title: Value of Imaging Part I: Perspectives for the Academic Radiologist.
abstract: With payers and policymakers increasingly scrutinizing the value of medical imaging, opportunities abound for radiologists and radiology health services researchers to meaningfully and rigorously demonstrate value. Part one of this two-part series on the value of imaging explores the concept of value in health care from the perspective of multiple stakeholders and discusses the opportunities and challenges for radiologists and health service researchers to demonstrate value. The current absence of meaningful national value metrics also presents an opportunity for radiologists to take the lead on the discussions of these metrics that may serve as the basis for future value-based payments. As both practitioners and investigators, radiologists should consider the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in all they do-interdisciplinary support and cooperation are essential to the success of value-focused imaging research and initiatives that improve patient outcomes. Radiology departments that align their cultures, infrastructures, and incentives to support these initiatives will greatly increase their chances of being successful in these endeavors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Rd. NE, Suite AT501, Atlanta, GA 30322. Electronic address: pduong3@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Phuong-Anh T
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Duong
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98104.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bresnahan
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03750.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pastel
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Rd. NE, Suite AT501, Atlanta, GA 30322.
authors.forename: Gelareh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sadigh
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana 71105.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-6830.
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Buch
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Rd. NE, Suite AT501, Atlanta, GA 30322; Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston, Virginia 20191.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duszak
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D000072177:Radiologists; D011871:Radiology / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D012108:Research Personnel
keywords: Comparative effectiveness; Health services research; Imaging; Radiology; Value of imaging