TY - JOUR
T1 - Science to Practice
T2 - IT Solutions to Drive Standardized Report Recommendations for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surveillance
AU - Kim, Danny C.
AU - Herskovits, Edward H.
AU - Johnson, Pamela T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American College of Radiology
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - Inadequate imaging surveillance has been identified as the most significant contributor to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture. Radiologists can contribute value to patient care and reduce morbidity and mortality related to AAA by incorporating evidence-based management recommendations from the ACR and Society of Vascular Surgery into their report impression. The challenges lie in achieving 100% radiologist compliance to incorporate the recommendations and ensuring that the patient is notified by their provider, the follow-up examination is scheduled, and the patient returns for an imaging test that may be scheduled 3 to 5 years in the future. To address these barriers, radiology quality and informatics leads have harnessed IT solutions to facilitate integration of content, communication of results, and patient follow-up.
AB - Inadequate imaging surveillance has been identified as the most significant contributor to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture. Radiologists can contribute value to patient care and reduce morbidity and mortality related to AAA by incorporating evidence-based management recommendations from the ACR and Society of Vascular Surgery into their report impression. The challenges lie in achieving 100% radiologist compliance to incorporate the recommendations and ensuring that the patient is notified by their provider, the follow-up examination is scheduled, and the patient returns for an imaging test that may be scheduled 3 to 5 years in the future. To address these barriers, radiology quality and informatics leads have harnessed IT solutions to facilitate integration of content, communication of results, and patient follow-up.
KW - Abdominal aortic aneurysm
KW - aneurysm surveillance
KW - appropriateness criteria
KW - clinical practice guidelines
KW - standardized reporting
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.01.038
DO - 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.01.038
M3 - Article
C2 - 29728325
AN - SCOPUS:85046767922
SN - 1546-1440
VL - 15
SP - 865
EP - 869
JO - Journal of the American College of Radiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Radiology
IS - 6
ER -