DOTmed December 20, 2021
This year’s RSNA conference kicked off with a plenary lecture from Dr. James Brink, chair of radiology and chief of Enterprise Radiology at Mass General Brigham. In his talk, Dr. Brink discussed the importance of radiologists engaging with and defining their role in value-based health care. If not, other specialties and organizations will take the lead and set their own initiatives. Picking up on this theme, one of our focus points was exploring the impact that striving to achieve increased value was having on hardware and software imaging procurement, including AI. The other focus point was identifying the innovation occurring in attempts to keep pace with the demands of the radiology department. As is true with most discussions regarding value-based...