A Dr from ARUPlabs suggests whats wrong with the current Dr-patient interaction

In The Medscape Journal of Medicine's Web cast, Dr. Brian Jackson, MD, MS Medical Director of Informatics at ARUP, which is one of the major test labs in the US, seems to indirectly address the absence of diagnostic testing in general, or incorrect testing, which would subsequently include metabolic conditions that result in body odor. He postulates that the costly expense incurred with unnecessary medical treatments resulting from misdiagnosis is far too commonplace. You could deduce that correct diagnosis through testing would save money, lives, and significant emotional consequences.

According to Dr. Jackson, health care organizations and physicians are paid significantly more to treat disease than to diagnose disease in the first place. Dr. Jackson proposes two major areas that need to be addressed: more funded research on the clinical utility of diagnostic tests and better research into diagnosis, which will create a system of rewarding doctors who excel at correctly diagnosing patients.

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Orignially posted on this ARUPlabs page
Dr Ronald Weiss of ARUPlabs writes about 'personalized medicine'