Timely Follow-up of Abnormal Diagnostic Imaging Test Results in an Outpatient Setting
Author(s) -
Hardeep Singh,
Eric J. Thomas,
Shrinidi Mani,
Dean F. Sittig,
Harvinder Arora,
Donna Espadas,
Myrna M. Khan,
Laura A. Petersen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.263
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , veterans affairs , odds , logistic regression , medical record , medical emergency , magnetic resonance imaging , test (biology) , emergency medicine , medical imaging , transmission (telecommunications) , outpatient clinic , radiology , computer science , paleontology , biology , telecommunications
Given the fragmentation of outpatient care, timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging results remains a challenge. We hypothesized that an electronic medical record (EMR) that facilitates the transmission and availability of critical imaging results through either automated notification (alerting) or direct access to the primary report would eliminate this problem.
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