Medical Imaging

On 11 May 2016, the Court of Auditors published a report on medical imaging, requested by the Senate Social Affairs Committee, pursuant to Article LO 132-3-1 of the Financial Courts Code. Medical imaging, which has been actively involved in medical progress since its invention at the end of the 19th century and whose techniques have diversified (radiography, scan, ultrasound, MRI, scintigraphy), today faces strong medico-economic challenges that regulatory policies do not allow to treat satisfactorily. In order to better adapt the means to the needs, the Court recommends acting concurrently on three levers: improve the relevance of actions and encourage innovation by reallocating resources, reorganising the supply around mutualisations between healthcare institutions and between the hospital and the liberal sector, and, finally, upgrading hospital imaging by introducing more flexibility in the exercise of functions and practices. The Court makes eight recommendations. This report is available on [the Court’s website] (https://www.ccomptes.fr/fr/publications/limagerie-medicale). The published files correspond to the data used in the preparation of the report.