Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
Radiology has been in the vanguard of harnessing medical informatics, utilizing the electronic power of RIS and PACS to make improvements in the delivery of healthcare. Now, other disciplines in medical informatics have been discovering the potential value of electronic medical data as well.
Our Insider Exclusive article describes software developed at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia that uses electronically stored radiology reports and laboratory data to help keep critically ill patients alive. An automated acute lung injury screening tool recognizes this syndrome as rapidly and accurately as intensive care unit physicians, as long as radiologists are consistent about using the terminology on which the software depends for their reports.
In other news, a data mining tool developed at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City reveals what can be done if information in your hospital's electronic archives can be rapidly retrieved. Montefiore's Clinical Looking Glass application rapidly culls data for more than 2,800 queries per month by clinicians and researchers. Click here to learn how it contributes to identifying improvements in clinical treatment and the way it is delivered.
Electronic medical record reminders boost mammography compliance, according to a study of more than 35,000 women conducted by Kaiser Permanente researchers. They also help get critical test results, a topic of significance at the recent Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting. If you missed Dr. Ramin Khorasani's presentation, you'll want to read about it here.
AuntMinnie.com's Healthcare IT Digital Community is always seeking tips on ways to improve speech recognition utilization and performance. Senior editor Erik L. Ridley reports on findings presented at the SIIM meeting that prior performance and work habits may continue determine turnaround time efficiency, even with its adoption. Click here to read more.
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