Context Integration of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) With PACS Increases Radiologist Use of EMR
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The advent of electronic medical records has made clinical information beyond that included in the imaging request more readily available to radiologists. Recent study has demonstrated that this additional information may affect interpretation and treatment in over 20% of cases [1]. However, most EMRs exist in a separate computer system from the PACS, which may present a barrier to use of the EMR by radiologists. We implemented clinical context integration between our PACS and EMR: the patient displayed in PACS is automatically opened and displayed in the EMR. To determine whether this integration facilitates radiologist usage of the EMR, we calculated the number of patients accessed by diagnostic radiologists in the EMR each day during a period from 6 months before to 6 months after implementation.
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