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New imaging technology and cost containment.
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Unusual ScrutinyMedical TechnologyAdvanced ImagingPoor Technologic AssessmentTechnology Acquisition DecisionsCost ContainmentHealthcare InnovationDigital HealthRadiologic TechnologyComputational ImagingPublic HealthRadiation ImagingHealth Services ResearchRadiologyHealth SciencesMedical ImagingHealth PolicyHealth InsuranceImagingDigital ImagingRadiologic ImagingHealthcare ValueHealth EconomicsBiomedical ImagingHealth Care CostClinical ImageMedicineHealth Informatics
New diagnostic imaging technologies have borne unusual scrutiny in considerations of health care cost containment. This scrutiny derives from a history of relatively poor technologic assessment, questions about the extent to which technologic innovations promulgate improvements in patients' health, and observations that economic concerns often take precedence over medical ones in technology acquisition decisions. Current and future legislative and market-driven health care reform initiatives will require providers thinking of acquiring new imaging technologies to assess their costs and benefits more rigorously.