TY - JOUR AU - Fuchsjäger, Michael AU - Lee, E. AU - Rao, V. M. AU - Brink, J. A. AU - Ulloa, B. Gonzalez AU - Barriga, J. M. Lozano AU - Homsi, C. AU - Tejos, M. Á. Pinochet AU - El-Diasty, T. AU - Mohanan, K. AU - Lee, W. AU - Honda, H. AU - Varma, D. AU - Lawler, L. AU - Derchi, L. E. AU - García-Mónaco, R. AU - European Society of Radiology (ESR) PY - 2019 DA - 2019/03/15 TI - Summary of the proceedings of the International Forum 2018: “Value-based radiology” JO - Insights into Imaging SP - 34 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The International Forum, established by the European Society of Radiology (ESR), aims to discuss important topics in the field of radiology with radiological partner societies from outside Europe. Value-based healthcare is currently a hot topic around the world and has been addressed in many papers. The ESR chose the topic “value-based radiology” for the ESR International Forum at ECR 2018 to discuss the trend within radiology to move from volume-based to value-based practice. The value-based healthcare (VBH) concept defined “value” as health outcomes achieved for patients relative to the costs of achieving them (European Society of Radiology (ESR) 2017, Insights Imaging 8: 566). Value should increase the health outcome and decrease the cost of delivering the outcomes. Radiology is simply counted as a cost and therefore, it is important that the radiologists themselves have an active role in the transition to be recognised as clinicians taking care of the patients. SN - 1869-4101 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-019-0717-7 DO - 10.1186/s13244-019-0717-7 ID - Fuchsjäger2019 ER -