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Performing an Informatics Consult: Methods and Challenges

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Schuler, Alejandro, Callahan, Alison, Jung, Kenneth, Shah, Nigam H.·2018·Journal of the American College of Radiology

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Our health care system is plagued by missed opportunities, waste, and harm. Data generated in the course of care are often underutilized, scientific insight goes untranslated, and evidence is overlooked. To address these problems, we envisioned a system where aggregate patient data can be used at the bedside to provide practice-based evidence. To create that system, we directly connect practicing physicians to clinical researchers and data scientists through an informatics consult. Our team processes and classifies questions posed by clinicians, identifies the appropriate patient data to use, runs the appropriate analyses, and returns an answer, ideally in a 48-hour time window. Here, we discuss the methods that are used for data extraction, processing, and analysis in our consult. We continue to refine our informatics consult service, moving closer to a learning health care system.

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Authors
Schuler, A., Callahan, A., Jung, K., & Shah, N. H.
Affiliations
Stanford University (US)
Corresponding author
Schuler, Alejandro
Venue
Journal of the American College of Radiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-03
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
563-568
ISSN
1546-1440 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2784868425
Cited by
37
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
FWCI
7.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American College of Radiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (R25CA180993)
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine (R01LM011369, T15LM007033)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
Keywords
clinical research, practice-based evidence, learning healthcare systems, data extraction, data processing, data analysis, clinician-researcher collaboration, evidence use
MeSH terms
Decision Making, Diagnostic Imaging, Humans, Medical Informatics Applications, Patient Care Management, Referral and Consultation, Clinical Medicine, Evidence-Based Medicine, Electronic Health Records

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