Did anyone with experience in using XDS for data sharing come up with data on cost-effectiveness and/or put together a proper business case for XDS implementation? I'm wondering if this has been done, since some move to XDS, some to more proprietary data sharing solutions and some just stick to good old portable media.
David A Koff (Chair Dept. of Radiology) gave a presentation at the DICOM International Conference 2013 (ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/Dicom/Conference/Presentations/Post-Conf-Day-3/) where he stated:
"Benefits evaluations have indicated $850M to $1B per year in savings via: reduced patient transfers, improved turnaround times, improved productivity & capacity creation, reduced film costs, reduced duplicate tests."
I think interoperability (technical standards and profiles like XDS + XDS-I) is important in this context as an enabler, but there are many elements that influence cost-effectiveness of regional solutions for health information exchange.
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