Clinical Decision Support: Page 8

Decision support takes bite out of duplicate CT exams
By Cynthia E. Keen
Clinical decision-support (CDS) software that alerts physicians if they are about to order a duplicate imaging exam was effective in tests conducted in Massachusetts. In an April 22 article in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers reported that doctors who used CDS software had six times the rate of canceled CT exams.
April 25, 2013
Reporting external exams reduces repeat imaging
By Cynthia E. Keen
One of the easiest ways to reduce repeat imaging for patients transferred to a new hospital is for radiologists to prepare a report for external images transferred with the patients on CDs, according to a study by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.
February 25, 2013
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Patients may react negatively to CDS systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased use of clinical decision-support (CDS) software leads to greater patient dissatisfaction, according to an article published in the January issue of Medical Decision Making.
January 27, 2013
Automated software eases handling of patient CDs
By Erik L. Ridley
With little need for human intervention or training, a commercially available software application can reliably import images from CDs into a PACS network, according to researchers from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
January 22, 2013
PACSGear launches PACSGear Image Exchange
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS accessories firm PACSGear has introduced PACSGear Image Exchange (PIE) to facilitate image sharing between healthcare facilities.
November 14, 2012
Electronic image transfer lowers cost, radiation exposure
By Erik L. Ridley
Researchers from the Pacific Northwest reduced repeat rates for CT studies of trauma patients with an electronic image transfer network using CDs and a virtual private network. The model reduced both costs and radiation dose, according to study results published in the September Journal of the American College of Radiology.
September 3, 2012
Prototype shows potential for patient-centered image sharing
By Erik L. Ridley
Current image-sharing methods based on CDs are burdensome to both patients and providers alike and also raise privacy concerns. However, researchers from Wake Forest University have developed a patient-controlled prototype image-sharing framework that aims to tackle those problems.
August 28, 2012
SIIM: How to add clinical decision support -- and make it stick
By Cynthia E. Keen
ORLANDO, FL - The key to success for implementing clinical decision support with computerized physician order-entry systems for diagnostic imaging is based on three key principles, according to a presentation at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.
June 9, 2012
ETIAM reaches 80M image exchange milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer ETIAM's secure medical networking technology has exchanged 80 million images worldwide.
May 29, 2012
HealthHelp adds decision support to portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management firm HealthHelp has debuted Rank and Suggest Alternatives, a new service that combines computer-based clinical decision support with diagnostic imaging benefits management.
January 23, 2012
Non-DICOM-compliant CDs are increasingly common
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, has experienced a disconcerting increase over the past four years in the number of outside image CDs that fail to conform to the DICOM standard, according to a study presented on Monday at the RSNA 2011 meeting.
November 28, 2011
Day 2 of FDA mobile apps hearing; RSNA Image Share; Calif. breast density bill advances
By Brian Casey
September 14, 2011
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