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jlf1961 -> Another health care thread (6/9/2012 3:43:06 AM)
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Recently I was diagnosed with a tumor in one of my kidneys. The local doctor sent me to a specialist in Dallas, who offered me told me there were other options in dealing with the tumor than the complete removal of the affected kidney.
In fact the tumor is so small that the best way to deal with it is an outpatient procedure known as ablation, which I was told is not experimental or that expensive. In fact, since it is being done at a University Medical procedure I will not have a copay, just the travel expense.
Now the reason for this thread.
After a bit of research, I have found that common and accepted treatments such as the one I am going to undergo seem to offered at a limited number of facilities, and usually only at college or university affiliated medical centers.
There are two hospitals in the city I live in, both highly rated in the care they provide. However, the two urologists in town are not trained in the procedure and offer only one option, the complete removal of the kidney.
The question is why.
In other professions, training and certification in new procedures are mandatory, why not require the same for doctors?
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