Clinical decision-support (CDS) software developer MedCurrent released a tool to prospectively measure operational and financial impacts of CDS at RSNA 2015.
The add-on tool for electronic health records (EHRs) analyzes incoming orders and matches them with orders that are likely to be placed when the CDS is in use. This allows for an estimate of the following:
- How many fewer studies are likely to be done (by modality)
- Shifts that will happen across various modalities (i.e., fewer CTs and more ultrasounds)
- The financial impact of the CDS system