ACR CONTRAST MANUAL
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CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT
Asheville Radiology Associates: Preparing Stakeholders for Imaging Clinical Decision Support
Asheville Radiology Associates (ARA) has produced a video which showcases how R-SCAN has brought together stakeholders around clinical decision support (CDS) within Mission Health.
Bryon Dickerson, MD, the ARA group president who also serves on the NCACR chapter executive committee, chair of the ACR Committee on Quality & Safety General, Small, Emergency and/or Rural Practice (GSER), and as a member of the ACR Commission on GSER, says that ACR's R-SCAN will help his group integrate clinical decision support with electronic medical records throughout the Mission Health System. Marc Westle, DO, FACP and senior vice-president of Mission Health System says that Dr. Dickerson's introduction of R-SCAN brings an excellent idea about how to educate physicians in advance when they are ordering an imaging test about how to order that imaging test. Through the leadership of ARA and their Mission Health colleagues, regional medical directors throughout Mission Health hospitals have engaged their medical staff to prepare them for embracing upcoming CDS legislation.
An article which provides more details about ARA championing CDS through R-SCAN can be viewed here.
A video can be viewed at https://youtu.be/wTukDDCN3ww.
ACR APPROPRIATENESS CRITERIA
The ACR Appropriateness Criteria® (AC) are evidence-based guidelines to assist referring physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decision for a specific clinical condition.
Employing these guidelines helps providers enhance quality of care and contribute to the most efficacious use of radiology.
ACR PRACTICE PARAMETERS
ACR Practice Parameters and Technical Standards promote the safe and effective use of diagnostic and therapeutic radiology by describing specific training, skills and techniques.
