Search Tag: clinical decision support
Integrating labs into clinical care pathways
2019 21 Jan
Based on an Abbott-sponsored symposium “Diagnostics, Data and Integrated Clinical Care – From Insight to Action” presented at European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM) congress, Cascais, Portugal, 27th September 2018. Introduction Pressure on healthcare systems continues to rise as the world’s population grows and lives longer;... Read more
Better outcomes through clinical decision support
2019 21 Jan
How can a clinical decision support system help to achieve measurably better healthcare outcomes? The Collaboratory” reflects the transformation through collaboration that Abbott wants to ignite by working in partnership with clients. Abbott supports healthcare organizations to overcome their challenges and materialize their future state vision,... Read more
ECR 2018: Clinical decision support: ESR iGuide pilots report
2018 07 Mar
The European Congress of Radiology in Vienna last week saw the launch of the clinical decision support web portal for iGuide as well as reports on pilot projects. Radiologists outlined their experiences of clinical decision support for imaging at one of the informal “Coffee and Talk” sessions at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna last week.... Read more
Quality and safety in radiology
2018 20 Feb
New book to provide a roadmap for optimisation In a soon-to-be released book, experts offer their knowledge and guidance for optimising quality and safety in radiological practice. Summer 2018 will see the release of a monograph edited by Prof. Lluis Donoso Bach and Prof. Giles Boland. Quality and Safety in Imaging provides a roadmap for... Read more
Reducing Imaging for Low Back Pain in the ED
2017 16 May
Clinical decision support integrated in electronic order entry forms can safely and effectively reduce imaging orders for patients with low-back pain in the emergency department (ED), according to a study in press in Journal of the American College of Radiology. Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for people in the U.S. and Canada... Read more
ECR2016: Clinical Decision Support: Referral Guidelines For Europe
2016 04 Mar
As hospitals and health professionals feel the strain from increased pressure to produce more data and images, radiologists in Europe are working with their counterparts in the U.S. to introduce new referral guidelines by 2017 that will improve the workflow and meet the increasing demand for more imaging. Introducing a ‘professional challenges session’... Read more
Appropriate Imaging and Clinical Decision Support
2016 05 Jan
"We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us” (McLuhan) Wasteful, unhelpful imaging helps nobody, and may be associated with patient harms through unneeded and unwanted intervention. Appropriate imaging through referral guidance is advocated through the Bonn Call-for-Action (International Atomic Energy Authority and World Health Organization... Read more