Radiology team referrals achievements

Last November (2022), our radiology team implemented an application called MedCurrent Clinical Decisions Support (CDS) iRefer.

The application supports the decision-making for all diagnostic referrals sent to us from primary and secondary care settings.

The system recommends the most appropriate test that is required for the patient, based on the data that the clinician has entered into the system.

The recommendations are aligned to existing iRefer guidelines that have been produced and approved by the Royal College of Radiologists.

telephone call after they have been discharged.

“They also support patients by collecting their shopping and prescription deliveries, providing advice and installation of technology enabled care devices, from personal alarms to voiceactivated lights, and signpost to community based support groups.”

For more information and to request a meeting with one of the UCAN team in hospital, call 03333 402 111, email ticket. home@ucan.org.uk, or visit www.ucan.org.uk/tickethome.

Following a recent review, the results show a 25-30% reduction in unnecessary requests that needed to be rejected by consultants. Moving forward, rejected requests will be reviewed regularly to see if any improvements can be made to the system to further reduce this number.

Well done and thank you to all involved with this project.