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Posted by Allan Martin on September 4, 2007, 1:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Allan Martin wrote:
>>> Read this article.
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>>> http://webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=25221
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> A guy invents a magic machine to read X-Rays. Doctors and hospitals email
> him an X-Ray and, within two hours, he sends back a report. The report
> costs half what a Radiologist would charge and agrees with the diagnosis
> of trained, professional radiologists 98.7% of the time.
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> He is hailed in all quarters (except, obviously, by the radiologist
> community) for the timeliness of his reports and for helping keep health
> care costs down. GE and other big companies offer him bags and bags of
> money for his invention.
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> Then it leaks out...
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> His "invention" is nothing more than a PC. He forwards the X-Rays to
> radiologists in India who read the films and send back reports.
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> The inventor then villified, prosecuted, and condemned.
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> It could happen.
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My concerns were the fact that the beloved Mr. Block outsourced his posts
made to newsgroups.
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