Electronic medical record improves physician compliance of reviewing portal images, study suggests
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 13:00
in Mathematics & Economics
The use of an electronic medical record for reviewing portal images dramatically improves compliance with timeliness and record keeping, according to a new study. Portal images are used to verify the positioning of patients during daily radiation treatments to improve the accuracy of the radiation field placement, to reduce exposure to normal tissue and to deliver accurate dose to tumor volumes.