2025
Software solution for integration of frozen section quality assurance into daily practice
Gibson J, Mutnick N, Gershkovich P, Sinard J. Software solution for integration of frozen section quality assurance into daily practice. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2025, 163: 794-802. PMID: 39838842, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae188.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatient safetyImprove patient safetyQuality of careFS errorsClinical teamIncreased documentationSoftware solutionsSubspecialty expertisePathology facultyDaily practiceQuality assuranceShortened time intervalsCustom software solutionsInterventionReduce errorsResolution of errorsTechnical errorsCarePermanent diagnosisProgramFrozen sectionsPracticePhysical locationPathology laboratoryFacultyA Perspective on the MARS2 Trial
Lim E, Opitz I, Woodard G, Bueno R, de Perrot M, Flores R, Gill R, Jablons D, Pass H. A Perspective on the MARS2 Trial. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2025, 20: 262-272. PMID: 39772349, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPleural mesotheliomaPleurectomy decorticationTrial interpretationAssemble individualsAssociated with worse survivalPhase 3 randomized controlled trialsTime of randomizationTeam leadersResectable PMHistological subtypesPreoperative stagingWorse survivalSurgical mortalityConsensus guidelinesTeamAdverse eventsFacilitationChemotherapyPayer's willingnessSurgical communityTrialsSurgeryMesotheliomaQuality assuranceDecortication
2024
Artificial Intelligence in IVF Laboratories: Elevating Outcomes Through Precision and Efficiency
Hew Y, Kutuk D, Duzcu T, Ergun Y, Basar M. Artificial Intelligence in IVF Laboratories: Elevating Outcomes Through Precision and Efficiency. Biology 2024, 13: 988. PMID: 39765654, PMCID: PMC11727220, DOI: 10.3390/biology13120988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtificial intelligenceIn vitro fertilizationPattern recognition capabilitiesHuman-machine interfaceData securityReducing human errorIn vitro fertilization laboratoryDeep learningNeural networkMachine learningAI technologyAlgorithmic biasRecognition capabilityReproductive medicineHuman errorSperm selectionEffects of AIStandard processIntelligenceIncreased accuracySensitivity fieldPersonalized treatment plansQuality assuranceOperational efficiencyLearningDesigning medical artificial intelligence systems for global use: focus on interoperability, scalability, and accessibility
Oikonomou E, Khera R. Designing medical artificial intelligence systems for global use: focus on interoperability, scalability, and accessibility. Hellenic Journal Of Cardiology 2024, 81: 9-17. PMID: 39025234, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2024.07.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArtificial intelligenceMedical artificial intelligence systemsDesigning AI systemsMachine learning systemsArtificial intelligence systemsBenefits of AIIntelligent systemsAI systemsLearning systemEnd-usersData typesAI developmentInteroperabilityTemporal settingAccessScalabilityTreatment of cardiovascular diseasesIntelligenceSystemMachineQuality assuranceInternational cohortCardiovascular diseaseObstaclesRadiotherapy Plan Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology Trials for Brain and Head/Neck Cancers: An AI-Enhanced Knowledge-Based Approach
Wang D, Geng H, Gondi V, Lee N, Tsien C, Xia P, Chenevert T, Michalski J, Gilbert M, Le Q, Omuro A, Men K, Aldape K, Cao Y, Srinivasan A, Barani I, Sachdev S, Huang J, Choi S, Shi W, Battiste J, Wardak Z, Chan M, Mehta M, Xiao Y. Radiotherapy Plan Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology Trials for Brain and Head/Neck Cancers: An AI-Enhanced Knowledge-Based Approach. Cancers 2024, 16: 2007. PMID: 38893130, PMCID: PMC11171017, DOI: 10.3390/cancers16112007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntensity-modulated proton therapyPlan quality assuranceOrgan-at-riskRT planningQuality of radiation therapyClinical trialsIMPT plansKBP modelPlan QAPhoton plansRadiation therapyPhoton modelKBP plansTarget coveragePlan qualityProton therapyNasopharyngeal carcinomaMulti-institutional clinical trialsNRG Oncology trialsProton modelOutcomes of clinical trialsMulti-center clinical trialPhoton RTQuality assuranceHead/neck cancer
2023
Analysis of Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology RTOG 0848
Tchelebi L, Winter K, Abrams R, Safran H, Regine W, McNulty S, Wu A, Du K, Seaward S, Bian S, Aljumaily R, Shivnani A, Knoble J, Crocenzi T, DiPetrillo T, Roof K, Crane C, Goodman K. Analysis of Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance in NRG Oncology RTOG 0848. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2023, 118: 107-114. PMID: 37598723, PMCID: PMC10843017, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.08.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget volumeRadiation therapy quality assuranceRadiation therapyPlanning target volumeClinical treatment volumeGross target volumePretreatment QAContouring atlasTreatment planningResectable pancreatic head adenocarcinomaRT planningIntensity modulated RTQA analysisPancreatic head adenocarcinomaNRG Oncology RTOGPracticing radiation oncologistsReal-time quality assuranceTreatment volumeEffects of RTConcurrent fluoropyrimidineConformal RTAdjuvant chemotherapyRadiation oncologistsQuality assurancePancreas cancerDeveloping and validating a national set of standards for undergraduate medical education using the WFME framework: the experience of an accreditation system in Iran
Gandomkar R, Changiz T, Omid A, Alizadeh M, Khazaei M, Heidarzadah A, Rouzrokh P, Amini M, Honarpisheh H, Laripour R, Abedi F, Sabet B, Mirzazadeh A. Developing and validating a national set of standards for undergraduate medical education using the WFME framework: the experience of an accreditation system in Iran. BMC Medical Education 2023, 23: 379. PMID: 37226139, PMCID: PMC10210375, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04343-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUndergraduate medical educationMedical educationConsultation workshopsContent validity indexAccreditation systemWeb-based surveyI-CVIWFME standardsNational standardsValidity indexSurvey resultsMedical schoolsProgram stakeholdersEducation programsItem levelParticipatory approachTwo-thirdsImprovement of educational programsAccreditationNational set of standardsEducationSurveyNational settingsStakeholdersQuality assurance
2021
Graph‐based risk assessment and error detection in radiation therapy
Munbodh R, Bowles JK, Zaveri HP. Graph‐based risk assessment and error detection in radiation therapy. Medical Physics 2021, 48: 965-977. PMID: 33340128, DOI: 10.1002/mp.14666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGraph traversalConstraint satisfaction problemsSoftware entitiesConstraint programmingDetection of errorsActivity diagramsHardware systemSatisfaction problemsLogical formulasError detectionTractable unitsQuality assuranceConstraint violationsModular approachGraph theoryPlanning systemGraphTraversalModuleQA processVerify systemForms of inconsistencyLogical inconsistenciesAnatomical contoursAssurance
2020
Outlier concepts auditing methodology for a large family of biomedical ontologies
Zheng L, Min H, Chen Y, Keloth V, Geller J, Perl Y, Hripcsak G. Outlier concepts auditing methodology for a large family of biomedical ontologies. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making 2020, 20: 296. PMID: 33319713, PMCID: PMC7737254, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-020-01311-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily of ontologiesSummarization networkMeta-ontologyQA techniquesPartial-area taxonomySets of conceptsSpecimen hierarchyScalabilityQA frameworkOntology hierarchyOntologySummarizationNetworkBioPortal ontologiesAudit methodologyQuality assuranceHierarchyNCBOBig pictureCollection of familiesGene hierarchySNOMEDA review of auditing techniques for the Unified Medical Language System
Zheng L, He Z, Wei D, Keloth V, Fan JW, Lindemann L, Zhu X, Cimino JJ, Perl Y. A review of auditing techniques for the Unified Medical Language System. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2020, 27: 1625-1638. PMID: 32766692, PMCID: PMC7566540, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnified Medical Language SystemAuditing techniquesLevel of automationLanguage systemOntology alignmentUMLS MetathesaurusError detectionConcept namesAlignment techniqueSemantic type assignmentsOntology enrichmentTypes of knowledgeHierarchical relationshipsEasy accessSummarizationPRISMA approachDevelopment of methodsMetathesaurusQuality assuranceAutomationTechniqueConceptual aspectsSystemWealth of knowledgeConcept
2018
Systemwide Clinical Ultrasound Program Development: An Expert Consensus Model
Strony R, Marin JR, Bailitz J, Dean AJ, Blaivas M, Tayal V, Raio C, Liu R, Woods A, Zwank M, Fields M, Abo A, Wu S, Kang T, Liu T, Leo M, Smalley C, Chiricolo J, Chilstrom M, Lewiss RE. Systemwide Clinical Ultrasound Program Development: An Expert Consensus Model. Western Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 19: 649-653. PMID: 30013699, PMCID: PMC6040893, DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2018.4.37152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformation technologyHealth systemSubject matter expertsInfrastructure issuesClinical ultrasoundMatter expertsMedical specialtiesConsensus modelArchivingQuality assuranceProgram developmentWorkflowSuch guidelinesExpert consensus modelSystemGuidelinesImplementationCommunicationHospitalTechnology
2017
Identifying discordance between senior physicians and trainees on the root cause of ED revisits
Goldman M, Monuteaux M, Perron C, Bachur R. Identifying discordance between senior physicians and trainees on the root cause of ED revisits. Emergency Medicine Journal 2017, 34: 825. PMID: 28801485, DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2016-206444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClinical CompetenceEmergency MedicineEmergency Service, HospitalHospitals, PediatricHospitals, UrbanHumansInternship and ResidencyMedical Staff, HospitalPatient ReadmissionProspective StudiesQuality Assurance, Health CareRisk FactorsStudents, MedicalSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsConceptsED revisitsMedical deficiencySenior physiciansQuestionnaire-based observational studyEducational opportunitiesProvider pairsPaediatric EDInclusion criteriaPrimary outcomeAttendanceObservational studyNovel educational opportunitiesTraineesQuality assurancePerceived root causesStudy periodPhysiciansRevisits casesPair analysisAdmissionDeficiencyRoot causeCauseMedicine quality assuranceRevisits
2014
Natural Language Processing in Biomedicine: A Unified System Architecture Overview
Doan S, Conway M, Phuong T, Ohno-Machado L. Natural Language Processing in Biomedicine: A Unified System Architecture Overview. Methods In Molecular Biology 2014, 1168: 275-294. PMID: 24870142, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0847-9_16.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNatural language processingNLP systemsLanguage processingClinical natural language processingBiomedical natural language processingClinical decision supportImportant data sourceArchitectural viewsStructured data fieldsArchitecture overviewData sharingNLP toolsGeneral architectureDecision supportKnowledge resourcesBackground knowledgeData fieldsCollaborative workSystem evaluationData sourcesCurrent research effortsElectronic medical recordsResearch effortsProcessingQuality assurance
2008
SU‐GG‐I‐74: New IAEA Document On Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance and Quality Control for PET and PET/CT Systems
Fakhri G, Fulton R, Gray J, Marengo M, Zimmerman B, Dondi M, McLean I, Palm S. SU‐GG‐I‐74: New IAEA Document On Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance and Quality Control for PET and PET/CT Systems. Medical Physics 2008, 35: 2659-2659. DOI: 10.1118/1.2961472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPET/CT scannerTime-of-flight systemDetector materialPET/CTPET/CT unitComputed tomographyPET indicatorPET/CT systemCT componentPET technologyCT dataNatural radioactivityLesion detectionRadioactivity concentrationPETQuality assuranceDefinition of applicationsIAEAIAEA documentsGuidelinesAcceptance testsReference valuesScannerLesionsDetector
2000
Integration of a hematopoietic progenitor cell program using the ACT/DB database system
Perrotta P, Nadkarni P. Integration of a hematopoietic progenitor cell program using the ACT/DB database system. Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine 2000, 61: 195-207. PMID: 10710182, DOI: 10.1016/s0169-2607(99)00038-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClient-server databaseComprehensive software systemSQL Server databaseDiverse data requirementsWeb-based technologiesData entry formsSoftware systemsServer databaseDatabase systemsInformation technologyMicrosoft AccessControl functionalityEntry formData requirementsTechnologyInternetDatabaseQuality assuranceOracleDeploymentSoftwareSystemFunctionalityRequirementsProcessing
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