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Timely Follow-up of Abnormal Diagnostic Imaging Test Results in an Outpatient Setting: Are Electronic Medical Records Achieving Their Potential?
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BACKGROUND: Given the fragmentation of outpatient care, timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging results remains a challenge. We hypothesized that an electronic medical record (EMR) that facilitates the transmission and availability of critical imaging results through either automated notification (alerting) or direct access to the primary report would eliminate this problem. METHODS: We studied critical imaging alert notifications in the outpatient setting of a tertiary care Department of Veterans Affairs facility from November 2007 to June 2008. Tracking software determined whether the alert was acknowledged (ie, health care practitioner/provider [HCP] opened the message for viewing) within 2 weeks of transmission; acknowledged alerts were considered read. We reviewed medical records and contacted HCPs to determine timely follow-up actions (eg, ordering a follow-up test or consultation) within 4 weeks of transmission. Multivariable logistic regression models accounting for clustering effect by HCPs analyzed predictors for 2 outcomes: lack of acknowledgment and lack of timely follow-up. RESULTS: Of 123 638 studies (including radiographs, computed tomographic scans, ultrasonograms, magnetic resonance images, and mammograms), 1196 images (0.97%) generated alerts; 217 (18.1%) of these were unacknowledged. Alerts had a higher risk of being unacknowledged when the ordering HCPs were trainees (odds ratio [OR], 5.58; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.86-10.89) and when dual-alert (>1 HCP alerted) as opposed to single-alert communication was used (OR, 2.02; 95% CI, 1.22-3.36). Timely follow-up was lacking in 92 (7.7% of all alerts) and was similar for acknowledged and unacknowledged alerts (7.3% vs 9.7%; P = .22). Risk for lack of timely follow-up was higher with dual-alert communication (OR, 1.99; 95% CI, 1.06-3.48) but lower when additional verbal communication was used by the radiologist (OR, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.04-0.38). Nearly all abnormal results lacking timely follow-up at 4 weeks were eventually found to have measurable clinical impact in terms of further diagnostic testing or treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Critical imaging results may not receive timely follow-up actions even when HCPs receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system. A multidisciplinary approach is needed to improve patient safety in this area.
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“For 206 (17.2%) alerts, the radiologist also communicated verbally with a provider; in 172 (14.4%) the patient was subsequently admitted after alert transmission; and in 73 (6.1%) there was evidence of both.”
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“Additional verbal communication by the radiologist and hospitalization of the patient within 2-weeks of alert transmission was not significantly associated with acknowledgement.”
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“Half (50.0%) of the tests lacking timely follow-up were abnormal chest x-rays.”
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“Cancer was determined to be a new diagnosis in 11 of these cases.”
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“Between November 2007 and June 2008, 123,638 outpatient studies (including X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, MRI and mammography) were performed, of which 1196 (0.97%) images generated alerts.”
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“Although in 5 cases we could not determine outcomes because the patient did not return to the institution”
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“We found that in 46 (50%) cases providers had executed the appropriate action.”
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“For 206 (17.2%) alerts, the radiologist also communicated verbally with a provider; in 172 (14.4%) the patient was subsequently admitted after alert transmission; and in 73 (6.1%) there was evidence of both.”
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“In these 92 cases, more than a fourth (n=26; 28%) led to a new diagnosis being established.”
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“For 206 (17.2%) alerts, the radiologist also communicated verbally with a provider; in 172 (14.4%) the patient was subsequently admitted after alert transmission; and in 73 (6.1%) there was evidence of both.”
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“Types and specialties of ordering providers and types of imaging tests were significantly different across the two groups.”
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“Of 74 alerts unacknowledged by trainees that were followed by a documented response in the medical record at the time of review, the ordering trainee directly responded to the test result (without opening the alert) in 34 cases (9 of which were prompted by a direct notification by the radiologist).”
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“In the remaining 40 cases, another provider documented a response to the report (4 of which were prompted by a direct notification by the radiologist).”
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“Previous studies raise concern that providers may not read all their alerts.14, 16-19”
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“Electronic communication using alerts (computerized notifications of critical information such as abnormal diagnostic test results) can facilitate transmission and potentially, a response and follow-up action by an ordering practitioner – an advantage over paper based reporting.14”
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Singh H Arora HS Vij MS Rao R Khan M Petersen LA Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007 14 4 459 66 17460135 PMC2244901
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“However, effective communication involves more than just information transfer; it requires a response from the recipient, such as taking a follow-up action and acknowledging receipt of the information to the sender.15”
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“Communication breakdown is consistently identified as a preventable factor in studies of adverse events1-6 and a significant contributor to outpatient diagnostic errors from lack of follow-up of abnormal test results.7-12”
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“the electronic medical record (EMR) used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mostly relies on a notification system (the “View Alert” window) to alert clinicians about critical test results, whereas only in selected life-threatening cases does the radiologist verbally communicate the abnormality to a provider.14”
§ Timely Follow-Up of Abnormal Diagnostic Imaging Test Results in an Outpatient Setting: Are Electronic Medical Records Achieving Their Potential? > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Singh H Arora HS Vij MS Rao R Khan M Petersen LA Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007 14 4 459 66 17460135 PMC2244901
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“Unexpectedly, our current study shows substantial lack of timely follow-up even in alerts read by providers; hence the increase from our previous estimate.”
§ Timely Follow-Up of Abnormal Diagnostic Imaging Test Results in an Outpatient Setting: Are Electronic Medical Records Achieving Their Potential? > DISCUSSION
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“If no response was documented, a second study investigator confirmed the findings in the medical record and then contacted the ordering provider by telephone.”
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“Multivariable logistic regression models accounting for clustering effect by providers were used to identify factors associated with the two outcome variables (i.e. lack of acknowledgment, and lack of timely follow-up).”
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“We allowed 4 weeks as the maximum time to follow-up on non-life threatening findings based on our previous work.14”
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- Not checked yetcites [14] Singh H Arora HS Vij MS Rao R Khan M Petersen LA Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007 14 4 459 66 17460135 PMC2244901
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“The Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) is the EMR used at all VA facilities. It is maintained within the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA), an automated information system used to support ambulatory and inpatient care.25”
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- Not checked yetcites [25] VA Information Resource Center Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA). Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) - Description 2007 Available at: URL: http://www.virec.research.va.gov/DataSourcesName/VISTA/VISTA.htm. January 25, 2007
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“To ensure the model had stable and precise estimates of odds ratios, variables with small numbers of patients with a given characteristic (such as mammography) were removed, and a final model was run on the remaining predictor variables.”
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“Data on outpatient drug related alerts has shown providers ignore alerts because of information overload, 20-23 often resulting in failure to act upon important as well as clinically unimportant alerts.20”
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“A reviewer blinded to acknowledgement status evaluated the medical records of patients to determine if there was any documented response to the alert.”
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“The local Institutional Review Boards approved the study.”
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“Conversely, many factors including a large sample size, involvement of several clinics, large number of patients (over 120,000 veterans in southeast Texas) and providers (over 500 from different specialties), rigorous methods to determine timely follow-up and outcomes at 9 months of alerts without timely follow-up, various types of diagnostic imaging tests and an advanced integrated EMR used in VA”
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No data exists to substantiate a similar problem for diagnostic test result alerts.
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Because of computerized provider order entry, the ordering clinician is always known and notified.
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Institutional protocol requires documentation of verbal communication in the imaging report.
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In our system, residents spend only ½ to 1 day in a two-week period in an outpatient setting usually in their own continuity clinics.
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Duty hour rules impact resident clinic schedule.
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Providers in the VA are highly dependent on the View Alert system for their abnormal test results.
“Being their only “inbox” for all types of notifications, providers in the VA are highly dependent on the View Alert system for their abnormal test results.”
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“The result from the baseline EHR group is in line with findings from real clinical settings that indicated physicians did not acknowledge abnormal test results in approximately 4% of cases.19,20”
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“Even in the EHR environment, with alerts and reminders in place, physicians continue to often inappropriately manage abnormal test results.12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21”
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“On the basis of the anticipated rate of appropriately identified abnormal test results in the literature12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21 and the anticipated magnitude of the association of the enhanced EHR, we required a sample size of 30 participants, each reviewing 35 test results, to achieve 80% power to detect a statistically significant difference in cognitive workload and performance.”
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“For instance, in our previous work, we found this sociotechnical model applicable in specific clinical contexts (eg, test results and referral communication), 43 -48”
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“These findings are similar to our previous findings of follow-up on abnormal imaging alerts in the same electronic medical record suggesting that this phenomenon may exist for all alerts of abnormal diagnostic test results.”
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“In previous work, we found abnormal diagnostic imaging alerts may not always be reviewed by ordering practitioners, and practitioners who review them may not always act upon the transmitted results in a timely manner.”
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Holden, R. J., Carayon, P., Gurses, A. P., Hoonakker, P., Hundt, A. S., Ozok, A. A., & Rivera-Rodriguez, A. J. (2013) · Ergonomics · doi:10.1080/00140139.2013.838643 · Cited by 1,221
“…2008a, 2008b) Analysis of critical care work systems (Catchpole & McCulloch, 2010) Timeliness of follow-up of abnormal tests in outpatient settings (Singh et al., 2009) Workload and performance obstacles among ICU nurses (Carayon & Gurses, 2008; Gürses & Carayon, 2007; Holden, Scanlon, et al.,…”
BackgroundSittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2010) · Quality and Safety in Health Care · doi:10.1136/qshc.2010.042085 · Cited by 897
“Safe and effective use of an EHR-based notification system involves many factors that are addressed by almost all dimensions of our model.”
BackgroundSelf-citationHuman factors systems approach to healthcare quality and patient safety
Carayon, P., Wetterneck, T. B., Rivera-Rodriguez, A. J., Hundt, A. S., Hoonakker, P., Holden, R., & Gürses, A. P. (2013) · Applied Ergonomics · doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2013.04.023 · Cited by 814
“Researchers have used the SEIPSmodel to study timeliness of follow-up of abnormal test results in outpatient settings (Singh et al., 2009), to examine the safety of EHR (Electronic Health Record) technology (Sittig and Singh, 2009), to evaluate ways of improving electronic communication and alerts (Hysong et al.”
MethodSingh, H., Meyer, A. N. D., & Thomas, E. J. (2014) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002627 · Cited by 677
Self-citationThe incidence of diagnostic error in medicine
Graber, M. L. (2013) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001615 · Cited by 626
Clinical Decision Support: a 25 Year Retrospective and a 25 Year Vision
Sittig, D. F., Wright, A. T., & Middleton, B. (2016) · Yearbook of Medical Informatics · doi:10.15265/iys-2016-s034 · Cited by 287
“There has been only modest growth in CDS however, because the focus has been on HIT adoption and use rather than on truly using it as a platform for care transformation [71].”
BackgroundSelf-citationFrequency and Types of Patient-Reported Errors in Electronic Health Record Ambulatory Care Notes
Bell, S. K., Delbanco, T., Elmore, J. G., Fitzgerald, P., Fossa, A. J., Harcourt, K., Leveille, S. G., Payne, T. H., Stametz, R. A., Walker, J., et al. (2020) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.5867 · Cited by 242
Failure to Follow-Up Test Results for Ambulatory Patients: A Systematic Review
Callen, J. L., Westbrook, J. I., Georgiou, A., & Li, J. (2012) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-011-1949-5 · Cited by 229
“Blurred lines of responsibility were evident in one study which evaluated the practice of dual-alert notification: this measure was adopted as a safeguard and entailed communicating the alert of an abnormal radiology result to two recipients, for example the hospital doctor who ordered the test and the primary care ph…”
BackgroundInfluentialInformation Overload and Missed Test Results in Electronic Health Record–Based Settings
Singh, H., Spitzmueller, C., Petersen, N. J., Sawhney, M. K., & Sittig, D. F. (2013) · JAMA Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.61 · Cited by 209
“Off-label use is often recommended, but regulatory agencies have raised concerns about hypersensitivity reactions and neuropsychiatric adverse effects.(1,2) It is unclear how often and for which conditions modafinil is being prescribed in clinical practice.”
BackgroundSelf-citationElectronic health records and national patient-safety goals
Sittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2012) · New England Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1056/nejmsb1205420 · Cited by 204
Self-citationDefining Health Information Technology–Related Errors
Sittig, D. F. (2011) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.327 · Cited by 167
Self-citationSingh, H., Thomas, E. J., Sittig, D. F., Wilson, L., Espadas, D., Khan, M. M., & Petersen, L. A. (2010) · The American Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.07.027 · Cited by 160
Self-citationZapka, J., Taplin, S. H., Anhang Price, R., Cranos, C., & Yabroff, R. (2010) · JNCI Monographs · doi:10.1093/jncimonographs/lgq009 · Cited by 145
“(61) when they found that even when health-care providers received and read abnormal results in an integrated medical record system, timely follow-up did not always occur.”
BackgroundLyratzopoulos, G., Vedsted, P., & Singh, H. (2015) · British Journal of Cancer · doi:10.1038/bjc.2015.47 · Cited by 154
“In England, work conducted by the (former) National Patient Safety Agency has highlighted factors implicated in diagnostic delays in cancer and recommended ‘routine monitoring of delayed diagnosis’ (NPSA, 2010).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSelf-citationMurphy, D. R., Reis, B., Sittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2012) · The American Journal of Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.07.029 · Cited by 145
“We previously found that about 7% of abnormal laboratory and imaging test result alerts were missed in EHR systems.(8,9) Information overload from too any alerts might be a potential reason, given that practiioners must sort through a large number of alerts daily.”
BackgroundSelf-citationMazur, L. M., Mosaly, P. R., Moore, C., & Marks, L. (2019) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.1709 · Cited by 127
System-related interventions to reduce diagnostic errors: a narrative review
Singh, H., Graber, M. L., KISSAM, S. M., Sorensen, A. V., Lenfestey, N. F., Tant, E. M., Henriksen, K., & LaBresh, K. A. (2011) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000150 · Cited by 134
“For instance, rapid prototyping techniques could be used to identify awkward and confusing interfaces, while testing the interventions in simulated or actual clinical settings might help identify unintended consequences.(62) 63 Better designs could help ensure that once an error occurs, it does not cascade through the…”
BackgroundSelf-citationSummarization of clinical information: A conceptual model
Feblowitz, J. C., Wright, A. T., Singh, H., Samal, L., & Sittig, D. F. (2011) · Journal of Biomedical Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.jbi.2011.03.008 · Cited by 124
Self-citationSingh, H., Hirani, K., Kadiyala, H., Rudomiotov, O., Giardina, T. D., Khan, M. M., & Wahls, T. L. (2010) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2009.25.6636 · Cited by 136
“However, for several reasons, clinicians may not always act on abnormal imaging results in a timely manner.(50) It is unlikely that this problem is unique to the VA.”
BackgroundSelf-citationElectronic Health Record-Based Surveillance of Diagnostic Errors in Primary Care
Singh, H., Giardina, T. D., Forjuoh, S. N., Reis, M. D., Kosmach, S., Khan, M. M., & Thomas, E. J. (2012) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000304 · Cited by 131
Self-citationElectronic health record-based triggers to detect potential delays in cancer diagnosis
Murphy, D. R., Laxmisan, A., Reis, B., Thomas, E. J., Esquivel, A., Forjuoh, S. N., Parikh, R. C., Khan, M. M., & Singh, H. (2013) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-001874 · Cited by 125
Self-citationSingh, H. (2014) · The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety · doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(14)40012-6 · Cited by 108
Self-citationExploring situational awareness in diagnostic errors in primary care
Singh, H., Giardina, T. D., Petersen, L. A., Smith, M. W., Paul, L. W., Dismukes, K., Bhagwath, G., & Thomas, E. J. (2011) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000310 · Cited by 105
“Retrieval of diagnostic information from several distributed sources(65) will become increasingly challenging as healthcare becomes more integrated through EHRs or health information exchanges.(66) 67 Thus, measuring and maximising various components of providers’ SA should be an essential consideration to reduce diag…”
BackgroundSelf-citationLegal, Ethical, and Financial Dilemmas in Electronic Health Record Adoption and Use
Sittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2011) · Pediatrics · doi:10.1542/peds.2010-2184 · Cited by 100
Self-citationMurphy, D. R., Wu, L., Thomas, E. J., Forjuoh, S. N., Meyer, A. N. D., & Singh, H. (2015) · Journal of Clinical Oncology · doi:10.1200/jco.2015.61.1301 · Cited by 100
“These delays often result from a variety of cognitive and system factors that lead to lack of timely evaluation of red flag signs and symptoms or abnormal test results.(9-21) Despite increasing adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and greater access to diagnostic information, delays persist(10,18,19,22-26) in…”
BackgroundSelf-citationCreating a Patient-Centered Imaging Service: Determining What Patients Want
Basu, P. A., Ruiz-Wibbelsmann, J. A., Spielman, S., Dalsem, V. F. V., Rosenberg, J., & Glazer, G. M. (2011) · American Journal of Roentgenology · doi:10.2214/ajr.10.5333 · Cited by 97
“In a study in an outpatient setting from November 2007 to June 2008, an electronic medical records system generated alerts for 1,196 abnormal images of 123,638 radiologic studies [14].”
BackgroundInfluentialMeeks, D. W., Takian, A., Sittig, D. F., Singh, H., & Barber, N. (2014) · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001762 · Cited by 91
Self-citationPatients Prefer Results From the Ordering Provider and Access to Their Radiology Reports
Cabarrus, M. C., Naeger, D. M., Rybkin, A. V., et al. (2015) · Journal of the American College of Radiology · doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2014.12.009 · Cited by 93
“Few studies have examined patients’ preferences, and those that have, have yielded conflicting results [8-13].”
BackgroundSingh, H., Spitzmueller, C., Petersen, N. J., Sawhney, M. K., Smith, M. W., Murphy, D. R., Espadas, D., Laxmisan, A., & Sittig, D. F. (2013) · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001267 · Cited by 92
Self-citationBeaber, E. F., Kim, J. J., Schapira, M. M., Tosteson, A. N. A., Zauber, A. G., Geiger, A. M., Kamineni, A., Weaver, D. L., & Tiro, J. A. (2015) · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · doi:10.1093/jnci/djv120 · Cited by 88
Giardina, T. D., King, B. J., Ignaczak, A. P., Paull, D. E., Hoeksema, L. J., Mills, P. D., Neily, J. B., Hemphill, R. R., & Singh, H. (2013) · Health Affairs · doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0130 · Cited by 85
Self-citationEight Recommendations for Policies for Communicating Abnormal Test Results
Singh, H., & Vij, M. S. (2010) · The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety · doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36037-5 · Cited by 83
Self-citationThe patient portal and abnormal test results: An exploratory study of patient experiences
Giardina, T. D., Modi, V., Parrish, D. E., et al. (2015) · Patient Experience Journal · doi:10.35680/2372-0247.1055 · Cited by 74
Self-citationUnderstanding fragmentation of prostate cancer survivorship care
Skolarus, T. A., Zhang, Y., & Hollenbeck, B. K. (2011) · Cancer · doi:10.1002/cncr.26601 · Cited by 77
“Such PSA testing may have associated opportunity costs for providers who are ultimately responsible for the results and for patients subjected to additional visits and testing.(34) Perhaps more consolidation of care and better delineation of provider roles after initial treatment are Table 3.”
BackgroundSittig, D. F., Ash, J. S., & Singh, H. (2014) · PubMed · Cited by 72
Self-citationUnderstanding the management of electronic test result notifications in the outpatient setting
Hysong, S. J., Sawhney, M. K., Wilson, L., Sittig, D. F., Esquivel, A., Singh, S., & Singh, H. (2011) · BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making · doi:10.1186/1472-6947-11-22 · Cited by 68
“For almost a decade, both study sites have used the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), the EHR system in use at VA facilities nationwide.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSelf-citationSociotechnical systems approach to healthcare quality and patient safety
Carayon, P. (2012) · Work · doi:10.3233/wor-2012-0091-3850 · Cited by 68
“Researchers have used the SEIPS model to study timeliness of follow-up of abnormal test results in outpatient settings [34], to examine the safety of EHR technology [35], to evaluate ways of improving electronic communication and alerts [25], and to assess work system barriers and facilitators to the provision of outp…”
MethodProvider management strategies of abnormal test result alerts: a cognitive task analysis
Hysong, S. J., Sawhney, M. K., Wilson, L., Sittig, D. F., Espadas, D., Davis, T., & Singh, H. (2010) · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · doi:10.1197/jamia.m3200 · Cited by 65
“For instance, we recently found that almost 8% of critical imaging results may not receive timely follow-up actions despite evidence of transmission of the alert to the ordering provider through a " View Alert " notification window in CPRS.”
BackgroundInfluentialSelf-citationMeasures to Improve Diagnostic Safety in Clinical Practice
Singh, H., Graber, M. L., & Hofer, T. P. (2016) · Journal of Patient Safety · doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000338 · Cited by 67
“42 Measurement criteria are better defined for missed test results than other types of missed opportunities.(42,43)”
BackgroundSelf-citationLacson, R. C., Prevedello, L. M. S., Andriole, K. P., O’Connor, S. D., Roy, C. L., Gandhi, T. K., Dalal, A. K., Sato, L., & Khorasani, R. (2014) · American Journal of Roentgenology · doi:10.2214/ajr.14.13064 · Cited by 63
“No established guidelines exist for classifying imaging results as “critical,” unlike for laboratory tests where an outlier value beyond the range of acceptable values is deemed abnormal—making them easily amenable to automated alerts [30–32].”
BackgroundAnthony, S. G., Prevedello, L. M., Damiano, M. M., Gandhi, T. K., Doubilet, P. M., Seltzer, S. E., & Khorasani, R. (2011) · Radiology · doi:10.1148/radiol.11101396 · Cited by 61
Provider‐to‐provider electronic communication in the era of meaningful use: A review of the evidence
Walsh, C. G., Siegler, E. L., Cheston, E., O’Donnell, H. C., Collins, S., Stein, D. M., Vawdrey, D. K., & Stetson, P. D. (2013) · Journal of Hospital Medicine · doi:10.1002/jhm.2082 · Cited by 57
“Lack of acknowledgement of alerts impacted the results of every study, and in one of these studies, alerting two physicians, rather than just one, decreased the likelihood that the results would be followed up.(57) Providers did prefer e-mail to fax notification.”
ResultImproving Ambulatory Patient Safety
Wynia, M. K., & Classen, D. C. (2011) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1820 · Cited by 58
“For example, lack of timely follow-up among outpatients with abnormal laboratory and imaging test results is a common error in the ambulatory arena, which leads to harms, and there are promising ways to track and improve performance in this regard.(7) A coordinated campaign would be needed, however, including the adop…”
BackgroundLanguage Barriers, Location of Care, and Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Mammograms
Karliner, L., Ma, L., Hofmann, M., & Kerlikowske, K. M. (2011) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/mlr.0b013e31822dcf2d · Cited by 60
“However, it will be important not to rely only on an electronic system as electronic reminders to physicians for follow-up of abnormal diagnostic tests have been shown to be inadequate for achieving consistent, timely follow-up.(44) In light of this inadequacy, and the documented importance of adequate verbal communic…”
BackgroundFollow-up Actions on Electronic Referral Communication in a Multispecialty Outpatient Setting
Singh, H., Esquivel, A., Sittig, D. F., Murphy, D., Kadiyala, H., Schiesser, R., Espadas, D., & Petersen, L. A. (2011) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-010-1501-z · Cited by 57
Self-citationAdvancing the research agenda for diagnostic error reduction
Zwaan, L., Schiff, G. D., & Singh, H. (2013) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001624 · Cited by 56
Self-citationBell, S. K., Folcarelli, P. H., Fossa, A. J., Gerard, M., Harper, M. B., Leveille, S. G., Moore, C., Sands, K., Lee, B. S., Walker, J., et al. (2021) · PubMed · doi:10.1097/pts.0000000000000494 · Cited by 53
Reducing Delay in Diagnosis: Multistage Recommendation Tracking
Wandtke, B., & Gallagher, S. (2017) · American Journal of Roentgenology · doi:10.2214/ajr.17.18332 · Cited by 53
“Sending EHR-based alerts to both the primary care provider (PCP) and the ordering clinician decreased the likelihood of timely follow-up, a finding that was attributed to diffusion of responsibility [15].”
BackgroundVirani, S. S., Kennedy, K. F., Akeroyd, J. M., Morris, P. B., Bittner, V. A., Masoudi, F. A., Stone, N. J., Petersen, L. A., & Ballantyne, C. M. (2018) · Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes · doi:10.1161/circoutcomes.118.004652 · Cited by 53
Self-citationReducing Diagnostic Error Through Medical Home-Based Primary Care Reform
Singh, H., & Graber, M. L. (2010) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2010.1035 · Cited by 52
“For instance, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uses an advanced EHR and has a relatively unique integrated model of care that resembles PCMH, yet diagnostic errors persist in this system.(5,6) Whether medical homes can effectively improve safety will depend substantially on their ability to deliver timely an…”
Self-citationMurphy, D. R. (2012) · Archives of Internal Medicine · doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.740 · Cited by 52
Sarkar, U., Bonacum, D., Strull, W. M., Spitzmueller, C., Jin, N., López, A., Giardina, T. D., Meyer, A. N. D., & Singh, H. (2012) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000541 · Cited by 53
“Other recent studies also demonstrate this to be a high-risk area despite improved information availability.(20) 21 For instance, studies reveal suboptimal follow-up of abnormal test results, even in the presence of electronic health record (EHR)-based clinician notification, suggesting that that missed or delayed dia…”
BackgroundSelf-citationCommunication breakdowns and diagnostic errors: a radiology perspective
Murphy, D. R., Singh, H., & Berlin, L. (2014) · Diagnosis · doi:10.1515/dx-2014-0035 · Cited by 52
Self-citationEbola US Patient Zero: lessons on misdiagnosis and effective use of electronic health records
Upadhyay, D. K., Sittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2014) · Diagnosis · doi:10.1515/dx-2014-0064 · Cited by 50
“EHRs can lead to less verbal exchange [27], which is all the more needed and more effective when dealing with complex tasks and communicating critical information [28].”
BackgroundSelf-citationShould Patients Get Direct Access to Their Laboratory Test Results?
Giardina, T. D., & Singh, H. (2011) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1797 · Cited by 47
Self-citationA Systems Approach to Identify Factors Influencing Adverse Drug Events in Nursing Homes
Al‐Jumaili, A. A., & Doucette, W. R. (2018) · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · doi:10.1111/jgs.15389 · Cited by 38
“The SEIPS model also guided work in clinical discipline, workload obstacles for ICU nurses,(24) and workflow design and evaluation in outpatient settings.(25) In 2017, a review article was published summarizing the factors influencing medication safety in NHs and classified the literature according to the 5 domains of…”
MethodCallen, J. L., Giardina, T. D., Singh, H., Li, L., Paoloni, R., Georgiou, A., Runciman, W. B., & Westbrook, J. I. (2015) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.3721 · Cited by 47
“Radiology result follow-up remains a vulnerable area [15,56,57].”
BackgroundSelf-citationHow context affects electronic health record-based test result follow-up: a mixed-methods evaluation
Menon, S., Smith, M. W., Sittig, D. F., Petersen, N. J., Hysong, S. J., Espadas, D., Modi, V., & Singh, H. (2014) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005985 · Cited by 45
“Although some variation in test result follow-up can be attributed to individual providers,(12) system factors, such as organisational policies and procedures, are likely to play a substantial role.(10) 16 For example, in organisations using EHRs, the effectiveness of test result management may be influenced by techni…”
BackgroundSelf-citationMurphy, D. R., Thomas, E. J., Meyer, A. N. D., & Singh, H. (2015) · Radiology · doi:10.1148/radiol.2015142530 · Cited by 43
“Approximately 9% of patients with abnormal chest imaging findings suspicious for neoplasm fail to receive timely follow-up diagnostic evaluation (2,28).”
BackgroundSelf-citationTen Strategies to Improve Management of Abnormal Test Result Alerts in the Electronic Health Record
Singh, H., Wilson, L., Reis, B., Sawhney, M. K., Espadas, D., & Sittig, D. F. (2010) · Journal of Patient Safety · doi:10.1097/pts.0b013e3181ddf652 · Cited by 43
Self-citationWorkarounds and Test Results Follow-up in Electronic Health Record-Based Primary Care
Menon, S., Murphy, D. R., Singh, H., Meyer, A. N. D., & Sittig, D. F. (2016) · Applied Clinical Informatics · doi:10.4338/aci-2015-10-ra-0135 · Cited by 40
“Follow-up of abnormal test results is a high-risk clinical process, and its failure can lead to substantial patient safety implications and care delays [9].”
BackgroundSelf-citationBates, D., & Samal, L. (2018) · Health Services Research · doi:10.1111/1475-6773.12852 · Cited by 38
Hammer, M. M., Kapoor, N., Desai, S. P., et al. (2019) · American Journal of Roentgenology · doi:10.2214/ajr.18.20692 · Cited by 40
Patients as diagnostic collaborators: sharing visit notes to promote accuracy and safety
Blease, C., & Bell, S. K. (2019) · Diagnosis · doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0106 · Cited by 33
Computerized Triggers of Big Data to Detect Delays in Follow-up of Chest Imaging Results
Murphy, D. R., Meyer, A. N. D., Bhise, V., Russo, E. M., Sittig, D. F., Wei, L., Wu, L., & Singh, H. (2016) · CHEST Journal · doi:10.1016/j.chest.2016.05.001 · Cited by 39
Self-citationProcessing of discharge summaries in general practice: a retrospective record review
Spencer, R. A., Spencer, S. E. F., Rodgers, S., Campbell, S., & Avery, A. J. (2018) · British Journal of General Practice · doi:10.3399/bjgp18x697877 · Cited by 36
Dalal, A. K., Roy, C. L., Poon, E. G., Williams, D. H., Nolido, N. V., Yoon, C. S., Budris, J., Gandhi, T. K., Bates, D. W., & Schnipper, J. L. (2013) · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002030 · Cited by 40
Challenges in patient safety improvement research in the era of electronic health records
Russo, E. M., Sittig, D. F., Murphy, D. R., & Singh, H. (2016) · Healthcare · doi:10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.06.005 · Cited by 42
Self-citationImproving Test Result Follow-up through Electronic Health Records Requires More than Just an Alert
Sittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2012) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-012-2161-y · Cited by 37
“We previously identified ambiguity of responsibility for test result follow-up to be a key factor in failure to follow up abnormal results.(4) Several EHRs now use asynchronous alert notifications to transmit results, but providers often receive many other types of notifications in their electronic in-box.”
BackgroundSelf-citationGeorgiou, A., Li, J., Thomas, J., Dahm, M. R., & Westbrook, J. I. (2019) · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · doi:10.1093/jamia/ocz032 · Cited by 40
“The authors noted that the procedures for management of results were not uniform, with only 55% of respondents reporting use of the electronic notification system for results management.38 Observational studies by Singh et al.32,34 and Bhise et al.57 reported a range of between 0.2% and 16.7% failure to follow up test…”
BackgroundInfluentialSloan, C. E., Chadalavada, S. C., Cook, T. S., Langlotz, C. P., Schnall, M. D., & Zafar, H. M. (2014) · Academic Radiology · doi:10.1016/j.acra.2014.07.006 · Cited by 39
“not documented, patients are less likely to receive follow-up care, even when physicians are aware of the abnormal results (16,17,20).”
BackgroundResultImpact of a national QI programme on reducing electronic health record notifications to clinicians
Shah, T., Patel-Teague, S., Kroupa, L., Meyer, A. N. D., & Singh, H. (2018) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007447 · Cited by 36
Self-citationNaik, A. D., & Singh, H. (2010) · Medical Decision Making · doi:10.1177/0272989x10385846 · Cited by 35
“Although some degree of synchronous communication is always needed (such as communicating life-threatening findings), 17 frequent synchronous communication demands produce cognitive overload and excessive reliance on working, or short-term, memory resulting in work-related stress and anxiety as…”
BackgroundSelf-citationImproving outpatient safety through effective electronic communication: a study protocol
Hysong, S. J., Sawhney, M. K., Wilson, L., Sittig, D. F., Esquivel, A., Watford, M., Giardina, T. D., Espadas, D., & Singh, H. (2009) · Implementation Science · doi:10.1186/1748-5908-4-62 · Cited by 34
Self-citationHuman Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety
Carayon, P. (2011) · CRC Press eBooks · doi:10.1201/b11219-8 · Cited by 36
Powell, L., Sittig, D. F., Chrouser, K. L., & Singh, H. (2020) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6752 · Cited by 34
Self-citationDiagnostic errors: moving beyond ‘no respect’ and getting ready for prime time
Singh, H. (2013) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002387 · Cited by 32
Self-citationLacson, R. C., O’Connor, S. D., Sahni, V. A., Roy, C. L., Dalal, A. K., Desai, S. P., & Khorasani, R. (2015) · BMJ Quality & Safety · doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004276 · Cited by 36
Smith, M., Murphy, D., Laxmisan, A., Sittig, D., Reis, B., Esquivel, A., & Singh, H. (2013) · Applied Clinical Informatics · doi:10.4338/aci-2013-04-ra-0019 · Cited by 31
“In previous work involving 2,500 asynchronous alerts related to abnormal laboratory and imaging results, we found that 7% of laboratory and 8% of imaging result alerts lacked timely follow-up at 4 weeks [3, 4], even in cases with explicit acknowledgement of the notification by the recipient.”
BackgroundSelf-citationAmroze, A., Field, T. S., Fouayzi, H., Sundaresan, D., Burns, L., Garber, L., Sadasivam, R. S., Mazor, K. M., Gurwitz, J. H., & Cutrona, S. L. (2019) · JMIR Medical Informatics · doi:10.2196/12650 · Cited by 25
Murphy, D. R., Meyer, A. N. D., Vaghani, V., Russo, E., Sittig, D. F., Wei, L., Wu, L., & Singh, H. (2018) · Journal of the American College of Radiology · doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2017.10.001 · Cited by 30
Self-citationReleasing test results directly to patients: A multisite survey of physician perspectives
Giardina, T. D., Callen, J. L., Georgiou, A., Westbrook, J. I., Greisinger, A. J., Esquivel, A., Forjuoh, S. N., Parrish, D. E., & Singh, H. (2015) · Patient Education and Counseling · doi:10.1016/j.pec.2015.02.011 · Cited by 30
Self-citationKapoor, N., Lynch, E. A., Lacson, R. C., Flash, M. J. E., Guenette, J. P., Desai, S. P., Eappen, S., & Khorasani, R. (2022) · American Journal of Roentgenology · doi:10.2214/ajr.22.28378 · Cited by 28
Electronic health record–related safety concerns: A cross‐sectional survey
Menon, S., Singh, H., Meyer, A. N. D., Belmont, E., & Sittig, D. F. (2014) · Journal of Healthcare Risk Management · doi:10.1002/jhrm.21146 · Cited by 29
Self-citationTranslating Evidence into Practice Using a Systems Engineering Framework for Infection Prevention
Yanke, E. M., Carayon, P., & Safdar, N. (2014) · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · doi:10.1086/677638 · Cited by 27
“It has been used to evaluate the timely follow-up of abnormal outpatient imaging results with an advanced, integrated electronic medical record (Veterans Health Administration’s Computerized Patient Record System).(26) Qualitatively, the SEIPS model has been employed to assess barriers to providing cognitive pharmaceu…”
MethodLack of Timely Follow-Up of Abnormal Imaging Results and Radiologists’ Recommendations
Al-Mutairi, A., Meyer, A. N. D., Chang, P. J., & Singh, H. (2015) · Journal of the American College of Radiology · doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2014.09.031 · Cited by 30
“Previous studies indicate that abnormal imaging results may not lead to timely follow-up even when they are transmitted to the ordering provider as electronic alerts [1-3].”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialSelf-citationWhy Test Results Are Still Getting “Lost” to Follow-up: a Qualitative Study of Implementation Gaps
Zimolzak, A. J., Shahid, U., Giardina, T. D., Memon, S. A., Mushtaq, U., Zubkoff, L., Murphy, D. R., Bradford, A. M., & Singh, H. (2021) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-021-06772-y · Cited by 27
Self-citationLaxmisan, A., Sittig, D. F., Pietz, K., Espadas, D., Krishnan, B., & Singh, H. (2012) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/mlr.0b013e31825f6619 · Cited by 26
Self-citationO’Connor, S. D., Dalal, A. K., Sahni, V. A., Lacson, R. C., & Khorasani, R. (2015) · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association · doi:10.1093/jamia/ocv105 · Cited by 25
“The followup rate we observed is higher than in other studies of abnormal findings(15,16) and follow-up recommendations(17,18) in radiology reports, but it is consistent with other critical result alert systems.(8,7) Additionally, our findings confirm that results management applications work best when designed to sup…”
ResultElectronic Messaging System for Communicating Important, but Nonemergent, Abnormal Imaging Results
Eisenberg, R. L., Yamada, K., Yam, C.-S., Spirn, P. W., & Kruskal, J. B. (2010) · Radiology · doi:10.1148/radiol.10101015 · Cited by 26
Cutrona, S. L., Fouayzi, H., Burns, L., Sadasivam, R. S., Mazor, K. M., Gurwitz, J. H., Garber, L., Sundaresan, D., Houston, T. K., & Field, T. S. (2017) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-017-4146-3 · Cited by 24
Azqhandi, M. H. A., Shekari, M., & Ghalami‐Choobar, B. (2018) · Applied Organometallic Chemistry · doi:10.1002/aoc.4410 · Cited by 24
Omidi, M. H., Azqhandi, M. H. A., & Ghalami‐Choobar, B. (2018) · New Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1039/c8nj03277g · Cited by 24
Shelver, J., Wendt, C. H., McClure, M., et al. (2017) · Journal of the American College of Radiology · doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2017.02.001 · Cited by 24
“Institutions across the country have approached this problem by developing interventions to reduce the loss-to-follow-up rates, with varying degrees of success [3,4,14-17].”
Edmonds, S. W., Wolinsky, F. D., Christensen, A. J., Lü, X., Jones, M. P., Roblin, D. W., Saag, K. G., & Cram, P. M. (2012) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2012.10.002 · Cited by 23
“Problems in virtually all aspects of the test result reporting and communication process have been documented and result in important test results being overlooked or missed [18-23].”
Hanley, O., Lotfi, A. S., Sanborn, T., et al. (2017) · Southern Medical Journal · doi:10.14423/smj.0000000000000741 · Cited by 23
“Although verbal communication is ideal and is associated with increased appropriate follow-up, it is not always possible and the electronic medical record remains the main tool of communication.(16) The major strengths of our study include thorough chart review using a validated abstraction form with high interrater a…”
Murphy, D. R., Satterly, T., Rogith, D., Sittig, D. F., & Singh, H. (2019) · International Journal of Medical Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.04.004 · Cited by 21
Self-citationDanforth, K. N., Hahn, E. E., Slezak, J. M., Chen, L. H., Li, B. H., Munoz‐Plaza, C. E., Luong, T. Q., Harrison, T. N., Mittman, B. S., Sim, J. J., et al. (2019) · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.05.003 · Cited by 24
Self-citationThe fate of radiology report recommendations at a pediatric medical center
Lee, B., Otero, H. J., & Whitehead, M. T. (2017) · Pediatric Radiology · doi:10.1007/s00247-017-3960-4 · Cited by 24
Assigning responsibility to close the loop on radiology test results
Kwan, J. L., & Singh, H. (2017) · Diagnosis · doi:10.1515/dx-2017-0019 · Cited by 23
“During the study, almost 20% of imaging-related alerts were not acknowledged, and almost 8% of abnormal imaging results lacked timely follow-up at 4 weeks [9].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Singh, H., Thomas, E. J., Mani, S., Sittig, D., Arora, H., Espadas, D., Khan, M. M., & Petersen, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- Memorial Hermann (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Venue
- Archives of Internal Medicine
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2009-09-28
- Volume
- 169
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 1578-86
- ISSN
- 0003-9926 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2919821
- OpenAlex
- W2143111289
- Semantic Scholar
- e10c1783993bfba9a725ad6763f791cfa11a7c91
- Cited by
- 212
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 13.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Archives of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Commons-TMC (Texas Medical Center) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute (K23CA125585)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiology practices and education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Medical Laboratory Technology › Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- Keywords
- electronic health records, clinical decision support alerts, veterans' health care, trainee physicians, health care costs, quality of care, health care utilization
- MeSH terms
- Communication, Continuity of Patient Care, Diagnostic Imaging, Hospitals, Veterans, Humans, Outpatient Clinics, Hospital, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Radiology, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Reminder Systems, Process Assessment, Health Care
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