Of Mice and Men: Escaping the Relative Value Unit Trap
| Autor: | Lawrence C. Swayne |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Dictation business.industry education Specialty Efficiency Workload Relative Value Scales United States health services administration Family medicine Health care Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Demographic economics Diminishing returns Radiology business Commoditization Productivity Pace Relative value unit |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Radiology. 11:777-780 |
| ISSN: | 1546-1440 |
| Popis: | Although radiologists have kept pace with the dramatic growth of medical imaging during the past two decades through the use of PACS, digital dictation, and 3-dimensional reconstruction, radiology is approaching the point of diminishing returns. As reimbursements further decline, attempts to increase radiologists' productivity risk commoditization of the specialty. The continued evolution of US health care policy, however, presents an opportunity for radiologists, using their core competencies, to shape the future direction of medicine. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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