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Financial Forecasting and Stochastic Modeling: Predicting the Impact of Business Decisions.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Rubin, GD; Patel, BN
Published in: Radiology
May 2017

In health care organizations, effective investment of precious resources is critical to assure that the organization delivers high-quality and sustainable patient care within a supportive environment for patients, their families, and the health care providers. This holds true for organizations independent of size, from small practices to large health systems. For radiologists whose role is to oversee the delivery of imaging services and the interpretation, communication, and curation of imaging-informed information, business decisions influence where and how they practice, the tools available for image acquisition and interpretation, and ultimately their professional satisfaction. With so much at stake, physicians must understand and embrace the methods necessary to develop and interpret robust financial analyses so they effectively participate in and better understand decision making. This review discusses the financial drivers upon which health care organizations base investment decisions and the central role that stochastic financial modeling should play in support of strategically aligned capital investments. Given a health care industry that has been slow to embrace advanced financial analytics, a fundamental message of this review is that the skills and analytical tools are readily attainable and well worth the effort to implement in the interest of informed decision making. © RSNA, 2017 Online supplemental material is available for this article.

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Published In

Radiology

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EISSN

1527-1315

Publication Date

May 2017

Volume

283

Issue

2

Start / End Page

342 / 358

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Private Practice
  • Practice Management
  • Planning Techniques
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Economic
  • Forecasting
  • Decision Making, Organizational
 

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Rubin, G. D., & Patel, B. N. (2017). Financial Forecasting and Stochastic Modeling: Predicting the Impact of Business Decisions. Radiology, 283(2), 342–358. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2017161800
Rubin, Geoffrey D., and Bhavik N. Patel. “Financial Forecasting and Stochastic Modeling: Predicting the Impact of Business Decisions.Radiology 283, no. 2 (May 2017): 342–58. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2017161800.
Rubin, Geoffrey D., and Bhavik N. Patel. “Financial Forecasting and Stochastic Modeling: Predicting the Impact of Business Decisions.Radiology, vol. 283, no. 2, May 2017, pp. 342–58. Pubmed, doi:10.1148/radiol.2017161800.

Published In

Radiology

DOI

EISSN

1527-1315

Publication Date

May 2017

Volume

283

Issue

2

Start / End Page

342 / 358

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Private Practice
  • Practice Management
  • Planning Techniques
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Models, Statistical
  • Models, Economic
  • Forecasting
  • Decision Making, Organizational