On the Face of It

Instead of putting a name to a face, some radiologists are putting a face to the images. The results are good:

When a digital photograph was attached to a patient's file, radiologists provided longer, more meticulous reports. And they said they felt more connected to the patients, whom they seldom meet face to face.

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  1. Ken says:

    So depersonalized medicine really is inferior medicine. Glad to have that confirmed.

  2. Rick says:

    Ken, the problem with personalized medicine is that the bureacrats don’t know how to put it in a cookbook.