Over Diagnosis – Why Too Many Lab Tests are Bad for Your Health

Join the South Central Region (SCR) for this upcoming webinar on Wednesday, April 12 at 12:00 PM ET. Over diagnosis is an emerging concern among health care providers since it leads to unnecessary and potentially harmful over treatment. Over diagnosis occurs when people receive treatment for a disease or condition that won’t cause them symptoms or any eventual harm. It often develops from the widespread use of screening laboratory tests and from changing the laboratory threshold for disease states. This presentation focuses on the appropriate use and interpretation of screening laboratory tests, and those tests which should be questioned as medically necessary. Learning Objectives: Define over diagnosis and discuss its causes. Explain how over diagnosis can lead to patient harm. Describe how routine laboratory testing can contribute to over diagnosis. List common laboratory tests patients and doctors should question as medically necessary. Speaker Bio: Janet Miles, MD is a pathologist with Propath LLC based in Dallas, Texas, and serves as the current Laboratory Medical Director for John Peter Smith Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas. She received her medical degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City and completed residency and fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Miles has 27 years of experience in the clinical laboratory field, and specializes in clinical laboratory administration, regulatory compliance, and quality management. She i...
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