Leading Radiology Forward
Diagnostic Imaging: A Large and Growing Market
Growth has resulted from ...
• Aging population - 65-year-old demographic is expected
to increase significantly
• Growing population - particularly in California, our
largest market
Technology advances - expanding cost-effective
applications for diagnostic imaging
• Wider physician and payor acceptance for imaging
• Greater consumer and physician awareness of and
demand for earlier intervention and preventive
diagnostic screening
Shift to Outpatient
Services driven by...
• Referring MDs increasing
concern about cost, outcomes,
and patient experience
• Payors steering volume to less
costly outpatient providers
•Patients increasingly seeking
cost effective care given shift to
high deductible health plans
■ Supplemented by growing
demand for convenient care
settings
•
Shift to outpatient services
Imaging has been shown to reduce costs of Healthcare
Delivery System from...
Earlier and more accurate detection/diagnosis of disease
and injury
• Preventative screening resulting in money saved during
treatment phase
Source: Frost and Sullivan
RadNet.
Leading Radiology Forward
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