Reader's Digest Canada - 50 Secrets Hospitals Don't Tell You
CAEP's president, Paul Pageau, gives tips on navigating a stay at the hospital in Reader's Digest's May issue. To quote tip number 25, "CIHI has estimated that more than a million unnecessary medical tests and treatments such as head scans and chest X-rays are given to Canadians annually, often simply because patients expect them.
'This ties up our resources,' says Pageau. 'Patients should ask their doctor, ‘Do I need that test? Is it something that a clinical decision will be based on?’”