Requiring clinical justification to override repeat imaging decision support: Impact on CT use

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2014, Pages W482-W490

  O'Connor, Stacy D ^a   Sodickson, Aaron D ^a   Ip, Ivan K ^a   Raja, Ali S ^a   Healey, Michael J ^a   Schneider, Louise I ^a   Khorasani, Ramin ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; CT; Informatics; Repeat testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EFFECT SIZE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; MEANINGFUL USE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84932634562     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13017     Document Type: Article

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