Kevin, I guess that's the issue I have with people's look at Mark Cuban's comment. The tests aren't about good or cost effective medicine. It's about having so much money (billionaire qualifies) ...
I think Direct-to-Consumer testing is the future of healthcare, however, without a doctor interpretation or guidance, these tests for the most part are pretty useless. However, I think basic test...
@Patrice...TO answer your question: Yes, commercial labs will allow tests to be done without an order. Here you go: LabCorp Wants To Skip Doctors, Sell Blood Tests Direct To Consumers http://cons...
I agree with the general message of this post that “extra data could lead to important discoveries that improve the quality of the tests and what measurements really matter.” And I definitely...
Related article in Businessweek. "Get your own blood tests at CVS; no docs involved." http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-20/the-doctor-is-out-labcorp-to-let-consumers-order-own-tests
My first thought is how to get a test done without an order from a provider. Perhaps the patient could be 'self pay', but many blood tests are expensive. Would a commercial lab even allow tests t...
The reason we try not to test healthy individuals for tests specifically designed to find disease is that every test has a relatively fixed false positive rate. Let’s say the false positive rat...