What is the difference between a health screening and a diagnostic study?
The objective of a preventative health screening is to separate the normal from the abnormal findings and send that person with abnormal finding on for further follow-up diagnostic testing to examine the extent of the disease. The idea of a screening study is it should be inexpensive, readily available and very reliable. However, no study is 100% accurate. Therefore, people with questionable or abnormal health screenings are referred to their primary care physician for further diagnostic testing.
