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Beware barriers to the assessment of cancer patient financial hardship

AuntMinnie

The financial hardship screening protocol consisted of asking patients questions about social determinants of health and entering their answers into the electronic medical record, sending patients experiencing financial hardship to a social worker for needs assessment, and referring patients to appropriate resources to address their needs.

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Synoptic Reporting Improves Pretreatment CT for Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Imaging Technology

Reports were reviewed for completeness of documentation of involvement of the 45 sites. Meanwhile, 77 reports generated after April 1, 2020 used a synoptic report—list of 45 anatomic sites relevant to ovarian cancer management, each classified in terms of disease absence versus presence.

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How to handle software service agreements in radiology

AuntMinnie

There are a number of important issues to be aware of when it comes to service of software-based systems like RIS, PACS, electronic medical record (EMR), and other related systems.

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Impact of Emergency Department Crowding on Lung Protective Ventilation

REBEL EM

Reason for intubation, severity of illness, ARDS risk score, and ventilator settings were extracted from the electronic medical record (EMR). There may have very well been a policy where only RTs can make changes to a ventilator after an order was placed to ensure accurate documentation.

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AI in Healthcare: The Ultimate Guide

Aidoc

Healthcare examples : Tools are still in development, but possible use cases could be correspondence and documentation. Instead of just analyzing images, AI will increasingly combine them with a patient’s clinical history from their electronic medical records (EHR).

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Transgender women face more interpersonal violence than cisgender women

AuntMinnie

The team also reviewed electronic medical record data for violence documentation in all women with radiologically evident injuries. Two radiologists blinded to the study’s purpose assessed the likelihood of intimate partner violence based on radiology reports. The team reported the following: 25.4%

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POCUS in the ED: Is Confirmatory RUQ US Still Necessary?

REBEL EM

Furthermore, images were stored in a PACS system, allowing ED physicians to interpret the images and store them in the patient’s electronic medical record. Moreover, surgeons may seek “official” documentation in a patient’s chart before surgery.