{"id":359,"date":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/survey-shows-that-doctors-order-unnecessary-tests\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:09","slug":"survey-shows-that-doctors-order-unnecessary-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/survey-shows-that-doctors-order-unnecessary-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey shows that doctors order unnecessary tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post, we highlighted the potential for better patient care if safe harbor provisions were followed and allowed to be incorporated into useful legislation. One of the notions behind safe harbors was that doctors commonly ordered tests that were not necessary or were created out of fear of future medical malpractice lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>A recent<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/releases\/291393.php\" target=\"_blank\"> medicalnewstoday.com <\/a>report supported this notion. According to researchers who surveyed\u00a0 emergency room physicians, a majority of doctors in this area do indeed order unnecessary tests. One physician interviewed explained that doctors feel as if they have a tremendous pressure not to be wrong when making diagnoses; thus leading to non-medical reasons for diagnostic tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In fact, more than 80 percent of doctors surveyed believe that their departments require too many tests, and nearly all doctors indicated that \u201cmedically unnecessary\u201d radiology tests ordered would not be performed but for department regulations. Moreover, the tests are not based on doctors not being able to discover the cause of an ailment. Rather, it is the fear of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/failure-to-diagnose-monitor-or-treat.html\">medical malpractice suits<\/a> that drives the culture of over-testing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/survey-shows-that-doctors-order-unnecessary-tests\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Survey shows that doctors order unnecessary tests\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our last post, we highlighted the potential for better patient care if safe harbor provisions were followed and allowed to be incorporated into useful legislation. One of the notions behind safe harbors was that doctors commonly ordered tests that were not necessary or were created out of fear of future medical malpractice lawsuits. 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