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by aabajian 3352 days ago
Don't have time right now to go into detail, but in radiology the biggest problem is rising volumes with lower reimbursement. I addressed this in another thread, but it's an arms race between vendors to maximize radiologist throughput via tools such as dictaphones, templates, computer-aided diagnoses, and now, machine learning.
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"but in radiology the biggest problem is rising volumes with lower reimbursement"

Huh? So x-rays have become plentiful and cheap due to competition-driven innovation? How is that a problem?