Ayres predicts the next EBM revolution will strip physicians of their 'front-end' discretion over diagnosis and test ordering, as digital medical records let data determine which classes of patients should receive which tests based on when medical benefit exceeds cost.

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Ian Ayres

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we're going to start for the first time having digital medical records that will give us answers to question well what class of people should get those x-rays and what class shouldn't

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Ian Ayres on Super Crunchers and the Power of Data 10/22/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:42 AM

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