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This assumes that’s what medical companies want. If we get closer to full value based care, then yes.

• xiphias2 8y ago
  Which medical company doesn't want to move costs down? You don't need high costs to charge a lot.
  • eismcc 8y ago
    If your business is making money on treating issues, preventing them isn’t aligned. Worst case, you neglect issues until they get to a point where you start making money. Legacy dialysis business is a good exsmple - they need ass-in-seats to justify clinics, so prevention isn’t as big a priority. Also, doctors often have shares in clinic revenue.
    • sergers 8y ago
      A friend of mind works for a software company that was utilizing Medq AI's brain bleed/hemorrhage detection Algorithm to identify urgent cases to be reviewed by a radiologist. They were pitching it to a medical group, and they were like that's great for patient care but how does it cut costs to the organization...
    • xiphias2 8y ago
      This makes sense, but Facebook / Google have enough resources to push their solutions onto the hospitals (give few years for free, maybe give the CEO some other fun stuff).
• skwb 8y ago
  MRI manufacturers want to develop products that bring on new functionality and ability to justify their prices. A brand new 1.5T scanner easily costs several MIL to make, and for a clinic to purchase one will have to fulfill a business case to justify the purchase. For the clinics, acquiring new service lines (such as adding cardiac) is one such way to do so even in a more value based care setting.