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Automating mandatory QA eliminates biased peer review
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, November 30 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-QSE3034-WEA | Lakeside Learning CenterThis storyboard presentation from MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas makes a strong argument for integrating a mandatory peer-review quality-assurance (QA) process into radiologists' exam interpretation workflow.
November 10, 2011
Informatics tracking tool improves management of lung and liver cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, November 30 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSK09-08 | Room S405ABThis presentation describes a tracking tool that red flags the failure of physicians to follow up on radiology reports that identify suspicious lung and/or liver lesions in U.S. military veterans receiving treatment in the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System.
November 10, 2011
Decision-support guidelines prove effective for breast MRI guidelines
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, November 30 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSK09-07 | Room S405ABHow has the use of clinical decision-support software affected breast MRI use? In this scientific paper presentation, Dr. Vartan Vartanians, a research fellow in radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, will discuss an analysis of 10 years of ordering patterns.
November 10, 2011
Web services deliver imaging appropriateness criteria during order entry
By Cynthia E. Keen
Wednesday, November 30 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSK09-02 | Room S405ABThis scientific session will focus on the feasibility of using Web services to deliver just-in-time American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria to provide decision support when diagnostic imaging procedures are being ordered.
November 10, 2011
How to deploy and use open-source CT dose monitoring software
By Cynthia E. Keen
Sunday, November 27 | 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | RC154 | Room S401AB
Tuesday, November 29 | 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. | RC454 | Room S401ABThis refresher course introduces the Radiation Dose Intelligent Analytics for CT Examinations (RADIANCE) open-source software, and provides a hands-on demonstration on how to download, configure, and use it.
November 10, 2011
Just-in-time data mining addresses uncertainty in radiology reports
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSJ11-06 | Room S102DImagine sitting at a diagnostic workstation with a difficult case to interpret, and being able to retrieve similar images and related reports contained in a PACS with a single button command. This capability is being tested at Massachusetts General Hospital using prototype software.
November 10, 2011
Radiology and IBM's Dr. Watson DeepQA computer explained
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSJ12-02 | Room S402ABThis scientific session should be a must-attend for fans of the popular U.S. television quiz show "Jeopardy." The artificial intelligence of IBM's Watson DeepQA computer beat the game show's two most successful contestants when it played Jeopardy in February 2011 in a man versus machine showdown.
November 10, 2011
Learning from radiology practices' meaningful use experiences
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. | ICII32 | Room S501ABCThe RSNA expects to draw crowds to a panel discussion of five presenters representing radiology practices implementing the meaningful use requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to adopt electronic records and receive U.S. government stimulus funds.
November 10, 2011
Algorithm automatically extracts breast density information from mammo reports
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-INS-TU4B | Lakeside Learning CenterA method of automatically extracting breast density from free-text mammography reports is described in this poster presentation. Over time, this data could facilitate epidemiological research and decision support for patient management based on breast density.
November 10, 2011
Informatics software tracks complication rates of imaging-guided procedures
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-QSE3047-TUB | Lakeside Learning CenterIn this storyboard presentation, a no-hassle way to track and monitor complication rates of imaging-guided procedures will be explained. The solution that makes this possible is a Web-based automated procedure log application.
November 10, 2011
Implementing best practices for electronic communication of critical results
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-PPE-TU6A | Lakeside Learning CenterCritical test results management software is designed to help simplify, streamline, and make more foolproof the delivery of urgent information, but out-of-box implementation doesn't necessarily produce the desired results. In this session, Dr. Charles McGraw will describe how radiologists at the University of California, Los Angeles Health System have modified a software program to meet the needs of physicians.
November 10, 2011
RIS integration eliminates paper ultrasound measurement forms
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 29 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | LL-INS-TU8A | Lakeside Learning CenterA Web-based data entry form to record ultrasound measurements has not only eliminated the use of paper forms in the radiology department of Staten Island University Hospital, it has improved the accuracy of communications between technologists and radiologists.
November 10, 2011
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