title: The Top Three Health Care Developments Impacting the Practice of Interventional Radiology in the Next Decade.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We discuss three health care trends that will have a profound impact on interventional radiology (IR) in the next decade.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Precision medicine, representing the next frontier of medicine, will bring opportunities and challenges to the field. Significant changes in payment models may prove beneficial to the subspecialty if proactive steps are taken by its members. Finally, shifts in population demographics are predicted to increase demand for services while intensifying the need to cultivate a complementary workforce.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology Section, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195-7115.
authors.forename: Sharon W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Adam D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Talenfeld
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Radiology, William S. Middleton Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison, WI.|4 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Brunner
keywords: health care trends; health economics; interventional radiology; payment models; population demographics; precision medicine