Radiology Business May 24, 2024
Experts are highlighting 10 trends to follow this year in diagnostic imaging, including staffing challenges and reimbursement pressures.
Vizient published its latest Diagnostic Imaging Tech Watch on May 24, the fifth edition of its annual report. The Irving, Texas-based consulting firm is seeing a slowdown in providers’ push to shift interventional and surgical cases into outpatient settings. But Vizient is still predicting 13% growth in advanced outpatient imaging during the next decade, particularly in CT and PET.
Like last year’s report, the firm also is forecasting double-digit growth in diagnostic imaging services driven by technological advances and an aging population.
“Given the ongoing labor challenges in healthcare, it is now more important than ever to find ways to work more...