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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sat Nov 2, 2013, 03:23 AM Nov 2013

Hopkins Medicine suspends black lung X-ray service

Source: Associated Press

Hopkins Medicine suspends black lung X-ray service
| November 1, 2013 | Updated: November 1, 2013 8:10pm

BALTIMORE (AP) — Johns Hopkins Medicine says it has suspended a service in which radiologists give second readings on X-rays of coal miners seeking benefits for black lung disease.

Hopkins announced the suspension Friday. The medical institution had provided the service for a federal agency for 40 years.

The suspension comes after a report this week by ABC News and the Center for Public Integrity questioning Hopkins' interpretations of X-rays.

Hopkins said in a statement that it was conducting a review as a result of the report and that the program would be suspended until the review is completed.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Hopkins-Medicine-suspends-black-lung-X-ray-service-4948189.php

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Hopkins Medicine suspends black lung X-ray service (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2013 OP

Not the first time a Hopkins doc has done something ghoulish n/t Mopar151 Nov 2013 #1

Interesting story - and disturbing. enlightenment Nov 2013 #2

Mopar151

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1. Not the first time a Hopkins doc has done something ghoulish n/t

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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 06:08 AM

Nov 2013

enlightenment

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2. Interesting story - and disturbing.

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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 12:00 PM

Nov 2013

I sincerely hope that the university was not directing the results for profit - what a sad state for a respected institution.

A link to the back-story for those (like me) who were unfamiliar with what's been going on:
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/10/30/13637/johns-hopkins-medical-unit-rarely-finds-black-lung-helping-coal-industry-defeat

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