CareIO Blog
16February
From Static Archives to Streaming Signals: Event-Driven Liquidity in Imaging
- Care IO
- February 24 2026
The U.S. medical imaging market is experiencing explosive growth that’s fundamentally challenging how healthcare systems store and deliver imaging data. Valued at USD 15.1 billion in 2024, the market is projected to surge to USD 24.9 billion by 2034, registering a CAGR of 5.2 percent. ...
16February
Cross-Network Liquidity: How Imaging Will Flow Seamlessly Across QHINs and Global Exchanges
- Care IO
- February 17 2026
More than 5.8 million duplicate imaging orders were potentially preventable in a single year. At an average cost of $200-$500 per study, that represents $1.16 to $2.9 billion in annual waste, money flowing directly out of health system margins while exposing patients to unnecessary radiation.
16February
How End-to-End Care Pathways Are Rewriting the Readmission Playbook
- Care IO
- January 28 2026
Thirty-day hospital readmissions remain a core U.S. quality metric. For 2024 performance measurement, CMS continues to publish the Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission measure. Despite this focus, many U.S. hospitals still report readmission rates in the low-to-mid teens. This is ...