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Hospital cuts unwarranted X-rays by 83 percent

Getting your medical director involved in imaging decisions can apparently help control imaging costs. The University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., cut the number of unnecessary

Terminally ill cancer patients receiving unnecessary radiation

Many oncologists fail to accuratly predict the remaining lifespan of their terminally ill patients, causing many of the patients to spend their final days receiving unnecessary, and sometimes