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	<title>Comments on: Unnecessary tests vs bankruptcy</title>
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		<title>By: Happyman</title>
		<link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html/comment-page-1#comment-76258</link>
		<dc:creator>Happyman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>part of it is patient expectations:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;if a patient with palpitations goes to cardiologist A and he evaluates him &amp; says to observe for now, cut out caffeine, etc.(sometimes appropriate), then he goes to cardiologist B who does hits the trifecta, who d&#039;ya think he&#039;ll like better. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;oh yeah, also cardiologist B is telling him: &quot;what, dr. x didn&#039;t even do an echo? that&#039;s crazy - you definitely NEED an echo&quot; - going through his mind is &quot;cha-ching!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>part of it is patient expectations:</p>
<p>if a patient with palpitations goes to cardiologist A and he evaluates him &#038; says to observe for now, cut out caffeine, etc.(sometimes appropriate), then he goes to cardiologist B who does hits the trifecta, who d&#8217;ya think he&#8217;ll like better. </p>
<p>oh yeah, also cardiologist B is telling him: &#8220;what, dr. x didn&#8217;t even do an echo? that&#8217;s crazy &#8211; you definitely NEED an echo&#8221; &#8211; going through his mind is &#8220;cha-ching!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why can&#039;t cardiologists live off E&amp;M fees?  Many other medical specialists do.  I think what is really meant here is that he can&#039;t live like all of the other cardoiologist do without practicing the way they do.  No one ever said personal integrity is or should be free.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why can&#8217;t cardiologists live off E&#038;M fees?  Many other medical specialists do.  I think what is really meant here is that he can&#8217;t live like all of the other cardoiologist do without practicing the way they do.  No one ever said personal integrity is or should be free.</p>
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