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Development and validation of electronic health record–based triggers to detect delays in follow-up of abnormal lung imaging findings.

Murphy DR, Thomas EJ, Meyer AND, et al. Development and Validation of Electronic Health Record-based Triggers to Detect Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Lung Imaging Findings. Radiology. 2015;277(1):81-7. doi:10.1148/radiol.2015142530.

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October 13, 2015
Murphy DR, Thomas EJ, Meyer AND, et al. Radiology. 2015;277(1):81-7.
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Delays in follow-up of abnormal test results are known to contribute to delayed and missed diagnosis. Investigators developed and validated an electronic trigger to identify potential delays in follow-up of abnormal chest computed tomography scans. This study found that more than half of the flagged cases had a true diagnostic delay. This work should lead to prospective evaluation of trigger approaches to enhance test result follow-up.

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Murphy DR, Thomas EJ, Meyer AND, et al. Development and Validation of Electronic Health Record-based Triggers to Detect Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Lung Imaging Findings. Radiology. 2015;277(1):81-7. doi:10.1148/radiol.2015142530.