Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Chapter 1: The Most Important Physician You'll Never Meet
Chapter 2: The Rise of Medical Imaging
Chapter 3: Imaging's Leap to Curative Medicine
Chapter 4: The Risks of Medical Imaging Examinations
Chapter 5. Economic Consequences of Successful Innovation: The
Imaging Boom
Chapter 6: Digital Pioneers: Globalization and Corporatization
Chapter 7: Red in Tooth and Claw - Moral Hazard and the Struggle
for Control of Medical Imaging Services
Chapter 8: Imaging to Screen for Life-Threatening Diseases - Its
Promise and its Problems
Chapter 9: The Future of Medical Imaging
Chapter 10: Making the Best Use of Imaging's Expansive Toolbox
Bruce J. Hillman, MD, is the Theodore E. Keats Professor of
Radiology and Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of
Virginia, and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American College of
Radiology.
Jeff C. Goldmith, PhD, is President of Health Futures, Inc. and
Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of
Virginia.
"...provides fascinating perspectives on the major issues and
opportunities to be faced now and in the futureEL.required reading
for today's and tomorrow's leaders in Radiology, healthcare policy
makers, and medical visionaries."
-- Paul E. Berger, MD, Founder and former CEO and Chairman of the
Board, NightHawk Radiology Services
"...a brilliantly conceived piece of work...reads like a novel but
covers topics of interest to the present and the future of
healthcare."
--Harvey L. Neiman, MD, Executive Director, American College of
Radiology
"...timely, comprehensive, insightful and critically
important...the insights offered will be essential to inform health
policies that promote innovation in medical imaging that could make
health care both better and cheaper."
--Sean Tunis, MD, MSc, Director of the Center for Medical
Technology Policy; formerly (until 2005) Chief Medical Officer,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
"an extraordinary book... The Radiologist will assume the mantle of
the Sorcerer, formulating accurate, evidence-based medical
decisions that measure up to society's need for affordable access
to valuable and beneficial imaging innovations."
--Eric Z. Silfen, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical
Officer of Philips Health Care
"Their wonderful book chronicles the rise of modern imaging from
its ancillary roots to where it is today positioned astride the
critical path of care for most diseases and conditions... a
transformational story and one worth knowing."
--James Thrall, MD, Radiologist-in-Chief, Massachusetts General
Hospital
"...I would recommend The Sorcerer's Apprentice to physician
colleagues interested in learning more about the economic and
political implications of medical decisions as well as to
nonphysician friends and family members interested in learning more
about medical imaging and health care reform." --JAMA
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