Search Tag: Clinical Decision Support System
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis in Screening – Approaches to Reduce Reading Time
2022 02 Jun
Ioannis Sechopoulos, PhD Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Dutch Expert Center for Screening (LRCB), Nijmegen, The Netherlands Abstract The development of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for the detection of breast cancer has resulted in many trials showing that... Read more
The Value of Streamlining Protocol & Dose Management in Radiology
2022 28 May
The 2013/59/Euratom guidance mandates suitable documentation and quality assurance systems for all systems using ionising radiation. This regulation commonly applies to radiology departments in the clinical environment. Thus, each exam’s radiation dose must be documented to meet regulatory compliance and be audited.Doses also vary by procedure. For... Read more
Connecting Healthcare Providers with Patients
2022 05 May
Traditionally, the use of healthcare services begins with an in-person appointment with a primary care physician, but being seen often takes days or weeks. As a consequence of the evolution of information technology infrastructure, the ability to deliver digital access to healthcare services has developed. The advantages are many, including eliminating... Read more
Innovations with Impact
2022 18 Apr
We cannot predict the future, but we can prepare for a future that is increasingly unpredictable. With creativity, courage, and the power to get things done, we are preparing to master tomorrow’s challenges with today’s innovations. Medicine today primarily focuses on treating disease – but in the future, it will increasingly be able to prevent... Read more
Evaluating AI-Supported CDS Systems with Real-World Evidence
2022 30 Mar
A new analysis from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy details the data elements that real-world data (RWD) sources need when evaluating the performance of artificial intelligence (AI)-supported clinical decision support (CDS) tools. Non-standardised electronic health record (EHR) systems and continually changing clinical workflows are... Read more
CDS Improves Cardiovascular Health in Patients with Mental Health Disorders
2022 30 Mar
In a study appearing in JAMA Network Open , researchers found that primary care clinicians can significantly lower cardiovascular risk for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) when using a clinical decision support (CDS) system. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death for those with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and... Read more
Clinical Decision Support Improve Pneumonia Outcomes
2022 21 Mar
A study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that using a clinical decision support (CDS) tool can improve patient care and lower the mortality risk for pneumonia patients receiving emergency department (ED) care. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumonia was a leading cause of death from infectious... Read more
Siemens Healthineers at HIMSS 2022
2022 09 Mar
Siemens Healthineers will participate at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference - HIMSS 2022 - in Orlando from March 15 to March 17. Siemens Healthineers will have a booth at the Orange County Convention Center displaying its newest products, services and solutions to support decision-making along the patient pathway.... Read more
ED Decision Support for Discharging Suspected COVID-19 Patients
2022 11 Feb
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers recently evaluated the performance of a prognostic clinical decision-making tool to facilitate emergency department discharges of suspected COVID-19 patients. The University of Minnesota developed this logistic regression tool to alleviate some of the stress that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on... Read more
Lung Cancer Care Empowered by AI - Meet the Team behind
2022 27 Jan
Facilitating decisions using vast amounts of comparative data – AI can do this, but creating the algorithms is a complex and lengthy process. Yet it can make a difference, especially in lung cancer care. The lack of early symptoms and the aggressive progression of lung cancer make it one of the deadliest types of cancer.[1] Individually adapted... Read more