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Archive Home > 2005 > July > 10 > Bend becoming an MRI magnet

Bend becoming an MRI magnet

Health-care providers say in-house machines provide convenience for growing number of patients, but insurers worry more MRIs will lead to unnecessary scans

By Kayley Mendenhall / The Bulletin
July 10, 2005

When Bend Memorial Clinic fires up its new magnetic resonance imaging scanner this fall, it will become the eighth machine of its kind in Bend.

Less than 10 years ago, according to technicians from Central Oregon Radiology Associates, Bend had only one MRI scanner. And Dr. Michael Kendrick, a....

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