<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Unnecessary tests vs bankruptcy</title> <atom:link href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: Happyman</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html#comment-76258</link> <dc:creator>Happyman</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:38:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html#comment-76258</guid> <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> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Anonymous</title><link>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html#comment-76217</link> <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/unnecessary-tests-vs-bankruptcy.html#comment-76217</guid> <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> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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