TY - JOUR
T1 - Building Imaging Institutes of Patient Care Outcomes
T2 - Imaging as a Nidus for Innovation in Clinical Care, Research, and Education
AU - Petrou, Myria
AU - Cronin, Paul
AU - Altaee, Duaa K.
AU - Kelly, Aine M.
AU - Foerster, Bradley R.
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - Traditionally, radiologists have been responsible for the protocol of imaging studies, imaging acquisition, supervision of imaging technologists, and interpretation and reporting of imaging findings. In this article, we outline how radiology needs to change and adapt to a role of providing value-based, integrated health-care delivery. We believe that the way to best serve our specialty and our patients is to undertake a fundamental paradigm shift in how we practice. We describe the need for imaging institutes centered on disease entities (eg, lung cancer, multiple sclerosis) to not only optimize clinical care and patient outcomes, but also spur the development of a new educational focus, which will increase opportunities for medical trainees and other health professionals. These institutes will also serve as unique environments for testing and implementing new technologies and for generating new ideas for research and health-care delivery. We propose that the imaging institutes focus on how imaging practices—including new innovations—improve patient care outcomes within a specific disease framework. These institutes will allow our specialty to lead patient care, provide the necessary infrastructure for state-of-the art-education of trainees, and stimulate innovative and clinically relevant research.
AB - Traditionally, radiologists have been responsible for the protocol of imaging studies, imaging acquisition, supervision of imaging technologists, and interpretation and reporting of imaging findings. In this article, we outline how radiology needs to change and adapt to a role of providing value-based, integrated health-care delivery. We believe that the way to best serve our specialty and our patients is to undertake a fundamental paradigm shift in how we practice. We describe the need for imaging institutes centered on disease entities (eg, lung cancer, multiple sclerosis) to not only optimize clinical care and patient outcomes, but also spur the development of a new educational focus, which will increase opportunities for medical trainees and other health professionals. These institutes will also serve as unique environments for testing and implementing new technologies and for generating new ideas for research and health-care delivery. We propose that the imaging institutes focus on how imaging practices—including new innovations—improve patient care outcomes within a specific disease framework. These institutes will allow our specialty to lead patient care, provide the necessary infrastructure for state-of-the art-education of trainees, and stimulate innovative and clinically relevant research.
KW - Diagnostic imaging
KW - Diffusion of innovation
KW - Medical education
KW - Patient-centered care
KW - Quality of health care
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U2 - 10.1016/j.acra.2018.01.009
DO - 10.1016/j.acra.2018.01.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 29729856
AN - SCOPUS:85046805420
SN - 1076-6332
VL - 25
SP - 594
EP - 598
JO - Academic radiology
JF - Academic radiology
IS - 5
ER -