1) Appreciate the current state of Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology and adoption in the United States. 2) Identify areas where EHR integration into the daily workflow of Radiologists is lacking. 3) Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of incorporating data contained in the EHR to generate high quality reports. 4) Understand the consequences of under utilizing data contained in the EHR.
Advanced heath information technologies, specifically EHR systems, are undergoing
rapid dissemination and widespread adoption spurred by initiatives in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009. When properly integrated into clinical workflow, an EHR can improve both the quality and efficiency of care delivery. Radiology has long been at the forefront with respect to information technology (IT), however the integration of EHR data into radiolgists' workflow is lacking which affects the efficiency, safety, and costs of Imaging. Emerging advanced heatlh record technologies which incorporate natural language processing and semantic search allow the radiologists to retrieve and incorporate relevant clinical data when generating reports thereby improving both efficiency and quality. In this session, the learner will explore how one such health intelligence platform, known as QPID (Queriable Patient Inference Dossier), allows for the creation of search queries tailored to the workflow of an abdominal radiologist.
Krishnaraj, A,
Augmenting Image Interpretation through the Use of Advanced Health Record Technology. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
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