Cynthia E. Keen[email protected]ISRoad to RSNA 2009: Healthcare Informatics PreviewNovember 4, 2009ISReporting MRI exams: The positive impact of auditsTuesday, December 1 | 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | SSJ11-04 | Room S102DWhat's the value and impact of a regular, robust clinical audit of the quality of radiology reports? An impressive improvement in quality, according to the experience of a U.K. audit program.November 4, 2009IS... and are they really happy (with radiology reports)?Tuesday, December 1 | 3:20 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | SSJ11-03 | Room S102DThere's nothing like a survey to perform a reality check. In this case, radiologists at Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA, performed a survey to ascertain whether the reports they are preparing are meeting the needs of clinicians who receive them.November 4, 2009ISAre referring physicians really listening?Tuesday, December 1 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSG10-04 | Room S402ABAre referring physicians responding to recommendations for additional imaging procedures by radiologists? Precise answers to this age-old question -- made more difficult by the reduction of direct radiologist and physician communication that resulted from conversion to RIS and PACS -- can now be obtained through the implementation of electronic medical records.November 4, 2009ISFactors affecting error rate in speech recognition dictationTuesday, December 1 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSG10-01 | Room S402ABUse of speech recognition software has greatly expedited radiology report turnaround time and has transformed the way that reports are authored, but at what cost? The subject of errors made using this medium is seldom discussed, so this ambitious study of almost 18,000 radiology reports is refreshing in its size and candor.November 4, 2009ISDEXA talks: Automating transfer of reports to structured dictation systemsMonday, November 30 | 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-IN2118-D03 | Lakeside Learning CenterAs a community hospital and expanding healthcare enterprise, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose was an outstanding innovator, role model, and successful adopter in the early stages of the digital revolution of radiology and informatics. So it's no surprise that the hospital's diagnostic imaging department automated the process of transferring reports from a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner into its RIS using a speech recognition structured dictation system.November 4, 2009ISHarnessing informatics to analyze minutiae: Identifying errors in MRI of the spineMonday, November 30 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSC07-09 | Room S102DThe ability of radiology report search engines to identify very precise information contained within massive electronic medical archives will be aptly demonstrated in this presentation by Dr. Minal Jagtiani Sangwaiya.November 4, 2009ISOnline radiology incident reporting system identifies error sourcesMonday, November 30 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSC07-03 | Room S102DAwareness of medical incidents, errors, and near misses is one of the most effective ways of identifying the means to prevent them. Down Under, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists is sponsoring an online Radiology Events Register, a database collecting voluntarily reported adverse incidents and discrepancies in radiology.November 4, 2009ISThe Annual Update: What's doing with caBIG and the NBIA?Monday, November 30 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSC08-03 | Room S402ABDr. Eliot Siegel, vice chairman of the department of diagnostic radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, will deliver his annual state-of-the-project update about the National Cancer Institute's Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) and the National Biomedical Imaging Archive (NBIA).November 4, 2009ISBuilding barriers against orders for low-utility examinationsSunday, November 29 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA11-03 | Room S403AFrom a diagnostic imaging perspective, computerized order entry systems have the potential to monitor the number and types of procedures that physicians order, to alert physicians to the existence of prior patient exams, and to enforce or enlighten physicians to practice evidence-based medicine. Radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital have elected the enlightenment approach -- with barriers established for nonconformance.November 4, 2009Previous PagePage 65 of 88Next PageTop StoriesCT'Habitat' AI model shows promise for stratifying lung nodule disease risk on LDCTThis type of model has an edge on its 2D and radiomics counterparts, researchers reported.MRICE MRI-based radiomics model captures DEB TACE-induced tumor changesUltrasoundPOCUS performs well in assessing pathologic venous congestionCTMachine learning plus CT helps assess severity of COPDUltrasoundActive thyroid surveillance effective, beneficial for older patients