Today’s providers are facing a combination of challenges and opportunities: advances in medical technology, regulatory and reimbursement changes, workforce shortages, and new players promoting lower costs and easier access. Organizations need to adapt their imaging services to drive new value for patients and referring providers, as well as to maintain and ideally boost their own financial performance.
Healthcare organizations may need help proactively developing clear, strategic priorities and plans for their medical imaging services in order to ensure continued and enhanced support for quality of care (initial diagnoses and overall care coordination), staff preparedness, superior patient and referring provider experiences, and sustainable financial performance.