Abstract
Health-care payment is a subject on the mind of virtually every citizen today. Are there areas where expenses can be cut without undermining the quality of care provided? One of these areas is certainly the misuse and overuse of medical imaging [1]. Imaging is a major culprit for several reasons. For instance, diagnostic imaging tests are performed to protect against malpractice exposure, a high-cost diagnostic procedure is used for patients at low risk for the condition, a diagnostic test is applied despite no expected impact on the course of the treatment, or there may simply be a lack of communication and inadequate exchange of information among physicians. As a result, more than 95 million high-tech scans are done each year in the USA, and medical imaging (including CT, MRI, and PET scans) has ballooned into a $100 billion a year industry in the USA, with Medicare paying for $14 billion of that [1].
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