What's in a Name? Factors Associated with Documentation and Evaluation of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules.

Muhammad Nouman IqbalEmily StottAnne M HumlVidya KrishnanCiaran Joseph ScallanJawid DarveshKarthik KodeChloe CastroNaveen TurlapatiClare LandefeldJulie PencakMaria CedeñoWilliam BaughmanCatherine SullivanJ Daryl Thornton

Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2017)

Within one multifacility urban health system in the United States, the terms used by radiologists to describe incidental pulmonary nodules were associated with documentation of the nodule by the ordering physician and subsequent follow-up. Standard terminology should be used to describe pulmonary nodules to improve patient outcomes.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
electronic health record
emergency department
primary care
machine learning