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The University of Washington Medical Center tracking patients’ radiation exposure

medical-radiationFlag-USAHospital turns to big data to track, reduce radiation exposure June 2, 2014 To reduce patient exposure to radiation, the University of Washington School of Medicine is taking advantage of big data.Dose tracking technology adopted by the medical center can pull information from multiple imaging devices, then sort it into a database where it can be sliced and diced, according to InformationWeek. UW Medical Director William Shuman said that the data helps to “validate” its imaging efforts, in addition to pinpointing areas in need of improvement.

Dose tracking technology adopted by the medical center can pull information from multiple imaging devices, then sort it into a database where it can be sliced and diced, according to InformationWeek. UW Medical Director William Shuman said that the data helps to “validate” its imaging efforts, in addition to pinpointing areas in need of improvement…….
he use of data analytics is becoming an increasingly important tool in the effort to follow and reduce radiation exposure. Recently FierceMedicalImaging ran a special report on data analytics and medical imaging in which Katherine Andriole, professor and director of imaging informatics at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, talked about analytics and tracking radiation exposure.
: Hospital turns to big data to track, reduce radiation exposure – FierceMedicalImaging http://www.fiercemedicalimaging.com/story/hospital-turns-big-data-track-reduce-radiation-exposure/2014-05-30#ixzz33clZoajc

Medical Center Uses Analytics To Reduce Radiation http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/analytics/medical-center-uses-analytics-to-reduce-radiation/d/d-id/1269179

The University of Washington Medical Center uses an analytics tool to minimize patients’ exposure to radiation during routine procedures and improve overall efficiency.

June 2, 2014 - Posted by | health, USA

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