{"id":292791,"date":"2016-01-20T18:39:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T23:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/2016\/01\/when-it-comes-to-medical-tests-and-treatments-more-is-not-always-better\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:24:43","slug":"when-it-comes-to-medical-tests-and-treatments-more-is-not-always-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/01\/when-it-comes-to-medical-tests-and-treatments-more-is-not-always-better\/","title":{"rendered":"When it comes to medical tests and treatments, more is not always better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As technology and medical knowledge progress, doctors and patients have access to many more screening tools. But with the availability of more tests, also comes the risk of overtesting and overdiagnosis, worries health care researcher, Alan Cassels and doctors Wendy Levinson and Eric Bohm.<\/p>\n<p>They explain why more medical tests and treatments do not necessarily add value to care, how they can hurt our health care system -and what can be done to reduce the number of non-essential tests and treatments.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"When it comes to medical tests and treatments, more is not always better\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2IyTcKDAiWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Alan Cassels\" href=\"https:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/outreach\/evidencenetwork\/alan-cassels\">Alan Cassels<\/a> is a pharmaceutical policy researcher, author and expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Eric Bohm\" href=\"https:\/\/umanitoba.ca\/outreach\/evidencenetwork\/eric-bohm\">Eric Bohm<\/a>\u00a0is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and an Orthopaedic Surgeon with the Concordia Joint Replacement Group in Winnipeg Manitoba.\u00a0 He is also an associate professor at the University of Manitoba. 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