IMV's second semi-annual market update for 2009 provides insights into diagnostic imaging procedure trends, by modality as reported in Fall 2009 and compares this to the Spring 2009 report. It also sheds light on how capital shortages and uncertainty over the new healthcare plan are affecting hospital radiology departments' purchases of imaging equipment and PACS systems during 2010, and specifically documents the timing and type of equipment and systems purchases planned for 2010 and beyond. Further, the research documents radiology administrators' predictions about future imaging activity levels and other changes in imaging services markets over the next 12 to 18 months.
Responses provided to the Fall 2009 survey are compared to those reported in the Spring 2009 study.
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- Research Objectives
- II. Executive Summary
- III. Research Methodology
- IV. Findings
- A. Background on Radiology Departments in Respondent Hospital Sample
- Distribution of hospital bed size categories
- Distribution of hospital type categories
- Distribution of respondent hospital locations by region
- Distribution of respondent hospital locations by type
- Number of radiologists per hospital
- B. Recent Trends in Hospital Radiology Department Procedure Volumes
- Annual volumes of diagnostic imaging procedures in radiology department
- Comparison of 2008 vs. 2009 YTD average monthly diagnostic imaging procedure volumes, by modality
- Expected changes in imaging procedure volumes YTD 2009 vs. Q2 2010, by modality
- Recent changes in level of competition in local diagnostic imaging services markets
- Short-term challenges to maintaining or growing revenues from imaging services
- Modalities and procedures for which patients must obtain pre-certification
- Recent impact of pre-certification requirements on imaging volumes, by modality
- Modalities expected to experience the greatest revenue changes, 2008 to 2009
- Reasons for expected declines in year-to-year revenues from selected modalities
- Opinions about the impact of proposed Healthcare Reform legislation on the facility during the next 6 months and the next 12 months
- C. Trends in Capital Budgets for Imaging Equipment Acquisitions
- Actual capital spending for diagnostic imaging equipment and related systems
- 2009 Capital budgets for diagnostic imaging equipment and related system purchases
- Primary reasons for differences in 2009 spending and capital budgets
- Budgeted acquisition of diagnostic imaging equipment in 2009 and 2010
- Prevalence and impact of capital equipment spending freezes
- Expected timing of when capital equipment spending freezes/restrictions will be lifted
- Changes needed before capital equipment spending freezes/limitations are lifted
- Potential interest in acquiring OEM-certified refurbished equipment
- Recent changes in willingness to consider OEM-certified refurbished equipment
- Consideration of downgrading of equipment technology or feature requirements
- Capital equipment financing questions
- D. PACS and MIS Implementation and Upgrade Plans for 2010
- Current status of PACS implementation
- Age of existing PACS systems
- Plans for investment in PACS upgrades and replacements
- Budgeted vs. actual PACS upgrades, YTD 2009
- Types of PACS upgrades planned for 2009 or 2010
- Planned investment in new PACS installation in 2009 or 2010
- Specific reasons for planned investment in new PACS during 2010
- Management information systems to be implemented between now and end of 2010
- E. Other Expected Changes for Radiology Department During 2010
- Diagnostic imaging procedures to begin offering during 2010
- Diagnostic imaging procedures to be discontinued during 2010
- Staffing limitations currently in effect in radiology departments
- Staffing limitations expected for first half of 2010
- Hospital-based capital projects planned between now and end of 2010
- Expected changes in facility operations during early 2010
- Expected changes in the number of local imaging facilities in the next nine months
- Expectations about facility’s financial condition at the end of first half 2010
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