Unnecessary imaging wastes $12B a year and uses enough electricity to power a small town – RamaOnHealthcare

Unnecessary imaging wastes $12B a year and uses enough electricity to power a small town – RamaOnHealthcare

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 [...]

Unnecessary imaging wastes $12B a year and uses enough electricity to power a small town

Between 2017 and 2021, all inappropriate imaging generated upward of 129.2 kilotons per year, with CT and MRI accounting for the largest portion.