Great writing, keep them coming. I was in a scanner last year, which was prompt, and rather brilliant with all that back up skill to read and understand the output. But the bottleneck in the NHS was and is subsequent treatment, and apparently sadly for me a rather extreme example of triage. I am not sure how to place triage on the scale …
Great writing, keep them coming. I was in a scanner last year, which was prompt, and rather brilliant with all that back up skill to read and understand the output. But the bottleneck in the NHS was and is subsequent treatment, and apparently sadly for me a rather extreme example of triage. I am not sure how to place triage on the scale of productivity.
Regarding the machines there is a useful article in Science, May 10th.
"Low-field magnetic resonance imaging can be engineered for widespread point-of-care diagnostic". The ideal appears to be 'permanent magnets' i.e. no helium, with some clever AI to offset the loss of image resolution at very low Tesla.
Low cost imaging (relatively sustainable without the need for helium) might be rolled out say for Africa where it could be useful for diagnosing TB etc., but thinking about your main point on 'productivity', the real gain would be to reduce in the first place the development of disease, especially for example chronic conditions well before they need expensive treatment. 'Lifestyle' related cardiovascular changes presage outcomes of death and disability, like stroke. John Burns Murdoch's charts comparing morbidity across advanced countries tell a gruesome tale. And the roll-out for instance of the so-called 'Western diet' has been fingered as the probable background for many increasing global ills: one of several perhaps unstoppable trends in 'reverse progress' in productivity?
Great writing, keep them coming. I was in a scanner last year, which was prompt, and rather brilliant with all that back up skill to read and understand the output. But the bottleneck in the NHS was and is subsequent treatment, and apparently sadly for me a rather extreme example of triage. I am not sure how to place triage on the scale of productivity.
Regarding the machines there is a useful article in Science, May 10th.
"Low-field magnetic resonance imaging can be engineered for widespread point-of-care diagnostic". The ideal appears to be 'permanent magnets' i.e. no helium, with some clever AI to offset the loss of image resolution at very low Tesla.
Low cost imaging (relatively sustainable without the need for helium) might be rolled out say for Africa where it could be useful for diagnosing TB etc., but thinking about your main point on 'productivity', the real gain would be to reduce in the first place the development of disease, especially for example chronic conditions well before they need expensive treatment. 'Lifestyle' related cardiovascular changes presage outcomes of death and disability, like stroke. John Burns Murdoch's charts comparing morbidity across advanced countries tell a gruesome tale. And the roll-out for instance of the so-called 'Western diet' has been fingered as the probable background for many increasing global ills: one of several perhaps unstoppable trends in 'reverse progress' in productivity?