January 27, 2021 Integrating a dedicated patient image portal with the portal for an electronic health record (EHR) can significantly increase the number of patients who access their medical images, according to a case study published online January 23 in the
Dr. Amy Ellenbogen and colleagues at the University of Virginia Novant Health System shared how nearly sevenfold more patients began accessing their images and reports following the integration of the institution s patient imaging portal with its EHR patient portal.
The University of Virginia had offered an imaging patient portal (CareVue, Carestream Health, and then Philips Healthcare) since 2013. A few years ago, they requested that the portal be integrated with the MyChart EHR patient portal (Epic Systems).
Why? Because the emergency department is one of the few healthcare settings where people from traditionally underserved groups present for care, wrote a team led by Dr. Randy Miles of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Limited access to a regular source of primary care, a hallmark of patients visiting the ED for nonemergent issues, has also been shown to represent one of the strongest predictors of nonadherence to cancer screening, the team noted. Thus, patient visits to the ED may represent an opportunity to engage hard-to-reach patient groups about cancer screening.
More than 600,000 breast, colorectal, and lung cancers are diagnosed each year, and although screening reduces the disease burden of these cancers, people of color and those with less financial resources often encounter barriers to screening, Miles and colleagues wrote. The team investigated whether the emergency department could mitigate these barriers by offering an opportunity for screening.
Renowned experts challenge conventional wisdom across the imaging community
A special issue of the
Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), published by Elsevier, challenges conventional wisdom across the imaging community.
This collection of articles, the Provocative Issue, presents extreme opinions on pressing issues confronting radiologists with the deliberate aim of sparking positive dialog and debate that will lead to innovative solutions to improve patient care and imaging-related outcomes.
The issue is guest-edited by:
Caroline Chung, MD, MSc, Director of Advanced Imaging - Strategic Initiative and Director of Imaging Technology and Innovation, Department of Radiation Oncology and Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA;
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Philadelphia, January 12, 2021 - A special issue of the
Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), published by Elsevier, challenges conventional wisdom across the imaging community. This collection of articles, the Provocative Issue, presents extreme opinions on pressing issues confronting radiologists with the deliberate aim of sparking positive dialog and debate that will lead to innovative solutions to improve patient care and imaging-related outcomes.
The issue is guest-edited by:
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