[wiseone]

How would you feel having your X ray read by some indian or russian,deciding if you have cancer or heart blockage?

''Even the medical sector is being affected because a lot of radiology is being read overseas,'' said Irwin Kellner, a professor of economics at Hofstra University in New York. ''They're transmitted back and forth on the Internet.''

[Lessismore]

How would you feel having your X ray read by some indian or russian,deciding if you have cancer or heart blockage?

The last doctor I saw at the clinic here is Indian.

[EagleMamaMT]

RE: "X-rays being read overseas".

One factor I've never seen addressed is this: These guys are not American board certified in radiology. That means they are probably not up to American standards of proficiency and have had no type of testing to determine their proficiency. I don't know about anyone else, but if I'm sick enough to require a CT, MRI or x-ray, I want the person reading it to be highly qualified and well trained. I don't want him to be a graduate of some third-world, poorly-equipped medical school.