title: Optimizing Patient-centered Communication and Multidisciplinary Care Coordination in Emergency Diagnostic Imaging: A Research Agenda.
abstract: Patient-centered emergency diagnostic imaging relies on efficient communication and multispecialty care coordination to ensure optimal imaging utilization. The construct of the emergency diagnostic imaging care coordination cycle with three main phases (pretest, test, and posttest) provides a useful framework to evaluate care coordination in patient-centered emergency diagnostic imaging. This article summarizes findings reached during the patient-centered outcomes session of the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference "Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: A Research Agenda to Optimize Utilization." The primary objective was to develop a research agenda focused on 1) defining component parts of the emergency diagnostic imaging care coordination process, 2) identifying gaps in communication that affect emergency diagnostic imaging, and 3) defining optimal methods of communication and multidisciplinary care coordination that ensure patient-centered emergency diagnostic imaging. Prioritized research questions provided the framework to define a research agenda for multidisciplinary care coordination in emergency diagnostic imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Amber K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sabbatini
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.|Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Merck
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Adam T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Froemming
authors.affiliation: Patient representative.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.|Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Division of Healthcare Policy Research, Department of Health Services Research, Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Healthcare Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Erik P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Kimberly E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Applegate
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Nneka I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Comfere
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*