title: Interventional radiology delivers high-value health care and is an Imaging 3.0 vanguard.
abstract: Given the changing climate of health care and the imperative to add value, radiologists must join forces with the rest of medicine to deliver better patient care in a more cost-effective, evidence-based manner. For several decades, interventional radiology has added value to the health care system through innovation and the provision of alternative and effective minimally invasive treatments, which have decreased morbidity, mortality, and overall cost. The clinical practice of interventional radiology embodies many of the features of Imaging 3.0, the program recently launched by the ACR. We provide a review of some of the major contributions made by interventional radiology and offer general principles from that experience, which are applicable to all radiologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork, NewYork.
authors.forename: Resmi A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Charalel
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork, NewYork. Electronic address: geraldinemcginty@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGinty
authors.affiliation: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, California; Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brant-Zawadzki
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California at Irvine, Orange, California.
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork, NewYork.
authors.forename: Neil M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Khilnani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.
authors.forename: Alan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork, NewYork.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; Rhode Island Vascular Institute, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.affiliation: Cook Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology, Sarasota, Florida.
authors.forename: Philip S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000592:standards*; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: Imaging 3.0; Value added; clinical practice; health care reform; interventional radiology