scope:

The NAVDIRB will serve as the Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery's (BUMED) appointed representative when called upon or directed to participate in Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (Health Affairs) and quad-service forums that evaluate and assess technology, coordinate policy development, technology implementation, and acquisition issues. The establishment of the NAVDIRB provides Navy Medicine with a technically and clinically educated board composed of clinical and administrative personnel participating in the decision process to identify and introduce new imaging technologies, to evaluate cost-effective alternatives to these technologies, and to determine equipment replacement cycles.