Almost a third of physicians surveyed will bow to patients’ wishes if an MRI is demanded. With patient satisfaction and physician ratings becoming more important, expect this number to rise:
“There’s a lot of pressure on physicians to keep their patients happy,” Blumenthal says. “Part of the problem with the American health care system has been that there is no throttle on test-ordering.”






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