The Devil Inside Wired Medicine - Forbes.com
Dr. Howard Croft, who treats patients at rival hospital Columbia St. Mary's Milwaukee, says the software helped him avoid an unneeded ultrasound on a woman who was in denial that her fetus was dead. Another hospital had already confirmed this.It's incredible that a doctor would do this to a patient. If it happens to you, do not let doctor's bully you. Imagine coming to a doctor for a second opinion and hearing that you're in denial because another hospital already did the test.
Of course some people may be "in denial" but refusing a test to a concerned patient simply because a test has already been done cannot be a guiding principle for doctors.
There are lots of resource online that will help you decide if getting a second opinion makes sense in your case. Here's one: http://www.ynhh.org/choice/secondopinion.html
