Search Tag: Clinical Decision Support System

ICU Management

Computerised-decision-support-alerts-for-high-risk-drug-combinations

2024 23 Jan

Existing clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) designed to prevent drug-drug interaction (DDI) often generate low-yield alerts, leading to alert fatigue among physicians and jeopardising patient safety.  A recent study focuses on the impact of tailoring DDI alerts to the ICU setting to reduce the frequency of high-risk drug combinations. The...Read more

Decision Support

New-clinical-decision-support-system-benefits-patients-with-acute-kidney-injury

2023 17 May

From wearable devices to artificial intelligence, the health care world has seen a boom in new digital health technologies. But while these new robotic medical assistants are exciting, they are only relevant if their benefits can be backed by scientific evidence.   One promising new technology is an electronic alert system that could benefit...Read more

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Digital-breast-tomosynthesis-in-screening-approaches-to-reduce-reading-time

2022 02 Jun

Ioannis Sechopoulos, PhD Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Dutch Expert Center for Screening (LRCB), Nijmegen, The Netherlands Abstract The development of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for the detection of breast cancer has resulted in many trials showing that...Read more

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The-value-of-streamlining-protocol-dose-management-in-radiology

2022 28 May

The 2013/59/Euratom guidance mandates suitable documentation and quality assurance systems for all systems using ionising radiation. This regulation commonly applies to radiology departments in the clinical environment. Thus, each exam’s radiation dose must be documented to meet regulatory compliance and be audited.Doses also vary by procedure. For...Read more

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Innovations-with-impact

2022 18 Apr

We cannot predict the future, but we can prepare for a future that is increasingly unpredictable. With creativity, courage, and the power to get things done, we are preparing to master tomorrow’s challenges with today’s innovations.   Medicine today primarily focuses on treating disease – but in the future, it will increasingly be able to prevent...Read more

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Evaluating-ai-supported-cds-systems-with-real-world-evidence

2022 30 Mar

A new analysis from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy details the data elements that real-world data (RWD) sources need when evaluating the performance of artificial intelligence (AI)-supported clinical decision support (CDS) tools.   Non-standardised electronic health record (EHR) systems and continually changing clinical workflows...Read more

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Cds-improves-cardiovascular-health-in-patients-with-mental-health-disorders

2022 30 Mar

In a study appearing in JAMA Network Open , researchers found that primary care clinicians can significantly lower cardiovascular risk for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) when using a clinical decision support (CDS) system.   Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death for those with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and...Read more

Decision Support

Clinical-decision-support-improve-pneumonia-outcomes

2022 21 Mar

A study published in the  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine  found that using a clinical decision support (CDS) tool can improve patient care and lower the mortality risk for pneumonia patients receiving emergency department (ED) care.   Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumonia was a leading cause of death from infectious...Read more

Decision Support

Siemens-healthineers-at-himss-2022-1

2022 09 Mar

Siemens Healthineers will participate at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference - HIMSS 2022 - in Orlando from March 15 to March 17.   Siemens Healthineers will have a booth at the Orange County Convention Center displaying its newest products, services and solutions to support decision-making along the patient pathway....Read more

Decision Support

Ed-decision-support-for-discharging-suspected-covid-19-patients

2022 11 Feb

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers recently evaluated the performance of a prognostic clinical decision-making tool to facilitate emergency department discharges of suspected COVID-19 patients. The University of Minnesota developed this logistic regression tool to alleviate some of the stress that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on...Read more

Decision Support

Clinical-decision-support-may-improve-cardiac-care-at-low-income-community-health-centers

2022 08 Feb

A new study shows clinical decision support system (CDSS) software use was associated with significantly improved reversible risk of cardiovascular disease among socioeconomically vulnerable, high-risk patients. The study of more than 18,000 patients at community health centers (CHCs) was published Feb. 4 in the  Journal of the American Medical Association...Read more

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Lung-cancer-care-empowered-by-ai-meet-the-team-behind

2022 27 Jan

Facilitating decisions using vast amounts of comparative data – AI can do this, but creating the algorithms is a complex and lengthy process. Yet it can make a difference, especially in lung cancer care. The lack of early symptoms and the aggressive progression of lung cancer make it one of the deadliest types of cancer.[1]  Individually adapted...Read more

Decision Support

European-physicians-dont-trust-cdss-for-elderly-fall-risk-management

2022 25 Jan

It is important to minimise fall risks for the elderly since these can result in severe injury. Since many cardiovascular and psychotropic medications commonly used by the elderly carry fall risks, a full review of prescribed medications should be conducted for elderly patients to assess fall risk. A Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) integrated...Read more

Decision Support

Human-factors-engineering-improves-cds-usability-for-pulmonary-embolism-diagnosis

2021 29 Dec

According to a recent study published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics , poor usability continues to plague clinical decision support (CDS) despite its potential to improve patient safety. Although human factors engineering (HFE) approaches are recommended, few studies have investigated the impact of applying HFE methods and principles...Read more

Decision Support

Siemens-healthineers-sessions-at-rsna-2021

2021 19 Nov

From 28th November until 1st December unlock the access to dozens of free curated sessions by Siemens Healthineers. Nov 28, 18:30 GMT+2 Unveiling of the world’s first photon-counting CT A quantum leap in clinical decision making. Learn more about how it works, the answers it provides and how it changes clinical decision making....Read more

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Ai-powered-clinical-decision-support-in-prostate-cancer-care

2021 09 Nov

Prostate cancer is a common disease that can often be quite tricky to deal with. It is a heterogeneous disease, with some patients having a very aggressive form of cancer while others with slower progression of the disease. Management and care of patients with prostate cancer is thus a complex and long-term challenge. Patients require surveillance,...Read more

Decision Support

Siemens-healthineers-shape-22-keynote-its-time-to-team-up-1

2021 05 Nov

On November 15, Siemens Healthineers CEO Bernd Montag will host the @SiemensHealth Shape 22 Keynote. This is an annual signature event organised by Siemens Healthineers. The goal is to present inspiring ideas and novel practices in healthcare. The event provides the platform to bring together a global audience of leading physicians, healthcare executives...Read more

Decision Support

University-of-florida-to-use-dreamed-decision-support

2021 29 Oct

The Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic at the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL USA) will begin using the Advisor Pro Decision-Support System developed by DreaMed Diabetes (Tel Aviv, Israel) for type 1 and 2 diabetic patients. The system will be integrated into existing diabetic management protocols to provide remote insulin management with data analysis...Read more

Decision Support

Siemens-healthineers-adds-lung-cancer-to-its-ai-pathway-companion

2021 14 Oct

Siemens Healthineers recently added non-small cell lung cancer support to its AI Pathway Companion. Currently supported pathways are non-small cell lung and prostate cancer.   Siemens first presented its AI Pathway Companion at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago. In summary, the system delivers artificial...Read more

Decision Support

Ai-rad-companion-providing-multi-modality-imaging-decision-support

2021 12 Oct

The AI-Rad Companion, our family of AI-powered, augmented workflow solutions, helps you to reduce the burden of basic repetitive tasks and may increase your diagnostic precision when interpreting medical images. Its solutions provide automatic post-processing of imaging datasets through our AI-powered algorithms. The automation of routine workflows...Read more

Executive Health Management

Clinical-decision-support-for-prostate-cancer-care-1

2021 08 Oct

Executive Summary  Cancer care is becoming increasingly complex and personalized. More and more patient characteristics and disease specific data – clinical history, comorbidities, imaging, laboratory data, genomics/ proteomics, lifestyle factors, pathology results – have to be factored in when deciding on diagnostic measures and care pathways....Read more

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Recent-diagnostic-centre-trends

2021 14 Sep

Diagnostic centres now face an unprecedented demand for their services due to an ageing global population and a greater variety of available diagnostic tests. To meet this demand, centres have turned to value partnerships with technology providers to strengthen their reorganisation and consolidation strategies. One strategy, consolidating into...Read more

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On-the-way-to-the-moon

2021 31 Aug

From the first digital X-ray images to the digital assistant If you took all of the digital data generated in the healthcare industry up to 2020 and loaded it onto tablets, would the stack of tablets be shorter or taller than the Empire State Building? The tablets would certainly have to store an almost unimaginable quantity of data. While...Read more

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Value-partnerships-a-game-changer-for-healthcare

2021 25 Aug

The healthcare industry continues to face significant challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, an ageing population, and a consistent increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases are among the most urgent. Demand for quality care and delivering value to all stakeholders continue to be the primary goals for healthcare providers.   If the healthcare industry...Read more

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Siemens-healthineers-adds-pathway-for-lung-cancer-to-ai-based-clinical-decision-support-software

2021 10 Aug

New AI solution enables personalized decision making along the lung cancer pathway Facilitates patient management and case reviews by combining into a single dashboard Second pathway for AI-Pathway Companion after pathway for prostate cancer Siemens Healthineers  presents its second pathway for its AI-Pathway Companion 1  at the...Read more

Executive Health Management

Siemens-healthineers-shape-21-himss-experience

2021 06 Aug

This year at HIMSS21- August 9-13, Las Vegas, NV, Siemens Healthineers will showcase its latest digital healthcare innovations designed to support better decision-making. The Siemens Healthineers Shape 21 HIMSS Experience will allow visitors to explore the latest innovations in interactive offerings and join live events and conversations with experts....Read more

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Teamviewer-siemens-healthineers-form-partnership-to-enable-new-remote-scanning-service

2021 05 Aug

Partnership enables new digital business model for Siemens Healthineers Important step in combating shortage of skilled radiology technologists Siemens Healthineers has recently started offering its customers WeScan 1 . WeScan is a new service that helps healthcare providers to perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations if they...Read more

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Germany-government-approves-covid-19-antigen-self-test-for-lay-persons-1

2021 26 Mar

The German Federal Office for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has given temporary special approval for self-administration of the CLINITEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test by lay persons. Moreover, the regular conformity assessment procedure for CE marking for self-administration by lay persons has been initiated. The test had already received a...Read more

Executive Health Management

When-covid-19-strikes-we-learn-from-the-traces-it-leaves-behind

2021 11 Feb

Hot on the trail of COVID-19: Working with collaborators from around the world, a team began developing an algorithm that helps to evaluate changes in lung tissue. Read about how scientists reached a significant milestone during the pandemic. Putting the “AI” in aiding clinical decisions  One of the major challenges in radiology is dealing...Read more

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Robotic-technology-in-a-cath-lab

2021 07 Feb

Using robots to assist in heart interventions may seem like science fiction, but the idea may not be that far-fetched. Coronary heart disease is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases in the world. Acute myocardial infarction is a leading cause of death worldwide. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an established treatment strategy...Read more