St. Vincent Health in St. Louis is showing that medical imaging in hospitals and outpatient facilities can be improved.

St Vincent Health provides medical imaging services at 13 hospitals and six freestanding outpatient imaging clinics. Eleven hospitals perform imaging services on an inpatient and outpatient basis, while two hospitals have only inpatient imaging services.

For many years, they have operated what might be called a “standard” medical imaging model: maximize outpatient use of radiology equipment so as to maximize revenue.