radiology and imaging
Value-based radiology
Creating value and contributing to patient outcome in radiology
departments starts with well-organised utilisation plans, shorter waiting times,
appropriateness criteria, structured and timely reporting and continuous
research for better imaging, intervention and therapy
Oyunbileg von
Stackelberg PhD
Carlos Francisco Silva
MD
Hans-Ulrich Kauczor
MD
Department of Diagnostic
and Interventional
Radiology, University
Hospital of Heidelberg,
Germany
Healthcare delivery is experiencing a great
transition and the term ‘value-based healthcare’ is
on everybody’s lips nowadays. The theory behind
this term is that the healthcare providers are paid
based on a patient’s health outcome and not for
the amount of service they delivered. Outcome
differs depending on the medical condition
including comorbidities and is not easy to
measure. For example, the most important
outcome for cancer patients is survival; however,
as for many other conditions, time required for
recovery, complications, adverse effects, pain,
psychological stress, sustainability of health and
long-term consequences of the therapy could
define outcome, and so the value of the
healthcare. Care for a medical condition usually
involves different specialties and a number of
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interventions, thus the value for the patient can
only be achieved by the combined efforts of all
players over the full cycle of care. The benefits of
any one intervention for ultimate outcomes will
depend on the