“Radiology technologist Jeff Dettbarn said he knew something was wrong at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, when a patient arrived in February 2017 for a CT scan, but the doctor’s order for it had been canceled…”
“Dettbarn started collecting cancellation notices for diagnostic procedures such as CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds…”
“The VA inspector general is auditing mass cancellations at eight VA medical centers “to determine whether VA processed radiology requests in a timely manner and appropriately managed canceled requests…” Read the full article here.
Source: ‘I knew something was not right’: Mass cancellations of diagnostic test orders at VA hospitals draw scrutiny – By Donovan Slack, October 1, 2018. USA Today.
