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Re: GE touting non-medical use of 4D US for fetal baby picturesFrom: Terry J DuBose (tjdubose@juno.com)Sun Jun 30 20:49:41 2002
Folks outside the USA may not understand the ramifications for medical sonography, but it is important here. These non-medical "baby picture" businesses are proliferating. There is no legal oversight at this time, and one can not be sure if the individual(s) using these services understand that the person operating the equipment may or may not have a clue as to what they are viewing. Much of the situation can be blamed upon the diagnostic medical community. We spent the first 25 years convincing people it was safe, and made the obstetrical examination a fun, family affair. There will soon be an article published in the JDMS by a social anthropologist pointing this fact out. I recently spoke to an individual who is involved with an "alternative medicine" clinic where one can go to yoga classes for back pain to chiropractors, and acupuncturist, to name a few. (I realize that in many places these are not considered "alternative medicine" as they are in the USA). He was asking about the "entertainment" uses of sonography, but he was looking at it from the point of view that if a person knew what they were doing, the patient wanted the service, payment was in cash; then neither the patient nor the person using the equipment had to deal with the bureaucracy of insurance companies, Medicare/Medicaid, etc, then what difference would it make? It moves the procedure out of the medical office "mill", and allows the procedure to be in a much more relaxed atmosphere. I tried to argue that the cash basis would mean those with the most money would have best access making it a purely capitalistic, elitist endeavor. Of course, he argued that is how it is anyway, with most who get minimum wages not having insurance and health care anyway. The other argument was that you have more exposure to lawsuits, which he said that is no different than what we all face now. The only other argument was the problem of "non-medical", and the reply was if the person knows what they are doing, and pathology is found, then they will tell the patient that they need to go see their obstetrician for a consult. My fear is that we are going to see sonography fall into the hands of those who do not care about quality, and are only doing it for the money. Sonography as a profession will suffer from this anarchistic approach, IMHO. And GE isn't helping. Peace, Terry J DuBose
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 20:21:06 -0500 ridem@msn.com (Rich Dempsey RDMS/RVT )
writes:
> Dear Dr Lyons:
http://www.gemedicalsystems.com/rad/us/4d/4d_sitequest.html?address=&city
=&stateÊ&zip>
> There the "First Look" company is listed. It is at the "FirstLook"
>> >>----- Original Message -----
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