Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 8 , Pages 561-562 , August 2010

Can Radiology Professional Society Guidelines Be Converted to Effective Decision Support?

  • Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRamin Khorasani, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

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 Conflict of Interest: The author, Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH, is named on US Patent 6,029,138 (“Computer System for Decision Support in the Selection of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tests and Interventions for Patients”) held by Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) on medical management software licensed to Medicalis Corporation. As a result of licensing and consistent with BWH policy, Dr Khorasani and other inventors have equity and royalty interests in Medicalis and some of its products.

PII: S1546-1440(10)00271-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.05.017

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 8 , Pages 561-562 , August 2010

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