Radiology Business March 31, 2025
Unnecessary medical imaging costs the United States about $12 billion annually, previous research has found, and it’s also wasting enough electricity to power a small town.
Neiman Health Policy Institute experts recently made this assertion in a new study published Friday by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Between 2017 and 2021, all low-value imaging generated upward of 129.2 kilotons per year, with CT and MRI accounting for the largest portion.
That’s enough wasted energy to service upward of 70,000 individuals for a year, imaging experts noted.
“Our analysis demonstrates the potential to meaningfully reduce our carbon footprint by decreasing unnecessary imaging orders,” study co-author Elizabeth Rula, PhD, executive director of the Neiman Health Policy...
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