Failure to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical record.

Jennifer R S Gordon; Terry L. Wahls; Ruth C. Carlos; Iraklis I. Pipinos; Gary E. Rosenthal; Peter Cram

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Failure to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical record.

July 22, 2009

Gordon JRS, Wahls TL, Carlos RC, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151(1):21-7, W5.

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This study discovered that more than half of newly identified aortic dilations on computed tomography scans were not documented by clinicians in subsequent encounters. The authors advocate for improved systems to follow up on abnormal test results.

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