Cardiac imaging is a crucial component in the management of patients with heart disease,
and as such it influences multiple, inter-related parts of the clinical workflow: physician …

La imagen cardiaca es un componente crucial en el abordaje de los pacientes cardiacos, y
como tal influye en múltiples partes interrelacionadas del flujo de trabajo clínico: el contacto …

BACKGROUND. Patients with adverse social determinants of health may be at increased
risk of not completing clinically necessary follow-up imaging. OBJECTIVE. The purpose of …

Importance Following up on recommendations from radiologic findings is important for
patient care, but frequently there are failures to carry out these recommendations. The lack …

BACKGROUND. A paucity of relevant guidelines may lead to pronounced variation among
radiologists in issuing recommendations for additional imaging (RAI) for head and neck …

Objective To determine the rate at which recommendations for additional imaging (RAIs) of
incidental findings on CT are adhered to at a tertiary-care medical center and what factors …

Purpose Despite established guidelines, radiologists' recommendations and timely follow-
up of incidental lung nodules remain variable. To improve follow-up of nodules, a system …

Objective Health care safety net (SN) programs can potentially improve patient safety and
decrease risk associated with missed or delayed follow-up care, although they require …

Importance It is challenging to ensure timely performance of radiologist-recommended
additional imaging when radiologist recommendation language is incomplete or ambiguous …

Medical diagnostic imaging studies frequently detect findings that require further evaluation.
An initiative at Northwestern Medicine was designed to prevent delays and improve …