiated practice of medicine can result in poor-quality care and poorer health outcomes has led to a number of initiatives. Most significant in my mind is the evidencebased medicine movement that seeks to. | L. Santiago Medina Blackmore Editors Evidence-Based Optimizing Imaging in Patient Care 0 Springer CD-ROM INCLUDED Evidence-Based Imaging L. Santiago Medina MD MPH Director Health Outcomes Policy and Economics HOPE Center Co-Director Division of Neuroradiology Department of Radiology Miami Children s Hospital Miami Florida Former Lecturer in Radiology Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts C. Craig Blackmore MD MPH Professor Department of Radiology Adjunct Professor Health Services University of Washington Co-Director Radiology Health Services Research Section Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center Seattle Washington Evidence-Based Imaging Optimizing Imaging in Patient Care With 183 Illustrations 14 in Full Color With a CD-ROM Foreword by Bruce J. Hillman MD .