Adrian P Brady1,2, Jaqueline A Bello3,4, Lorenzo E Derchi2,5, Michael Fuchsjäger2,6, Stacy Goergen7,8, Gabriel P Krestin9,10, Emil J Y Lee11,12, David C Levin13,14, Josephine Pressacco12,15, Vijay M Rao13,14, John Slavotinek8,16, Jacob J Visser9,10, Richard E A Walker12,17, James A Brink4,10,18. 1. 36860Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. 2. European Society of Radiology (ESR), Vienna, Austria. 3. Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA. 4. American College of Radiology (ACR), Reston, VA, USA. 5. University of Genoa, Italy. 6. Medical University Graz, Austria. 7. Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 8. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 9. 6993Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 10. International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (IS3R), Vienna, Austria. 11. 60460Langley Memorial Hospital, British Columbia, Canada. 12. Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 13. 6559Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 14. Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Oak Brook, IL, USA. 15. 5620McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 16. 14351Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. 17. 2129University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 18. 1811Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Value-Based Healthcare (VBH) concept is designed to improve individual healthcare outcomes without increasing expenditure, and is increasingly being used to determine resourcing of and reimbursement for medical services. Radiology is a major contributor to patient and societal healthcare at many levels. Despite this, some VBH models do not acknowledge radiology's central role; this may have future negative consequences for resource allocation. METHODS, FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION: This multi-society paper, representing the views of Radiology Societies in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, describes the place of radiology in VBH models and the health-care value contributions of radiology. Potential steps to objectify and quantify the value contributed by radiology to healthcare are outlined.
BACKGROUND: The Value-Based Healthcare (VBH) concept is designed to improve individual healthcare outcomes without increasing expenditure, and is increasingly being used to determine resourcing of and reimbursement for medical services. Radiology is a major contributor to patient and societal healthcare at many levels. Despite this, some VBH models do not acknowledge radiology's central role; this may have future negative consequences for resource allocation. METHODS, FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION: This multi-society paper, representing the views of Radiology Societies in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, describes the place of radiology in VBH models and the health-care value contributions of radiology. Potential steps to objectify and quantify the value contributed by radiology to healthcare are outlined.