Siemens Healthcare Workflow and Solutions division CEO Thomas Miller testified Wednesday on the benefits of medical imaging during a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing on healthcare reform.
In his testimony before the Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Miller said that diagnostic imaging technologies support more cost-effective care by enabling earlier, faster, and more accurate diagnosis, eliminating the need for expensive and invasive surgeries and inappropriate therapies, reducing hospital admissions, and, in many cases, avoiding costs of long-term chronic conditions, according to the Malvern, PA-based vendor.
In addition, Miller attributed the growth in medical imaging to its transformational effect on medicine for almost every facet of every disease, Siemens said. He said the best means to reduce healthcare costs and overuse is by creating a more efficient healthcare system through healthcare information technology and to manage imaging utilization through physician-driven appropriateness guidelines.
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