title: Radiology health services research: from imperative to legislative mandate.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In the era of health care reform, our value-added to patient care, its corresponding level of reimbursement, and the stature of radiology as a specialty will likely be grounded in the scientific evaluation methods of health services research.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We need to create more opportunities for training, provide resources and incentives for the brightest candidates to enter this field, and cultivate enriching environments for health services research in all academic radiology departments.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Departments of Radiology and Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. stophlee@gmail.com
authors.forename: Christoph I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Howard P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Forman
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States