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Preventing delayed and missed care by applying artificial intelligence to trigger radiology imaging follow-up.

March 30, 2022

Domingo J, Galal G, Huang J. NEJM Catal Innov Care Deliv. 2022;3(4).

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Failure to follow up on abnormal diagnostic test results can cause delays in patients receiving appropriate care. This hospital used an artificial intelligence natural language processing system to identify radiology reports requiring follow-up. The system triggered automated notifications to the patient and ordering provider, and tracked follow-ups to completion. System development, deployment and next steps are detailed.

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