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ReviewBJR open2025

EcoRad: sustainable radiology and the ecology of economics.

Benjamin E Northrup, Kate Hanneman, Reed A Omary

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Review in BJR open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin E NorthrupSection of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-8789
Kate HannemanDivision of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Medical Imaging, University Medical Imaging Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3077-2218
Reed A OmaryDepartment of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review explores the dual meaning of the prefix "eco"-ecology and economics-and the transformative idea of synthesizing the two into a single "eco" framework. This framework gives rise to EcoRad, which blends economic and ecologic principles to optimize radiology practice. EcoRad strives to achieve the triple bottom line by approaching economic challenges from a planetary health perspective and by using economic approaches to enhance planetary health. In effect, this expands the traditional focus on financial performance to also include social and environmental impact. With EcoRad as a guide, radiology departments are called upon to consider 5 actions that can help overcome barriers to sustainable radiology: adopt sustainable procurement and maintenance, integrate green information technology (IT) and operational efficiencies, advocate for payment models that reward green radiology, champion green budgeting, and involve patients, industry, third-party payors, and policymakers in sustainability.

Indexed as

carbon pricingmedical economicsplanetary healthsupply chainsustainability

Identifiers

PMID41146962
PMCPMC12554375

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