Real-time x-ray abnormality alerts for emergency departments using a radiographer comment model - a multisite pilot study

The timely communication of clinically significant image appearances to Emergency Department (ED) referrers is necessary for optimum patient care. Australian reliance on verbal communication only is time-limited, open to misinterpretation and lacks transparency. A combined radiographer alert and comment model was designed to reliably communicate image abnormalities to ED referrers in real-time.

Source: Radiography - October 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: I. Klobasa, G. Denham, M. Baird, J. Sim, D. Petrie, D.J. Roebuck, A. Tonks, C. Tu, P. Sarrami, J. Best, J. Abood, C. Jones Source Type: research