1. Automated Delivery of Clinical Follow-Up to the Radiologist via E-Mail: Feasibility Study of a New Information Technology Algorithm
- Author
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William W. Mayo-Smith, Elizabeth H. Dibble, Anna Ellermeier, Elaine Binns, Bradford T. March, Jonathan S. Movson, and Grayson L. Baird
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Quality Assurance, Health Care ,Process (engineering) ,education ,Health informatics ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,User-Computer Interface ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Radiologists ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,030212 general & internal medicine ,health care economics and organizations ,Electronic Mail ,business.industry ,Information technology ,General Medicine ,Continuity of Patient Care ,Quality Improvement ,Feasibility Studies ,Clinical Competence ,Radiology ,Clinical competence ,business ,Quality assurance ,Algorithms - Abstract
The purposes of this study were to develop an automated process for radiologists to obtain clinical follow-up on radiology reports via HIPAA-compliant e-mail and to determine what follow-up data were collected and whether they were relevant to the radiology reports.The algorithm generated high-yield follow-up data for radiologists that may improve patient care by facilitating radiologist engagement and self-assessment.
- Published
- 2018