The use of clinical decision support in the emergency room cuts the need for CT pulmonary angiography for acute pulmonary embolism by 20 percent and boosts yield 69 percent, according to a study published online on Dec. 20 in the journal Radiology.
More »CHICAGO — Imagine reading a CT scan of a liver tumor and being able to easily view similar scans, diagnoses, or tumors. It’s a vision of Sandy Napel, PhD, professor of radiology at Stanford School of Medicine, who has been working with his colleagues to develop an image analysis and decision support...
More »CHICAGO — System helps physicians follow evidence.
More »While we agree that both approaches can help manage utilization rates of imaging and reduce health care costs, we beg to strongly differ that prior notification is the better option. We have hard facts that indicate decision support is better for not only patients, but providers, health plans, and...
More »Radiology decision support tools are a bit like sunscreen – they can keep you from getting burned, but only if you bother to use them. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
More »Stephen Herman, MD, an associate professor of radiology at University Health Network in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and CEO of MedCurrent, discusses how radiology decision support systems can help reduce radiation exposure, and what it will take for the tools to catch on.
More »The rise of electronic health records can facilitate the use of decision support systems when ordering and selecting imaging tests. Also, should these tools be mandated?
More »Electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical decision support (CDS) do not appear to improve the quality of clinical care, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
More »HealthDay — Electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical decision support (CDS) do not appear to improve the quality of clinical care, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
More »Minnesota is in the vanguard as far as implementing clinical decision support, a tool that tamps down overutilization and reduces the incidence of patients receiving inappropriate diagnostic imaging tests. Minnesota is launching a statewide initiative to adopt the tool; others states are also...
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