TV programs like The Swan and Extreme Makeover demonstrate that when medicine meets the marketplace, the results can be stunning. But while new technologies and investments drive the latest health services, entrenched political interests threaten progress. Take, for instance, the recent controversy over ultrasounds in California. California’s overloaded medical system often shoves parents-to-be out the door so fast that they hardly get a chance to view the ultrasound of their baby. Prenatal portrait studios have arisen to fill the demand for viewing time.
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High-Tech Healthcare Will Improve Lives, If Given a Chance
Posted by: Sonia Arrison May 5, 2004 07:52 AMTV programs like The Swan and Extreme Makeover demonstrate that when medicine meets the marketplace, the results can be stunning. But while new technologies and investments drive the latest health services, entrenched political interests threaten progress. Take, for instance, the recent controversy over ultrasounds in California. California’s overloaded medical system often shoves parents-to-be out the door so fast that they hardly get a chance to view the ultrasound of their baby. Prenatal portrait studios have arisen to fill the demand for viewing time.